Family Room Qua Photo Studio . Photo Gallery by snootydog at pbase.com

Family Room Qua Photo Studio .

A long time ago (and far far away) Robin asked to see my "studio" setup.
I was really slow about getting photos taken but finally I've done it.
Originally I was going to photograph and title absolutely everything in the room.
Ultimately I decided it wasn't all that interesting so I just went for the equipment.

I didn't photograph all the modifyers, but I can if you'd like me to.

The setup is 4 lights, 4 autopoles (two for the background support and two for lights)
A large, sturdy tripod with removable boom
(the tripods that come with the lights are great for location photography
but are generally so light that I worry about dogs crashing into them
so I don't keep them set up here)
A short background tripod good for either shooting short dogs
or for lighting the background as shown in a couple of the photos.
White and black seamless paper as standard on the top two rolls of the background.
(The bottom pole of the background system is an aluminum rod for hanging fabric backdrops)
And all manner and sorts of modifyers.

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Guest		09-Jan-2007 00:45
Wow. what an awesome setup!!!

Karen Leaf		09-Jan-2007 00:34
lots and lots of gadgets...... aren't they FUN!

Gayle P. Clement		08-Jan-2007 23:06
I'm so glad that Gary pointed us to this site. This is fascinating. I admire your work so much and you've got a great setup for it.

Sharon Rogers		08-Jan-2007 21:51
Thanks for showing this Liza - I can dream too LOL

snootydog		08-Jan-2007 19:30
Um, thanks for the compliment on the "real" professional part, but if I were a real professional I might have a better studio! I just really like gadgets.

Pic Chick		08-Jan-2007 19:15
I'm with Jude - hope my sad little piece of black cloth will someday grow up to be a muslin dropcloth, hung by proper roll racks, illuminated by real lighting...this is very interesting and well done - thanks for the insight into how a REAL professional does it! Cheers!

jude		08-Jan-2007 18:12
sigh.. reason #489348309 why I'll never be a real professional photographer - I don't even know what half of these things are..lol But I love that you showed this - makes me dream of the future.. when I can hire you to tell me what it's all about.. ;) Excellent, Liza.. impressive ..

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