Photographing art work class *LINK*

That's a bargain- a question

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

The class must assume some amount of equipment to do what the class teaches. Your show a picture of equipment in the class advertising picture that few or any of us have, or are likely to purchase. What equipment do you expect someone to have to take advantage of what the class teaches?

Re: That's a bargain- a question

John lucas

Those arent the lights I will be teaching with. I Will show lots of options from cheap LED house hold lights to relatively inexpensive professional strobe lights. Mostly I will be doing the class with fairly inexpensive FLD photo grade bulbs. From all i will teach you should be able to spend whatever fits your budget. The light box i will demonstrate uses white nylon and PVC pipe. I've tried to keep the cost of lighting to a minimum and still get professional results. I am going to check the current prices of the lights I use before the class. One of my handouts infuse to teach classes lists the lights with old prices. If you want a copy e-mail me.

Bill - there are many photo "studio" options

John K Jordan

Bill,

In case it helps: I used to use this, a piece of mat board curved to give a seamless background, room lights:

Now I mostly use this, a photo cube made for almost nothing from PVC pipe, some thin white cloth, and a piece of curved mat board:

The lights are two photo CFLs in cheap light fixtures and an LED lamp on a gooseneck for a highlight. I usually use a tripod unless I'm in a hurry.

With this cheap setup it is easy to vary the lighting for a variety of effects.

John L is the expert - I'm sure he'll teach options and how to improvise. He sent this once (backdrop, lights, and a piece of white paper for a reflector):

JKJ

that is not one for my scale of stuff

Re: that is not one for my scale of stuff

Joe Fleming

Bill, you need a bigger chair and clamps

The principles are the same

John K Jordan

The principles are all the same regardless of the scale.

Larger work may need a larger backdrop or some careful creativity of placement. For example, outdoors on the right day can work.

background support

john lucas

Here is what you need Bill.

Re: Bill - there are many photo "studio" options

Don Stephan

Many years ago I purchased an 8' or 10' wide roll of photo backdrop paper. Don't take many photos but when I do I hang it from a couple ceiling hooks with a piece of 3/4" thinwall metal pipe through the center of the roll, and drape it onto a table with a curve like John K's cardboard backer. On a smooth, clean floor the backdrop paper could be similarly draped on the floor to photograph taller pieces.

Re: Bill - there are many photo "studio" options

john lucas

Background stands are now so inexpensive on Amazon and other places. Of course they come from China but they do work. I have used everything from poles in cement filled buckets to hooks from the ceiling. I finally picked up a used high quality stand at a yard sale. My friend sent me a photo on my phone and I probably drove 100 miles an hour to get there. It had a $10 price tag on it and probably sold for $200 or more when new.