How To Set Up A Home Based Photography Studio

[HD4KProductions]

you make 6 digits a year and can't afford a better camera?

Anyway nice video

[EZphotoCash]

I just banked over $20,000 from a single weekend shoot last week. It's not how good of a camera you own but what you can create with it. My focus is making profits so I choose to invest in tools for work not for show. I see people who all the time who have much better equipment than me but they still can't market and sale their images. Buy a $5000 camera if you need to impress others but I'd rather make money not waste it on expensive tools when good enough works just fine!

[pianoman6639]

Many thanks really helpful video 

[4Firearms]

A good portrait lens is usually 18-200mm

[kayangthaoo]

Can you give a List of what you need for a Photo Studio?

like camera, light, background... and on.. and on...

Please?????

[myline2mg]

If u want to make money online I can tell U how to do it free: go to weebly & make a free site it is so easy a baby can do it. Then get a free adsence account. Then go to Just10time & use it to get it ranked in the search engines. It is all free If U don't know how to find these sites put .com after their names. Google pays you everytime some one clicks on one of the ads on your site. When you R done with one make another. Your money problems will be over in not time. Trust me it works.

[prmass1]

What I don't get is where you put the fill light to the right. The studio is so small. So you got the main light to the left so what you do? Invite spiderman over to hold the fill light to the right?

[EZphotoCash]

We don't use a fill light. Just one main light now with a large soft box instead of an umbrella and a large silver reflector. Plus we no longer use an old masters background. We now shoot on a white background, extract the subjects and replace the white background with any of the digital backgrounds from: "Digital Fantasy Backgrounds" or "Baby Photo Backdrops" Try a few for free at: "Free Background Club". Just copy and paste those phrases into Google and you'll see what we now do!

[NSTrainFan]

@EZphotoCash classy.....

[EZphotoCash]

We shoot with one main light now with a soft box and use a large silver reflector on a stand for fill light instead of using a 2nd light. And we no longer use Old Masters type backgrounds anymore because with a white background and "Digital Fantasy Backgrounds" we can create Digital Art out of thin air with just a white background, one light with a soft box and one reflector so now we require even less space to shoot in! Just google "Digital Fantasy Backgrounds" to see what we mean.

[seykyu]

cool man..nice basic stuff..

[tooleman14]

Great stuff thanks!

[flutterbydragonfly]

Thank you SO much.......I really enjoyed watching your video. :)

[noreplyism]

Thanks. Great advice and it echoes what other professionals I've spoken to have told me.

[CountryMaster16]

he is talking bullshit a good lens 150? Never! And no the Canon 50mm 1.8 is not that good

[criticaltinker]

Help!!!

I just bought a battery grip for my Canon T2i. I have two batteries. One is the Canon OEM Lithium Battery that comes with the camera. And another one is a different brand. The Canon battery has 7.2V and the other one is 7.4V. Do you think these two batteries could come together in the grip? Will it not damage my camera?

I asked this because one of amazon customer said he bought a battery that's 7.4V and it's giving him wrong battery life bars in the cameras LCD.

[AHPZuazua]

6 figure income with a Digital rebel and a Kit lens? Seriously dude!

[davidmartinsvideos]

Hi, Where can I get a background like the one you have here?

Thanks.

[ideauser]

Good information, appreciate if you could use a neck mike as the sound is vary annoying...cheers

[earthangeltbug]

do you have a portfolio or website to view your portraits?

[EZphotoCash]

We have several sites to help other photographers like our

"DigitalFantasyBackgrounds" . com site and for those just getting started "MomsWithCamera" . com

[anniejlemay]

Great information and tutorial video.

[n64roo]

ya i agree, this is one of the few guys on here that actually explains things... kudos maverick!

[cdnbrowngirl]

thanks a bunch for your info! someday soon I'll have my own studio too :)

[CollageCat]

Your videos are great and very helpful!!

thanks so much!

[Blooper1980]

Sound sux, but cool vid.

[mrdat]

Digital or 35mm SLR!??!! What about 645 medium format?

[ChicoEdge]

Sure, but have fun shooting two or more weddings this week and have fun processing all of those images. I still love film, but these days a high amount of work is better handled with digital provided you have some good lenses and light.

[mrman17]

Medium format is overkill for general portraiture - and digital medium format backs are horrendously expensive. Even a 2 year old 10mp Canon 40D will print to at least A3, which covers most things a customer will want.

[ttphone]

shoot a dollar note at various distances and different framings! it´s got very fine lines so you can check lens and camera resolution very well. shoot it under daylight conditions (the wavelengths are shorter than tungsten wavelengths, so resolution is even higher).

[kwanyx]

One of the best advice I got about buying gear: Buy GOOD lenses. The body isn't as important. Today's technology is tomorrow's land fill. High end, fast lenses (anything with an f2.8 or faster, f2, f1.8, f1.4, etc) will hold their resell value longer than any expensive camera body. check ebay

The best bargain in town will ALWAYS be the inexpensive, very common 50mmf1.8 (Canon & Nikon) for 100.00 new. The f1.8 helps in BLURRING out the background.

Anything starting with f3.5 to X are junk.

[chrislondon75]

u r so damn right!

[bryceman111]

Not necessarily junk. I am sure there are some cheaply made lenses that are 2.8 or faster. For instance, I have a Minolta 70-210 f4, and they are just amazing for the price. Very sharp, great Minolta colors. But I do agree with much of what you said.

[ttphone]

are you mad? there´s no way a canon, nikon, whatever for 100$ is a "GOOD" lens just because it´s wide open! 1) any lens is sharper when stopped down 2) ANY 50mm is 1.8 or more, because that makes sense to build 3) if you´re going pro or semi-pro you might want a lens that´s far more expensive than 100$. the one thing about a good studio lens is that it´s a prime, not a zoom.

[tib080808]

Check the price on Canon 50mm F1.8. Great lens, less than $100. Might not last as long, but still a very good lens.

[staubreyz]

Super sharp from f4 on down; great for walking around.  but from 2.8 up to 1.8, background blur is wretched, very busy. The 1.4 has ok blur and the new Sigma 50 even better.

[peppacornrows]

The bigger the max. aperture, the larger of an aperture the lens is going to have as a sweet stop. When I have enough light on my 70-200 2.8 I ALWAYS stop down to f4 if I can still get 125th or 250th, anywhere around there. Same goes for a 50mm. When you get your lens take some test shots of different items / people with a range of apertures. It's a great moment when you take a picture and it's 10x sharper than anything else!

[acapmex1]

where do you point the background light? behind the subject? or behind the backgound??

[HolyQuack1]

Actually, i own a Rebel Xti. I'm a beginner and i just started into better lighting and studio work. For entry level shots with the right light and settings, the Rebel does a good job when it comes to studio shots.

[cathead77]

Just got me a DSLR camera, so I watched this with great interest. Thanks for your help.

[hiii14]

ritenow my plan's 2 b a photographer.. but im sure im not gonna make it... but ohh well..

ima get started.. =/ i dont think i wanna have my own photostudio i would lik to go to landscapes, kool places.. beaches n sum other places n take sum pics.. n start alittle bit by a little bit.. tank u so much tough...

[sassy36782]

You can do anything if you put your mind to it so do it do it do it!!! Good luck!!!

[ludious73]

Dont start something you "know youre gonna fail". The only way to really fail is not to try. Do your best and keep going, but dont lose the battle in your head before you even try to do it.

[AllAmericanGuy01]

I was like that about a couple of years ago.

I've got into photography about 4 years ago and I loved it. I saw other people work and I'm like woah! I suck, lol. But that motivated me to do better. Now I have my very own business and making good money, but photography is my side job, just something I do for fun and get paid for, lol.

But yeah, start off little and get feedback from people to see where you can improve and BOOM, you should succeed.

[cdnbrowngirl]

this is my far fetched dream too..........but I'll do it in two yrs or so, I want a home based part time thing to do, I hope to do portraits for ppl, as well as semi nude and feild work like weddings....my life feels incomplete, I will do this for me..........u should do it for ur self too

[suzlwilliams]

I'm interested in using continuous lighting and reflectors. Can you recommend what to buy? There is not much out there that helps rookies. Thanks.

[Rezaroth]

thank you for the movie and the effort, but does this radio controler thingy come WITH the lights or do I have to buy it sepratly?? :)

thanx again :)

[EZphotoCash]

It's usually sold separately but often is included depending on whom you purchase your lights from.

[LadyMeralles]

Good on you EZphotocash, thanks for taking the time to put this on you tube. Very helpful indeed, I appreciate it!

[pallywally]

Your mono-lights should have a built in slave sensor, so there's no need to plug in a IR slave trigger. The IR you mount on the camera is simply a low power flash with an IR filter.

The slave sensors will see it as a flash and should fire.

[Morningsidenursery]

Thank you for the tips! I have purchased a whole photography studio!LOL I cant wait to get started! =0)

[LadySryope]

informative, thanks. more videos soon?

[aaron1415]

do you not use a light meter? what about soft box's? hmmm you should proberly look at getting a bigger spaced studio mate... if you did, the amount of equipment you could add would benefit alot to those "six figure" numbers your making.

[crazycoolone]

He stated that you can use umbrellas or a soft boxes. I'm not certain if he uses a light meter or just has premeasured umbrellas from the point of the subject to the lights as many pro companies have. You're right about the studio clutter though... he could have moved that other stuff. LOL

[EZphotoCash]

Hey Guys,

as for the clutter, one of our niches is 'Antique Glamour Style Photography' - so what you're seeing is - props, hats, jewellery, victorian pram, etc that we use in our sessions. Clients are blown away when they step through our door, it's like walking into an old world Victorian parlour . . . they love our clutter, so we wouldn't ever want to hide it! Cheers!

[mrman17]

Erm, you do know that that umbrellas and softboxes essentially do exactly the same job, don't you? And for portraits, you do not need a huge amount of space - A living room is enough. You also do not *need* a light meter, an experienced photographer who knows his/her equipment will know what settings to use, especially with digital, where you can do it by trial and error...

[ChicoEdge]

Trial and error = gimping. That simply takes up time that could be better spent on another look. Having said that, if you're using flash in a small space, you probably are setting your ISO low and you know what your camera's flash sync speed is so it really just comes down to choosing your aperture setting. If you regularly use the same set up with clients, you likely have narrowed down the range of usable f/stops so there shouldn't be a need for much "trial and error".

[EZphotoCash]

If you can't produce good results with one light what makes you think you'll be able to work with several at a time? And a regular studio would decrease our business and take away from our lifestyle. Good marketing will set you Free! We do have softboxes but don't have to use a light meter at all to produce good results. Pots and Pans don't make a cook.

[monster1200]

great vid im gonna turn our spare room into a studio now!!! cheers

[Burtsc]

Thanks for posting this

[MontrealM]

hey great video, thx alot!

[EZphotoCash]

Thanks, I will be posting more videos on photography in the near future!

[msgilliam1474]

You were great and there will always be someone complaining no matter what. I'd like to learn more. This I year I plan to step a leap of faith into phtography. I know it isn't easy but I love the art so much. I plan to start with children photography and hopefully work my way to architectural. I'll go to your tutorial thanks for being nice enough, to take time and share your knowledge.