Urgent Help Needed - Studio Space

[Samerr9]

Hi all..

I am moving to a new house. It will be a 2 bed room villa. I am confused on where to put my photography studio for models. The rooms are as follow:

ground floor (living room) - Meters: 4.8x4.6, Feet: 15.75x15.09
first floor: 1-Masterbedroom: M 4.8x3.8, Feet: 15.75 x12.4
2- anorther room: M 4.8x3.4, Feet: 15.75x11.15

I don't mind making any of these rooms as the studio as I live alone and I really want to do studio work. As a professional, what do you recommend? also, if you think none of these rooms space is enough, please tell me to reconsider the villa.

Thanks alot. I hope I will get soem feed back soon.

 

[gsgary]

All those measurements are very small for a studio especially if you are going to use a white background

 

[Samerr9]

Sad to hear so..

I am going to see it in 30 minutes from now. I am moving to have a dedicated room for studio as I used to move my bed into the tub to take photos earlier I hope I will find a way.. will be posting later. Thanks for your feed back

 

[tirediron]

15x15 is do-able; small, but do-able. The key factor is ceiling height. You're going to need at least 10' ceiilngs and ideally 12-14'. I work in a studio that has about 14' at the high point and on occassion when I want to use a large modifier up high (shooting a tall model), even that's not really enough.

 

[Samerr9]

I went and paid the down payment. This is my plan. I hope it works. Please advise.

 

[Samerr9]

15x15 is do-able; small, but do-able. The key factor is ceiling height. You're going to need at least 10' ceiilngs and ideally 12-14'. I work in a studio that has about 14' at the high point and on occassion when I want to use a large modifier up high (shooting a tall model), even that's not really enough.

It is about 12'. I don't think my light stands will reach higher than the ceiling

I planned to shoot from the kitchen passing area as sketced above to have space to go little more backwards when taking full body shoots.
I will buy the backround system (i don't know the professional name) but it holds three backgrounds and you can drop each like a curtain. Planning for white, black and green (to change the color as I want in post later)..

 

[tirediron]

With 12' ceilings, that should work, especially with the passage way. Talking about your lightstands, don't forget that the top of your modifiers can be several feet above the top of your lightstand.

 

[Samerr9]

Thanks.. That is good news I hope it will work and sure I will share some photos later next month. Thank you for your help and support.

 

[tirediron]

Looking forward to it!

 

[DiskoJoe]

The smallest workable studio I have heard of is at least 500 sq feet. You want at least a good 20ft. Ask yourself this, "could I use a 135mm in this room?" If the answer is no then you want a larger space. Have you looked into rent a space somewhere? It is often good to not have to bring all of your clients to your house.

 

[Samerr9]

The smallest workable studio I have heard of is at least 500 sq feet. You want at least a good 20ft. Ask yourself this, "could I use a 135mm in this room?" If the answer is no then you want a larger space. Have you looked into rent a space somewhere? It is often good to not have to bring all of your clients to your house.

Yeah 20 by 20 will be just perfect.. I can use the 135 for portraits but not full body shots for sure..

I don't have alot of clients, I enjoy studio work as a hobby and I like the extra money from about one to three jobs monthly.. I am Hoping this number will increase as I will make this room as a dedicated studio.

Thank you for your input

 

[DiskoJoe]

The smallest workable studio I have heard of is at least 500 sq feet. You want at least a good 20ft. Ask yourself this, "could I use a 135mm in this room?" If the answer is no then you want a larger space. Have you looked into rent a space somewhere? It is often good to not have to bring all of your clients to your house.

Yeah 20 by 20 will be just perfect.. I can use the 135 for portraits but not full body shots for sure..


I don't have alot of clients, I enjoy studio work as a hobby and I like the extra money from about one to three jobs monthly.. I am Hoping this number will increase as I will make this room as a dedicated studio.

Thank you for your input

If you can use the 135 for head and shoulders then you should be good. The you could step down to an 85 for half body and maybe a 50 mm for full body and not be crowded or hitting up against walls trying to get space.