Originally posted by chiqui74:
Hi.
I live in navy barracks and I'd like to set up some sort of mini studio. I dont have a lot of room and I'm really clueless on how to do this. I'd also like to know what I will need. Any suggestions will be appreciated. |
Keep in mind I'm not a pro, nor anywhere near as good at indoor studio setup as some people here. :-> That said, here's some bargain-basement ideas.
- several smallish cheapish 'clamp-lamps' (IKEA sells some ideal ones, though you could probably get some of a quite different design) at hardware stores, too), and paper towels, scraps of white cloth, and other such quick-and-dirty diffusers to shine them through. This would let you set up your shot on a table, put a chair or something to one side, clamp a light to it, and get the angle(s) you want.
- A variety of strengths of light bulb, to go into said lamps, from 10Watt (or the smallest carried in your area) all the way up to the brightest you can buy. Four or five options ought to be plenty, once you play with your camera to figure out which wattages work best for what.
- Several 1-2 yard scraps of plaincolored, plain weave fabric in white, black, and other colors as desired. Any local fabric store will have some you can use; you don't want 'shiny' here, and cotton's probably best (ask them where the chambray, twill, or quilting muslin is if you're not familiar with fabric stores). These are for draping over a table or sweeping up behind your subject to provide a neutral or colored background (as well as hiding those piles of laundry and books that YOU might not have, but *I* sure do!). If you can afford it, spring for a yard or two of black velvet, too, as it gives a very different effect from just plain black fabric.
Message edited by author 2003-05-30 18:20:45.
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