Photos for a modern person are an integral part of his life. And so familiar that it’s even hard to imagine how the world would change if we didn’t have smartphones with a camera at hand, with which we take pictures almost every day. But despite the presence of gadgets, many of us still want to have interesting and high-quality photos that are taken by a professional in a beautiful setting. That is why this direction for business is considered promising by many aspiring entrepreneurs. They not only open their own photo studios, but also rent out ready-made premises intended for filming.
Based on current practice, such a business requires a relatively small start-up capital and pays off pretty quickly. Another plus of such a project lies in its creative focus. After all, interior design of a photo studio, as well as filming, allows you to show your talents and abilities.
Remember what a similar room looked like in the past. It most often represented a room where, against the background of a white canvas, the visitor was invited to pose with plain props. Today, the interior of the photo studio is a real work of art. Its original design is thought out to the smallest detail. After all, the success of the whole business directly depends on this. Moreover, the interior of the photo studio can be represented by several options. Consider the most interesting of them, as well as the equipment that you need to purchase to produce high-quality images.
Room
Where is it preferable to place a photo studio? The most important value for such a room is space. And it should be as much as possible. An impressive area (and this is not less than sixty square meters) provides freedom for various color and light combinations, while providing ease and comfort for the implementation of creative ideas. At the same time, approximately 20 square meters will need to be allocated for the dressing room and the administrator's work area. The studio itself will occupy 40 sq. m. Its width should be within 4-5 m, and its length - 6-7 m. It is advisable to choose a room with a ceiling height of 3.5-4 m.
As furniture for the photo studio you will need the following:
- stand for mounting the background;
- computer, chair and desk for administrator;
- screen;
- dressing table with dressing room mirror;
- armchairs and sofas for visitors waiting in line;
- magazinetable with advertising booklets.
Background
When designing the interior design of a photo studio for a photo shoot or for portrait photography, you need to pay attention to one of its most important elements, on which the quality of the pictures will directly depend. It is the background of the room. It serves to highlight the subject of the photo and present it in the best possible light.
The background needs to be slightly larger than the photo itself. This will prevent the presence of various unwanted effects at the edges of the frame.
For the interior of the photo studio, you can take the background:
- fabric, using it both in a smooth and draped form;
- paper disposable;
- plastic;
- silkscreen.
For the interior of a standard photo studio, it is recommended to purchase at least four backgrounds in different colors. Be sure to include white and black. In addition, it is desirable to have purple, beige, green, gray, pink and other colors. In addition, backgrounds that mimic various textures and conditions are very popular today.
For example, in the design of a photo studio, an imitation of a brick wall can be used. What is the rule to be followed? Even when decorating an autumn interior or a New Year's idea in a photo studio, the background should not be too colorful. Indeed, in this case, the object of filming will certainly be lost.
Light sources
What is one of the most importantcomponents of a photograph? Of course, light. After all, it is with its help that the viewer is given the opportunity to see with all the details not only the color and shape of the objects being photographed, but also their images. How to arrange a photo studio so that it has enough light? To do this, professional flashes are placed indoors. They are autonomous devices, which are called "monoblocks". These flashlights are powered from the mains. At the same time, devices are able to control the amount of energy, pilot light and flash pulse.
The most powerful units are used to work with wide and medium format film cameras. Indeed, during shooting, they require a deep aperture of the lens. When using digital cameras, it is recommended to purchase flashes with a maximum illumination energy of 500 joules.
Nozzles
In order to paint a picture, artists take tubes of paints of various colors. In addition, they usually use more than one brush. They take them in various sizes and hardnesses and use them to paint on canvas.
What do photographers do? As brushes, they use special nozzles that are put on the lighting heads. These elements are attached to the flash body with a bayonet mount.
Reflectors
Such nozzles are also included in the list of equipment for a photo studio. They are necessary so that the light coming from studio flashes does not diverge in all directions, losing its energy, and does not lead to the appearanceglare. Reflector nozzles allow you to assemble it into one powerful and directed stream. They are bell-shaped and form a light beam with a certain scattering angle.
Nose and tube
Such nozzles are used to create directional and at the same time narrow beams of light. At the outlet of the "nose" and "tube" there is an additional honeycomb nozzle. It allows you to make the light even more directional.
Such elements are used in subject shooting when it becomes necessary to create a localized light spot of small sizes.
Plate
Among the photo studio equipment is another device. This is a portrait "dish", which is considered one of the representatives of the family of reflectors. Such a device, as a rule, is made with a fairly large diameter (40-70 cm) of a shiny metallic textured or smooth matte surface. Depending on the material used in the manufacture of the "dish", it gives either soft or hard light with a fairly large beam width.
Umbrellas and softboxes
In a professional photo studio you can find a significant number of nozzles that do not collect light into a beam, but, on the contrary, scatter it. Most often, umbrellas (translucent, as well as reflective white) and softboxes of various sizes and shapes are used for such purposes. Each of these elements has its own purpose. So, softboxes of large and medium size are used for portraits. Small ones are good for subject shooting. Much less often such nozzles in stationary photo studios find their application.umbrellas. Given their compactness when folded, ease and speed of bringing to the state necessary for work, they are most in demand for mobile shooting.
Tripods and racks
Flashes with attachments must be set in the right places in the shooting room, at the right height and oriented in the direction of the selected subject. To do this, use special tripods-racks. They are a sturdy tripod-support, to which is attached a fairly long central column, made according to the principle of a telescopic design.
For studio flashes-monoblocks, the weight of which reaches 3-5 kg, as well as large softboxes, the racks must be sufficiently reliable and stable. In addition, when choosing supports for flashes, you need to pay attention to their height. It is not possible to realize the advantages of a high studio ceiling with low stands, and high ones are inconvenient to work with due to their heavy weight. Professionals, as a rule, purchase for themselves similar supports that have an average size. The height of such racks is within 3-3.5 m, and the telescopic column consists of 3-4 sections.
However, this design has too much footprint, which is necessary for its stability. This leads to tightness in the studio and the impossibility of placing a light source over the subject being shot. The way out of this situation is the so-called crane. This is a rod with a length of 2 to 4 m, which is attached to a tripod in its central part.thanks to the swivel sector with clamp. A nozzle is put on one end of it, and a weight-counterweight is put on the other end.
In a professional photo studio, you can often find another way to mount a flash, which is the most convenient on the one hand, and the most expensive on the other. When using it, the light source for obtaining high-quality images is located on a suspended ceiling system. This is a structure, which is a monorail hinged on the ceiling of the studio, along which sliding pantograph suspensions move.
Interior
Studio photography is a special kind of artistic activity. That is why to create pictures you will need to develop a beautiful interior of a photo studio. Its correct selection will help create unique images. And in order for them to be not only attractive, but also diverse, the mobility of interior elements is necessary. It is important to ensure that, for example, a sunny, lively atmosphere shining with bright colors can easily change into a gentle and calm picture with pastel shades.
There are a lot of ideas for photo studio interiors. Which one to choose for your space? It will depend on the subject of filming, as well as on the target audience. Let's take a look at different decoration options.
- Christmas theme. This is an amazing holiday. With its arrival, many of us want to take stock of the outgoing year, positively peering intothe future, as well as capture your loved ones in beautiful photos. That is why studio owners strive to make a beautiful New Year's interior of a photo studio that would attract the maximum number of customers. What will need to be taken into account when implementing this idea? First of all, the color scheme of the scenery. There should be few basic shades. Just one or two. The rest of the colors will be complementary. Another option is monochrome decor. The classic New Year's color scheme is a combination of green and red with blue, gold and silver. At the same time, it is desirable that some interior details have a wooden structure, as well as all kinds of sparkles and glitters. It is also worth considering that the studio should have as much light as possible. Without this, the New Year's interior simply will not do. Also in the scenery, the presence of artificial candles, lanterns and all kinds of garlands is mandatory. Ideas for New Year's interior decoration of a photo studio can be as follows: large star-shaped lamps, individual lanterns, small garlands, floor lamps and lamps. The most expensive decorations of the studio, but at the same time, the most spectacular will be artificial fireplaces, false doors, false windows and thresholds. All this will look very nice in the photo. It is impossible in this case to do without sofas, armchairs and other surfaces on which to sit. And, of course, one of the obligatory elements in the New Year's decoration of the studio should be a beautiful Christmas tree.
- Autumn theme. Such shooting in the studio is simply fantastic due to its rich andbright colors. In the autumn interior, which is being developed for a room intended for filming, the scenery can be represented by a wide variety of elements. Nature itself will inspire their selection of a creative person. Among these elements may be a wreath with bright leaves and fruits. They are decorated with a table standing in the studio or a shelf above the fireplace. The details for such a wreath will be spikelets and bright leaves, acorns, dry berries or apples. To create pictures in the spirit of country or Provence, dry ears or bouquets are brought to the studio. Placed on tables near sofas and armchairs, they enliven the atmosphere and remind you of a rural vacation. For such dry bouquets, cereals (for example, wheat) are best suited. Dry herbs are also good. The main thing is that the bouquet looks bright and attractive. There are other interesting ideas to consider. For example, purchase huge flowers for a photo studio and place them on a tree trunk that has already shed its leaves. The composition with a fireplace, near which an armchair and a large clock are installed, will also look great. As accessories for clients, the photographer can prepare long skirts, umbrellas and hats.
- For shooting small models. What should be a photo studio with an interior for children? First of all, it should be noted that such shooting should take place on bright backgrounds of yellow, green, pink and other colors. However, this is not the rule. Children look great in white and gray tones, and if, for example, they are wearing pirate costumes, then in black. Interior design of the studio in which the shooting of small children will be carried out.models will directly depend on their age. So, babies up to 9 months old can be put or planted in a beautiful basket or crib, using toys and costumes as props. For children 1-2 years old, staged photo shoots are not necessary. Frames with small models of this age are best caught in dynamics during the game. That is why the filming space will need to be turned into a platform on which the toys are located. Closer to the age of five, kids can already pose. They are ready, at the request of the photographer, to sit down at the table, take this or that pose, pick up a book or make a surprised face. With such models, staged shots are not bad. In them, the child can easily act as an artist, thinker, scientist, etc. You only need to stock up on the appropriate costumes and props.
- For male photo shoots and business portraits. The idea of decorating the interior with a similar theme of filming can be as follows: a hall lit by the light of panoramic windows, two textured brick walls, a marble floor, leather chairs at a large table, the top of which is made of natural pine. Such an interior is perfect for women's dynamic photo shoots, as well as for a love story, the heroes of which are dressed in classic clothes.
- Scandinavian home style. The interior of the photo studio can be divided into three zones. Among them are a living room, a kitchen, and a bedroom with a dressing room. In such a room, informal shots of a family, a couple or a girl are ideal. For example, in the kitchen, customers can “cook” together, throw flour at each other, ortreat delicious and beautiful pastries.
- For informal photo shoots and unusual family shoots. The interior of the studio, when photographed in this direction, is a wall of brick or barn boards, against which there is a vintage staircase. In addition, details such as panoramic windows and wooden floors, as well as steampunk decorations, will look great in the photo.
- Loft. Such a stylistic direction is one of the most popular and interesting, because the loft does not oblige anyone to anything, while opening up space for the manifestation of imagination. In addition, despite some brutality and simplicity, this trend has a certain elegance, restraint and charm. The interior of the photo studio, made in this style, can be used for portrait and children's photos, love stories, family and model shooting. Ready-made works will delight with images in warm colors (with shades of brown). In this case, the interior should contain brick hay, as well as leather textured furniture. A huge panoramic window will add versatility to the picture. Another option for the loft-style decoration idea would be to decorate one wall in the form of light beige bricks and the other in gray tones. Together with a desktop made of natural wood, this interior is suitable for almost any genre.
- Modern style. The hall for photo shoots can be decorated completely in white. An interesting contrast to the walls, floor and ceiling of this color will create black furniture. Such an interior is well suited for women's business portraits, andalso for individual shootings. In this strict hall, classic clothes will become the most relevant.
