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Comment on inside the new photo studio by Jim Talkington

Jim Talkington — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:58:26 +0000

I missed reading comments for a handful of days and – wow – such a great response. I’ll try to respond to some question from memory here:

I’ll be shooting a natural light portrait in the studio tomorrow and hopefully a shot will end up on the photo a day blog soon.

Shooting space is 24′ L x 20′ W x 12+’ H.

I like the white beauty dish (that’s the way it was delivered. In theory I think it should be a touch softer than silver.

Very observant eyes noticed the lack of stick-in-a-cans! There are a few, we left the majority with the other photographer we shared the old space with. Time to whip up a new batch. And no, there’s not a model changing area and that’s something I miss. We have very large ladies and mens rooms just down the hall so they have to deal with that slight inconvenience. We’re putting up a small mirror / light / makeup table between the office and studio areas soon.

I think that covers it. Sorry for such a delay in getting the comments online! In case you ever wondered why I approve them first, well, the spam filter caught 4,996 spam comments in the past two weeks! Imagine if all of that was going straight into the website. That’s a lot of deals on ringtones…

Comment on inside the new photo studio by mel

mel — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:52:00 +0000

looks good from here!!

Comment on inside the new photo studio by frank

frank — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:46:42 +0000

Looks very nice!
I also like simple and clean designs.. and having things organized

Comment on inside the new photo studio by christian

christian — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:54:42 +0000

nice studio.. i hope i can build my own next year

Comment on inside the new photo studio by Amie Thomas

Amie Thomas — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:41:24 +0000

wow! I’m definitely digging the new setup. I was there on a school trip with dave witt from oip&t and it definitely looked different.

Comment on inside the new photo studio by Dennis

Dennis — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:03:46 +0000

Congratulations on your new studio Jim. It looks very nice.

I wish you more success in 2009.

Comment on quick video 2 : umbrella or softbox? by Ed

Ed — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:28:11 +0000

Do you know if the Chimera Elinchrom Quick Release Speed Ring will work on the genesis strobes?

Comment on inside the new photo studio by Mihai

Mihai — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:30:55 +0000

You happy little boy

Comment on inside the new photo studio by John Brainard

John Brainard — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:01:52 +0000

Jim… That studio looks great. It has me drooling and wishing I had a space like that!

Do you have any plans of posting any samples taken with light from that big window of yours?

Comment on video episode 26, outdoor portrait photography tips #2 by ken davis

ken davis — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:24:34 +0000

Hi Jim,
I notice that most photographers use a large lense like 70-200 and back away from their subject when taking pictures, portraits etc….
What is the advantage & disadvantages of using a 18-55 lense and getting closer to your subject.

Ken