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Im looking into opening a photography studio?

What items would I need?
I know I would need the camera, lighting, back drops and light boxes, but where could i get a digital photo printer that prints in mass [like the ones in asda] and how do people print to canvas?
Also, if I had my own darkroom, would I need an enlarger [i think thats what its called]?
Where do I get all this stuff from
HELP! (=
Thanks

Stop. Take a deep breath. Exhale slowly.

Now enroll in a photography course, preferably a 4 yr. one although a 2 yr. Associate will work. You will learn using a 35mm film camera. You will learn about light, composition, ISO, shutter speed and f-stops. You will process and print black and white. You will learn photography. If there are no courses in your area, consider the New York Institute of Photography (nyip.com). They offer correspondence courses and have been in business since 1910.

Plan on taking some business courses since there is a lot involved with starting and running a business. Taxes. Insurance. Incorporating.

Call every professional photographer in your area until you find one who needs an assistant. This will be an excellent learning experience as you observe how a professional works and what is involved in running a business. Watch and listen and only ask questions when your mentor isn’t working or if you don’t understand your instructions.

You should be ready to go out on your own in 2 or 3 years.

Photography Light Box How To

A Short Introduction to Photography and Some Things to Consider When Purchasing a Digital Camera

Photography is the art of taking photographs of objects or people, which are then processed into an image by placing special chemicals onto photosensitive paper resulting in a photograph or an image to be captured on paper.

Some people enjoy photography as a hobby while others make their living from it. Many photographers use both traditional film cameras and digital cameras and some still tend to process their own images. What they like to photograph is a matter of individual interest since some people enjoy taking pictures of nature, while others prefer portraits of people, pets, still life and so on.

The Camera Is The Most Important Consideration

Among the best ultra zoom cameras in the market are the Panasonic Lumix cameras. Equipped with a superb lens, they take high quality pictures with accurate colors and exposure. There is no problem with purple fringing, (AKA ghosting), like other ultra zoom cameras.

Ah yes, and the perfect accessory for any camera is a photo light box, which is a controlled lighting environment. With their uniform lighting environments, anyone can come up with professional looking color accurate photos without shadows to upload on websites, online auctions or catalogs.

Many photo opportunities only last for seconds, if your digital camera is too busy writing the last shot you took to the memory card you might miss the next shot. So make sure the camera you choose has a fast recovery time.

What If You Delete A File

And what if you delete an image file by mistake from your digital camera’s flash card? Flash file recovery can recover any previously deleted image file. This is an application that every photographer should be aware of. It can also salvage pictures from damaged or corrupted flash drives (including camera’s built-in memory) and memory sticks. While camera or storage media failure is a rather rare event, compact flash memory cards (CF for short) are slim, lightweight easy to change out when full.

Great photos need great frames

Many people frame pictures and use them as a great gift idea. We get different types and styles in picture frame moldings.

Before cutting any stock, photo matting should be done because it helps you get an estimate about the size of the completed frame. Most photography or frame shops sell pre-cut photo matting, but you can save money using your own mat cutting system. This is particularly relevant when you are making frames for a lot of family and friends on a regular basis.

Medical Photography

Photographic recording plays an important role in medicine, especially photographic documentation for endoscopy. Photographic or video recording of diagnostic procedures is better than memory or drawing. Moreover, it is a legal safeguard as well as material for research and teaching.

Digital camera prices have fallen so much in the last couple years pretty much anyone can now get into photography. One of the latest trends has been the merging of cell phones and digital cameras, the size of image is still pretty small but technology is advancing and within a couple years I think we may be quite surprised at what our little phones will be capable of.

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Soft boxes, umbrellas, mono lighting I’m so confused?

So I decided a few months ago to to do photography as a hobby. I have the camera a Canon Rebel T2i. but I am completely lost on the lighting. I mainly want to shoot glamor photos in a studio. Question is what kind of soft box or lighting would be recommended (as in which soft box, the lighting, how many watts and all that other good stuff?) do I buy these online or is there a photography store I can go to? easy 10 points

There are several choices – firstly whether you shoot continuous lights or flash. I’d recommend flash – it’s more powerful and you then have choices about mixing flash/ambient light.

Then with flash, two further choices – large studio lights (monolights) or speedlights (battery operated flashes). The monolights will have more power, faster recharge time, but are heavy & not very portable. You are limited to indoor shooting unless you can get an outdoor battery pack (often expensive).

Speedlights are a good way to start – small, lightweight & portable. You can use them on location shoots or in studio. They have less power than monolights, and recharge times can be longer (on full power pops). They can be picked up cheaply though – a Yongnuo 560 costs around £60.

Both speedlights and monolights can be fitted with modifiers (softboxes, umbrellas, snoots, etc) – these modify the light (a LARGER light source is a softer one) and allow it to be shaped.

To trigger both speedlights and monolights I recommend radio triggers – the Yongnuo RF602′s are great and are around £25 a set.

The best thing you can do is read the Strobist blog – great resource for off camera lighting. It’ll tell you all you need;

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101.html

there’s a short video a little way down the page and the Lighting 101 & 102 Archives are in drop down boxes to the right.

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