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hey hey y,all

whats the minimum size a room has to be to set up a portrait home studio?

our spare room is 10'6 by 7'6. now i know this is too small as i have to be at 28mm to get a head to foot shot and then the subject is about a half foot from the back wall but what can i use this room for?

is it big enough just to practice lighting techniques with torso and head shots or is it too narrow??

cheers :D
 
anything is better than nothing, should be ok for practising, but light spill might be a problem
 
as in bouncing all over the place and to places you dont want it:thumbs:
 
Ive got 7'6x15'0 to play with - is that enough. May have to move a chest of drawers behind the screen and sit on a sofa bed to take the pics but it should work shouldnt it?

lens goes back to 18-55 and I may also use a 50mm prime but Im hoping that should be enough. The screens will be 2mx4m so may even be able to get some laying down shots too?
 
moojii said:
hey hey y,all

whats the minimum size a room has to be to set up a portrait home studio?

our spare room is 10'6 by 7'6. now i know this is too small as i have to be at 28mm to get a head to foot shot and then the subject is about a half foot from the back wall but what can i use this room for?

is it big enough just to practice lighting techniques with torso and head shots or is it too narrow??

cheers :D
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start with portraits as you stated
i am not keen on full length shots..more of a fashion shot
fix an some old sacking to the wall for background and if you have a window use that with net curtain for the sidelit type shots

make the best of it...lucky man
 
That is very tight indeed, but you should be able to do head and shoulder portraits okay if you use the right light and are not too adventurous.

Don't use a shoot-through brolly which spills light everywhere in a totally uncontrolled way, all of which bounces back off walls and ceiling creating a very soft one-look light, and quite possibly a colour cast depending on the colour of surroundings, and maybe flare as well. Use a softbox for preference, or a reflective umbrella - they are much better at controlling where the light goes, and where it does not.
 
HoppyUK said:
That is very tight indeed, but you should be able to do head and shoulder portraits okay if you use the right light and are not too adventurous.

Don't use a shoot-through brolly which spills light everywhere in a totally uncontrolled way, all of which bounces back off walls and ceiling creating a very soft one-look light, and quite possibly a colour cast depending on the colour of surroundings, and maybe flare as well. Use a softbox for preference, or a reflective umbrella - they are much better at controlling where the light goes, and where it does not.
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:thumbs:

and paint everywhere white matt
 
mrcrow said:
:thumbs:

and paint everywhere white matt
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...if you want utterly uncontrolled light spill blasting about everywhere, that is exactly what to do :eek:

If there's a choice, paint it matt black. The most important thing is for any light reflected back to be neutral in colour and if that's not possible then do custom white balance and then at least the colour shouldn't be too bad.
 
HoppyUK said:
...if you want utterly uncontrolled light spill blasting about everywhere, that is exactly what to do :eek:

If there's a choice, paint it matt black. The most important thing is for any light reflected back to be neutral in colour and if that's not possible then do custom white balance and then at least the colour shouldn't be too bad.
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never thought about the light bouncing around...what about bounce flash

grey card grey could do it with a white ceiling;)
 
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