Thursday, January 15, 2015

Family Room Studio Setup for Angela & Hank


I have shared several times about closing my studio and working with whatever space is available to shoot photos. Today was another example of how not having a studio does not reduce the quality of portraits I can make. A studio is nothing more than a space to take pictures, and today it was in a family room with low ceilings. I brought my studio kit, complete with backdrop and lights and had a working studio setup within fifteen minutes of arriving.

In order to get the best expressions from the kids, we had to work quickly. Shooting a few individual shots of them, and rotating them in and out of the room to be photographed with the parents, grandparents, and auntie. I used two large umbrellas for the entire session, and brought in a third light for some of the smaller group shots to add a little more contrast to the portraits.