SETTING UP MY HOME STUDIO!

Even though my main interest in photography is in the genre of Street/Urban/Photojournalism, I still enjoy doing portraits. I have been working on setting up a small studio space. I have had a couple of backdrop rolls (one black and one blue) for a while now. I also have some makeshift and some pro lighting options.

Well this week I found someone that was selling a backdrop frame for $50.00. When I saw her add in a FaceBook buy/sell group I jumped on it and she was able to hold on to it for me till payday.

Then yesterday I was looking around Kijiji for backdrops and other stuff, I didn't find any backdrops but I did find someone selling a Master/Slave flash lighting kit for $80. I jumped on that one as well. It came with two flash heads, two stands and three photography umbrellas (two transluscent and one reflective).

So my little photography studio is starting to really take shape. As the weather gets warmer I will be spending time cleaning up my shed which is a nice size for a studio.

And the advantage to my gear, is that it is all pretty much portable and I can take just about anywhere to to do a shoot. Such as when my wife and I do our annual "Santa Claus" photos each year at the store she works at. Every year we have to try and "Magyver" an area for the shoot. This year with the backdrop frame and hopefully a Holiday backdrop by then our pictures will be even better.

So once I get things set up I will be available for shoots!