My Model Photography setup

[michael lambert]

Hey peoples.

Some have asked what i use for a setup. I do photography professionally and have the luck of a in house studio. so thought i would share a couple here.






And a shot of my 360 taken under this setup.

[Sixx]

awesome set up man! and great build! what does your light set up look like inside the soft boxes?

Great job!

[michael lambert]

http://www.alienbees.com/b800.html#

These are the units i use.

[mrawl]

Awesome. Is it possible to create a similar setup on a much smaller scale?

[jmwallac]

Originally Posted by mrawl

Awesome. Is it possible to create a similar setup on a much smaller scale?

Absolutely. You can use almost any light source--just make sure you have plenty of it and set the white balance on your camera correctly. You can get some amazing results with a piece of white or black cardboard and some bright shade in natural light (or a South facing window, for example).

[360spider]

Nice setup. But since you do photography professionally, you should at least adjust your F-stop for proper depth of field. :-) The rear end is all out of focus.

[michael lambert]

Originally Posted by 360spider

Nice setup. But since you do photography professionally, you should at least adjust your F-stop for proper depth of field. :-) The rear end is all out of focus.

I achived the out come i was looking for, my intent was not to bring the whole car into focus.

[Enzoenvy1]

All you lucky people with your damn houses and extra rooms, lol. Makes me jealous to say the least. Living in an apartment and on a budget does not work well with painting booths and proper photography.

Someday soon I hope, lol. Someday soon.

[Didymus]

Originally Posted by 360spider

Nice setup. But since you do photography professionally, you should at least adjust your F-stop for proper depth of field. :-) The rear end is all out of focus.

With digital cameras, the smallest f-stop may indeed give you the greatest depth of field, but the rest of the pic may not be as sharp as if you opened the aperture a bit.

Ddms

[michael lambert]

Well sharpness was not in question, i shot at a f/5 when i could have gone as open as F/1.8. I had gotten the desired results i wanted.

There is allot involved to determine you Depth of Field outside of your Fstop.

[jmwallac]

Originally Posted by Enzoenvy1

All you lucky people with your damn houses and extra rooms, lol. Makes me jealous to say the least. Living in an apartment and on a budget does not work well with painting booths and proper photography.

Someday soon I hope, lol. Someday soon.

You can do beautiful work with a table top, some natural light and a piece of cardboard from Wal-Mart. The expense of your equipment and the size of your studio have absolutely nothing to do with the quality of the pictures.

I'm going to do a side by side comparison (when I can find some free time) of the results from my studio using strobes vs. a lighting setup that costs no more than $10. You won't be able to tell the difference!

[bigfrit]

Originally Posted by jmwallac

You can do beautiful work with a table top, some natural light and a piece of cardboard from Wal-Mart. The expense of your equipment and the size of your studio have absolutely nothing to do with the quality of the pictures.

I'm going to do a side by side comparison (when I can find some free time) of the results from my studio using strobes vs. a lighting setup that costs no more than $10. You won't be able to tell the difference!

I totally agree, I ve seen the results of one that a friend of mine (alex) built and the pictures are just incredibly good, nice and diffused lightning...

A good backup-plan for the lesser gods who don't have the room nor cash
Hope you don't mind hi-jacking your thread, but...

here 's the link to the How-to...

Need to get cracking on making one of those

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/07...to-studio.html

PS, here's the outcome, i just stole his pictures, I'm sure he won't mind

[michael lambert]

All the cash and toys in the world can only produce the quaility of image that your knowledge alows!

Do you need to shoot in something like i have - NOPE infact i will most likly just use a desk lamp and a photo tent as its much easier to setup and such.

[Sixx]

I agree that a photo tent can do a great job also! thanks for helping us figure this out as it hard to get good shots of our builds, but it can be done on a shoestring.

I personally have a hard time acheiving the same quality of shots inside as I get outside.
My wife is the photographer in our house and has established a freindship with a guy in Germany who is a photographer on a photography forum that she belongs to. www.dpreview.com
It has great reviews of cameras and such, in fact she started going there, just to check out pictures from around the world. I gotta say, theres nothing like the view from the eyes of a photographer.

[michael lambert]

While the above shots look great, i think they are alittle blown out.

Here is another example with a little deeper depth of field.