Homemade Studio

So, you want to start your own homemade photography studio but you are totally broke and you want it to be cheap. Actually, being cheap is your prime demand from this studio. You don’t need no external fancy lighting or strobes, you don't want them expensive soft boxes. You just want to try out some still life photography, or you need take some shots for eBay. This article is just for you.

Here is what I have to offer for about 1–3 USD. This still life photography studio utilizes a huge soft box and a seamless backdrop. But before we start lets see some of the prime requirements from a still life photo studio. We want to get even light, with good shadow management and a smooth background that will not distract from our main subject.

If you are serious about your homemade studio and your lighting, you should check out the guides for homemade reflector stand, homemade backdrop stand, homemade hot lighting panel, and the rest of the homemade studio articles.

Here are the materials you will need for your still life studio:

• A few inches of Duct tape (or just any tape)
• A thick, A0 sized, sheet of paper. (I use polypropylene sheets because they are more durable and can be cleaned - this is the backdrop I used for the Wolverine shot in the soft box guide).
• A sunny day and a shady location.
• A wall/table/chair/fence

Now, this will not take care of your all your studio needs, but it will provide you with a cheap way to start exploring studio like pictures. Namely, you will get good background for your pictures, pictures with little shadows and good even light. If you only want to take "eBay pictures" this is enough.

Thanks to www.diyphotography.net