A lot of people are turning photography into their personal hobbies these days. The photography hype has hit a lot of yuppies or young professionals because perhaps of the many social networking sites that promote photo sharing with friends and simply because of the many ways of which to showcase ones photography or art through the World Wide Web. Thus, a lot has turned into buying their professional cameras as well as photography equipment to make their own photo studio at home. So here, you will learn the basic photography equipment needed in a photo studio of your own.
When creating your own photo studio, keep in mind the basic components of such a room. You’ll need the basic photography equipment such as the camera, the film if you are not using a digital camera, the lights, props, and of course materials for the background. Let’s look at the details for each of these components one by one.
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Let’s start with the camera. It all depends on what kind of quality you want to get out of the camera. You can get a manual camera with at least a good 35mm. This will allow you to set your exposure easily. On the other hand, you may opt for a digital camera too. Now what you are probably wondering right now is what resolution and pixels to get? The answer depends on you. What are you going to do with the photo? Are you printing a 3R or 4R picture? Or are you printing a poster? If you’re not planning to print a billboard sign that has to have high quality settings, then you don’t need the highest resolution and pixels available in the market today. If you are printing only the size of a long bond paper at the most, then most of the digital cameras below a thousand dollars can do the trick.
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Of course, if you are using a manual camera, you will also need film. To get the natural skin tone and proper contrast in colors, you may opt for either the Fuji NPS film or the Kodak Portra NC.
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Now let’s go over to the background. A photography studio won’t be complete with this. It greatly affects the subject by either complimenting or detracting from it. If you don’t know what background to use, a simple plain background will do. You’ll need a background stand and a seamless paper to go with it. The most common colors that photographers use are white, gray, black, and blue. Now if you’ve been to a photography studio, you’ve probably seen the dyed backgrounds. Those are called muslins and can be draped because of its lightweight material.
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The lights are very important photography equipment. You can’t do without one. Remember, photography is all about lighting. To create your own photography studio, you’ll need at least your fill light and a main light. The use of umbrellas gives it a nice and soft quality. You can also use a third light at the back to get rid of the shadows. For more advance photography, you can add a fourth light that serves the purpose of a hair light.
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