Photo booth size?
Gary Bills in NC
>I see a variety of sizes of photo booths. I would like to know what would be a good size for items form pens to large bowls (I have a 20� lathe). Would like to know height, width, and depth.
Photo booth size?
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RonZ
>I would make two seperate ones if you can. A small/medium fro the pens and small work and then a large one for the big stuff.
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John Lucas
>Gary
I built 4 photo booths for my class. They were 32" square. This worked well for a wide variety of artwork. I started off making 3 square panels but because I teach and end up shooting different types and sizes of work I now make the top panel rectangular. This lets me move the panels close for small pieces and further away for larger pieces simply by rotating the top panel.
I've made my side panels free standing. I came up with a better simpler design this week and will build it Saturday and try to post a photo. This way the top panel can just sit on top of the side panels. makes it quicker to set up and take down. The downside of the rectanglular panel is the bungee cord self assembly system doesn't work very well because the panel won't fold up very small like the square panels do.
If I ever get my website going I will have an indepth discussion on the size of the light source and panel size as it relates to different problems encountered in shooting artwork.
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JamieDonaldson
>In my "Phrugal Photo Studio" workshops I build a light box 40"Wx32"Hx32"D using white foamcore panels for bounce reflectors. This allows space for a 500w Q/H shop work light which is color correct for "T" slide film and T settings on many digital cameras that have color correction presets.The background should be a neutral white, gray, or black(only used with light colored wood like maple), and a vinyl roll-up window shade works very well- too bad they don't come in more colors!I posted this tutorial on the WOW some time ago, and when I can figure how to post photos to this site I will do so.
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Gary Bills in NC
>Thanks for the advice. I will wait for John's post to make a final decision, looks like 32x32 for the sides and 32x36 or 40 for the top. I am leaning towards window screen material for the frame.