First Photography Studio Pictures

The other day, I had mentioned on Facebook that i was in the process of creating my own photography studio. It threw a little tiny bit of a buzz around. Except for one friend of mine. She wanted to be the absolute first person to be featured in my new photography studio. Allison and I have meet through unusual circumstances. I actually knew her mom, and her mom recommended that she would message me on Facebook . I knew her mom Tammy from work, she works downstairs near the exit and i walk by her desk every day to enter and exit the building. Occasionally saying hello, and having a long conversation other times especially when getting coffee!

So, yesterday, I had setup a time with Allison to do a photo shoot in my garage studio. I had been out taking senior photos for a friend of mine from Camp Harlow for most of the day, so I didn't really have time to prepare. Also, when importing the pictures from the senior photo shoot, i had a slight issue. My hard drive had overflowed. I can just imagine it as a garbage can, gross. So i went to best buy to purchase a new hard drive.

At this time, Allison was already at my house. Talk about professional photographer, I was tromping around at Best Buy like i always do. A Man's toy store!

So, I get back to my house, but i don't have the proper supplies for the photo shoot, so we all go to home depot, and I got to show off my amazing ability to not know where ANYTHING is in that store, and I prove both the girls wrong immediately by going and asking for help. That was easy, so much for male pride, everyone i asked was female, and they knew exactly where EVERYTHING was. Wow, a humbling experience.

So I left Home Depot with 10 small clamps (for $0.37 each), 4 large clamps (for $0.99 each), and a smallest and cheapest step ladder (for $11.99). I already had the rope.

So, as you can see here, my studio is very simple. It is basically a sheet that is clamped onto a rope, that is clamped onto my garage door railing. The sheet is free falling to the ground, creating a nice flat appearance. On the more technical side, I lit the scene with two flashes, and one reflector.

My equipment for the shoot include:

• Nikon SpeedLight SB-800 (on the right, behind the umbrella)
• Nikon SpeedLight SB-600 (on the left, lighting the background and hitting the reflector)
• (2) Monfrotto Bogen 3373 Light Stands
• (3) Pocket Wizard Plus II
• (1) White Shoot Through Umbrella
• (1) Foam Board (AKA: Reflector)
• (1) Allison M.

If you look on my Flickr set for Allison M. you can see more pictures from the shoot! The photo shoot went with no problems, was a lot of fun, and definitely a huge learning experience for me!

So far, this weekend has been keeping me very busy. It is quite exciting! And I hope i can keep the business going! I have been doing multiple shoots for different people.