Taking photographs is one of the activities, hobbies and arts that we can enjoy most in the world. As much as you enjoy doing this job, you can also consider earning income from this job and turn photography into a profession. In this respect, you can make a really good profit not only at the points where your service is requested, but also by taking photos in a studio of your own. Moreover, at this point, you can set up your own studio at a low cost by paying attention to practical details even at home.
Practicing photography by setting up a home studio is not costly, but it is not as difficult and requires high professionalism as expected. So you don’t necessarily need to be a professional photographer to set up a home studio. If you have sufficient technical knowledge and technical facilities, you can continue this business more comprehensively for hobby purposes or profitably for business purposes, for example, by setting up a photography studio in the living room of your home. You can choose to continue photography as a hobby in an amateur photography studio that you can set up at home, or if you have certain experience, you can choose to run your business at home as a professional photographer.
As an amateur or professional photographer, you can achieve results in a short time by evaluating the suggestions I will offer you for a photography studio that we can set up at home and meeting the needs in these suggestions. Even if you do not encounter a very high cost, you will need to meet these needs and solutions by allocating a certain budget.
The First Job is to choose the Right Field
When we start planning based on your home, the first thing you will do is to choose the right area for the photography studio in the house. In this respect, any room or unused part of the house you live in will need to be fixed or reserved for photo and video, which can be set up and prepared at any time. Moreover, this area must have a width and height where you can work comfortably, use light and take your shots. It will be advantageous if the section you choose is wide and not divided by load-bearing elements such as beams and columns.
It is a great advantage to set up a photography studio in the house by devoting an entire spare room to this purpose. Since studio work will be done in this room later, a completely dark environment must be obtained. There should be a light source that you can turn off for controlled use, and in addition, the room should be prevented from receiving light from points such as windows or doors. You can insulate windows and doors to prevent light leaks and make preparations with a suitable wall colour. If you have a sufficiently high attic or warehouse, or even a garage, you can choose to use it for a photography studio.
Finding the Most Important Equipment Camera
In fact, if you are interested in professional or amateur photography, of course you will have a camera at hand. However, it is important that the camera you will use has a structure suitable for studio photography and that it provides you with a very economical structure. At this point, you can of course act according to your budget when choosing a camera and choose a very expensive and professional camera or a more amateur and very affordable camera. However, choosing a compact device that can easily replace the lens and body on the camera you will use will benefit you at every point. If you want, you can choose between DSLR cameras or mirror less cameras.
Providing Lenses for Shootings
In order to capture different angles in cameras and to take photographs appropriately depending on the area, parts called lenses or objectives are needed. If the lens and body are easily separated from each other in the camera you choose, you can capture different photographs using different lens sets. When shooting in the studio, you will sometimes need to shoot on any object, sometimes on people, and sometimes on models. Depending on the shooting subject you are working on, the compositions and the type of work you are working on, you will sometimes need to take photos with a fisheye lens and sometimes with a wide angle lens. You can achieve results by creating not just a single lens but a set that includes varying lenses.
Installing the Correct Light System
As we mentioned in the first point, the area you allocated for the photography studio must be completely dark. Because the light needed for photography in the studio is created completely artificially. Lighting equipment is used to create light. The equipment allows you to get the colour and visual quality you want with good lighting, even if you do not have a very good camera. So, at this point, you will need to obtain light sets of different sizes and features that you can use in your studio and have them ready for efficient photography work.
Providing Curtains for the Studio
Background curtains are used to create a background for your shots in photo studios, to add depth to the photo, or to create the composition you want even if you shoot in the studio. A photography studio should always have a background curtain and it should be ready for use at any time, whether necessary or not. Especially if you want to earn income by taking photographs, you will not be able to meet your needs for green background screens, especially those that will create a white background screen or a green box structure, in order to obtain different background effects, colours and views in terms of product and fashion photography.
Providing Additional Materials Such as Tripod and Flash
In order to take stable shots with cameras, the camera must be able to be used on a certain basis without shaking. In fact, in this respect, you will need to provide tripod equipment, which is one of the fixtures of photography studios, for your studio. Although a tripod is a basic material, it is a product that has a wide range of options in terms of preventing shake, providing convenience for the photographer and budget. In this respect, while choosing the tripod you will need for the studio you will set up at home, you can obtain tripods of different brands and qualities that suit your budget.
On the other hand, although you can gain an advantage for shooting by creating professional lighting in the studio, sometimes you may need to shoot with flash to prevent shadows and unwanted details, especially if you are working on an object. For this reason, you will need to choose an external flash that you can use compatible with the camera you have and that will provide either strong or weak light. Moreover, this equipment you will provide will meet your needs not only in studios, but also in professional photography or nature photography when necessary.
Setting Up a Computer and Printer
After completing all the photography-related equipment in your photo studio, you will first need a computer to make these photos usable and then a printer for printing. The computer you will use for the studio must be capable of turning on and off quickly and running software that will complete different technical operations on photographs.
In this sense, after purchasing the most powerful computer you can afford depending on your financial situation, you should also obtain a photo printer that you can use connected to the computer. The selected printer’s ability to provide appropriate results for different photo sizes, its high resolution and its fast operation will also be of great help to you.
See you in the next post,
Anil UZUN