{"id":2321,"date":"2013-08-04T13:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2013-08-04T13:00:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-04T18:00:52","slug":"using-the-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=2321","title":{"rendered":"Using the Studio!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I\u2019m back a little quicker this time around. I\u2019ll just remind you about the classes:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betterphoto.com\/courseOverview.asp?cspID=172\" target=\"_blank\"> An Introduction to Photographic Lighting<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betterphoto.com\/courseOverview.asp?cspID=71\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait Lighting on Location and in the Studio<\/a> and  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betterphoto.com\/courseOverview.asp?cspID=179\" target=\"_blank\">Getting Started in Commercial Photography<\/a> <\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">and the books:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608952428\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=siskinphotoco-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1608952428\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ASIN=1608952428&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=siskinphotoco-20&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=siskinphotoco-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1608952428\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608953009\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=siskinphotoco-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1608953009\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ASIN=1608953009&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=siskinphotoco-20&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=siskinphotoco-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1608953009\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2324\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/3-set-ups-in-the-studio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2324\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2324\" title=\"3 set-ups in the studio\" src=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/3-set-ups-in-the-studio-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/3-set-ups-in-the-studio-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/3-set-ups-in-the-studio-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/3-set-ups-in-the-studio.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three different one light set ups in the new studio. Taken with my phone.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Things at the studio are progressing nicely. I had a group over from the Irvington Photo Club. I gave them a chance to play with a couple one light set-ups. I\u2019ve included a couple of shots of the set-ups I took with the phone. I also did some consulting with a couple of other students that wanted to work with portrait set-ups. So a couple of people have seen what\u2019s going on at the North Delaware Studio. I am still taking suggestions for studio names.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2329\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Soft-box-above.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2329\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2329\" title=\"Soft box-above\" src=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Soft-box-above-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Soft-box-above-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Soft-box-above-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Soft-box-above.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One soft box 3X3 foot. Positioned above and in front of the subject. <\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I can\u2019t say anything is finished. The bathroom is going to be rebuilt, which is a really great thing. I\u2019m going to be building a couple of offices at one end of the space, another nice up grade. I brought in some industrial shelves and put them at the back of the studio. I\u2019ll enclose them in a few days. This will give me a place for lights and cameras. I\u2019ll store the light stands in trashcans, probably at the back of the studio.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The goal is to have a large empty space. The whole studio is about 24X60 feet. When I\u2019ve finished the shooting space should be 24X40, or close to that. There\u2019s a roll up garage door at one end of the studio, which is really useful.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2328\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Snoot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2328\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2328\" title=\"Snoot\" src=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Snoot-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Snoot-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Snoot-922x1024.jpg 922w, https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Snoot.jpg 1441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A set-up with a snoot.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I did three set-ups for the Irvington Photo club. The first one is a 3X3 foot soft box placed in front and above the subject. This is an easy light to set up. It gives you soft shadows under the nose and chin, which gives some shape to the face. The second one was a hard light set-up using just a snoot. This gives dramatic light, but the position of the light is really important. Finally I did a set-up with three light panels. This is a set-up I use frequently because it provides such nice soft light. I wrote about this light design in this article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siskinphoto.com\/magazine\/zpdf\/Portrait.pdf\">www.siskinphoto.com\/magazine\/zpdf\/Portrait.pdf<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I used the light panels the next day, with two<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2327\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/light-panels.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2327\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2327\" title=\"Light Panels\" src=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/light-panels-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/light-panels-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/light-panels-1024x1009.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/light-panels.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I did a one light set-up with two light panels.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">students, and I added a bare bulb light behind the subject. In this case the bare bulb light, as well as the light from the umbrella, bounces off the reflector. In addition you get rim light and hair light from the bare bulb. So both lights are doing a lot of work in this set-up. One more thing: the bare bulb light puts light on the background. I put a warm gel (Rosco full CTO) over the back of the bare bulb light, so the light going forward had a daylight balance, but the light on the background was a tungsten balance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I hope people are interested in these posts, but<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2325\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/light-panel-+-bare-bulb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2325\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2325\" title=\"John Siskin\" src=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/light-panel-+-bare-bulb-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/light-panel-+-bare-bulb-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/light-panel-+-bare-bulb.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With the light panels and the bare bulb<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I really don\u2019t know. If you want to leave a comment you have to log in. I\u2019m sorry about that, but I was getting a huge amount of spam posts, so I had to change to registration. If you\u2019d like you can send me an e-mail with your comments, john@siskinphoto.com. Also please remember the classes and the books!<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betterphoto.com\/courseOverview.asp?cspID=172\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nAn Introduction to Photographic Lighting<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betterphoto.com\/courseOverview.asp?cspID=71\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait Lighting on Location and in the Studio<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betterphoto.com\/courseOverview.asp?cspID=179\" target=\"_blank\">Getting Started in Commercial Photography<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608952428\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=siskinphotoco-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1608952428\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ASIN=1608952428&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=siskinphotoco-20&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=siskinphotoco-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1608952428\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608953009\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=siskinphotoco-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1608953009\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ASIN=1608953009&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=siskinphotoco-20&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=siskinphotoco-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1608953009\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things at the studio are progressing nicely. I had a group over from the Irvington Photo Club. 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