How Much Space Do You Need For a Professional Portrait Studio? Master Tim Kelly Shares His Details.
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- čas přidán 19. 04. 2022
- There are as many different studio set-ups as there are serious photographers. Tim has had portrait businesses as small as a one-man operation at a kitchen table, to a luxury, multi-story retail location and a 2500 sq' studio/lab building with up to ten employees (and everything in between).
Sharing the details of his current facility, Tim proves his in-home, low-volume studio is spacious enough for the visiting client and for he and his assistants to get out the work. The dedicated space is approx 1800 sq' plus a small outdoor shooting space.
Tim has ALWAYS had his own lab, printing and finishing on-site. That had to be a consideration. One advantage is Tim is decidedly anti-prop, saving lots of space. He prefers to employ high quality backgrounds and very select furniture that serves as decor and camera room essentials.
Enjoy this quick look at the set up of a portraitist who has had it all.
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I have an impact Varipole background And I use it in my 15' by 15' living room for professional headshots , it is very tight but I make it work
Thank you for sharing this, a lot of Information I was looking For.
Wonderful Place for your Business. I enjoy your Vidoe's & Teaching.
Thanks!
Thanks for the tour, Tim. Always enjoying your live shoots. Very helpful.
Glad you like them!
Superb as always! Thank you Tim. Greetings from Scotland......again!
My pleasure!
A great tour. Wish I had that much space. I'm making do with what I have, for now.
My studio is in a former 2nd Master Bedroom Suite, upstairs in my home. It's all in a dormer on the back side of my house roof. My camera (shooting) room is the former bedroom and it's 19 X 26' but only 8' high, so it's my biggest constraint. Full length standing subjects give me problems, so I give them stools to sit on instead. My computers, printers, battery charging areas are under the windows along the South wall. I have panels of insulating board painted white and hung from closet door tracks for completely blocking the view of these and the light from the windows, if desired, for a shoot. They give me a second white backdrop at 90 deg. too. Frequently used props (chairs, stools, etc.) are along the North wall of the room with spare softboxes, grids, etc hanging on the wall above them. The backdrops are centered against the East 19' wall, but hung from the ceiling. I have six 10' wide backdrops on a ceiling mounted roller system on the East wall , with a 10' long 1 X 1 X 1/4" steel angle hanging 4" below the ceiling in front of the rollers, for attaching temporary or smaller backdrops, leaving me (worst case) 21' between the backdrop and the West wall behind the camera position, but I can back the camera through the doorway a few feet into the bathroom, if needed. The hair/makeup, break room is in the large hallway outside the shooting room. A full bathroom (still being renovated) and a walk-in closet are behind the camera position. I use this closet for photo gear and prop storage, but a much larger closet is off the hallway makeup area, that I use for larger and lesser used props and other storage. Meetings and breaks tend to take place in my shooting room, since there are no other spaces like you have, other than using my private living room on the 1st floor. The fridge, microwave, and coffee maker are all in the hallway next to the makeup area. I haven't made a video of it all (yet) but plan to do so in the near future. I have 2 four foot size wide format HP printers in storage, but no room in my studio area to set them up.
You’ve got a lot - no one ever has enough space. Most of your well known photogs started with much less.😊
@@TimKellysMasterPhotoTechniques It's my first studio, but I've been a photographer since 1952. It became a "bucket list" item so built it 3 years ago. I'm 80 now.
@@charleyl264 Awesome.
My studio is less than half that size. It doe sometimes require Photoshop or cropping to remove unwanted bits, but it can be done
You're absolutely correct. For about two years I did portraits in my small foyer. It was about 7' wide.
really nice ur studio tour amazing.....
Thanks a lot! Glad it was helpful.
You have Class Tim, you really do.
Thanks for the knowledge and encouragement... 🙂
I appreciate that!
Thanks for the tour Tim.
Your Welcome!
Thanks
Hey Tim to you use egg grid on the big softbox like the 3x4 and 4x6
No I don’t. Reason is the Larson RS softboxes have a large 5” recess edge. There is no uncontrolled light.
@@TimKellysMasterPhotoTechniques well I could not find the Larson soft boxes, so I bought the Westcott 4x6 and the 3x4 so I am trying my best to emanate your set up. I was able to buy a grid for the 3x4 however they don’t make a 4x6 egg grid do you think I will be ok with no grid on the big 4x6
This was instructional but also very soothing, if that makes any sense. I like your effortless and easy demeanor. You could talk about this or that and it’s enjoyable to take in. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
So Tim a am going to buy the 3 x4 soft box today or when you respond back what would you buy on todays market for the main and the fill light I can’t find the Larson like you recommend I’ve looked at Arama and B&H thanks for your help I love your new book too
There are many good ones. The variable is if you will leave it up and be taking it up and down all the time. Easy set up might be important. Second most important for me is that the face of the box is recessed - in other words has an "edge or a lip" like my Larson boxes. There are some expensive ones like Chimera etc., which will last a lifetime. Let me know what you find.
I am trying to understand why the fill is used on same side as key, I remember you explained it before but I could not find it, would using the fill on camera axis to fill shadows to your liking eliminates the need for the reflector? why using the fill on key light side THEN use a reflector to open shadows? although your images are breathtaking.
Watch "Studio Portrait Lighting" in the classic DVD section, and for something newer look for "The Most Emulated Studio Lighting Setup.
Good luck!
@@TimKellysMasterPhotoTechniques since you use same strobes it is easier to for me to ask for the ratios, would you please break it down:
you have the strobe pointing to the ceiling for subtle fill, then the 4X6 large soft box strobe for fill, then the key 2X3 ( or 3x4? ) strobe, what is the ratios between those 3 ? the spot light will be to your liking but I would think there his a base ratio that you will fine tweak as you shoot, would you please share it ? thank you and we all love you…!
How far is the subject from background? Love your style!
Usually 5-6 feet
Love this, thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
How large is the Sales room?
14w x18d Thanks for watching!
Did you say “proofs” as in proof prints?
Good question, we don't use "proofs" for clients, we use thumbnails for production. They stay with the job till completion.
@@TimKellysMasterPhotoTechniques I figured it was a Freudian slip 😎 Great video. Much appreciated!