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Interested in becoming a professional photographer, or just want to take better pictures for fun? In this video, commercial and editorial photographer Chris Ryan tells you how to set up a portrait studio.
My name is Chris Ryan. I’m a photographer. We’re here at my studio, Chris Ryan Photography, in northwest Portland. If you’d like to see more of my work, please visit my website at chrisryanphoto.com, or if you’d like to follow my daily activities, go to my Facebook page, Chris Ryan Photography in Portland, Oregon. Today, I’m going to talk to you about studio photography. How to set up a portrait studio. Well, you can set up a portrait studio in just about any room. You need a little bit of ceiling height. I’d say a minimum of 8 to 10 feet. You need a distance from the subject of about 10 to 20 feet. And then from there, all you need is a roll of paper as a background. If you have a nice pretty wall that’s painted a pleasing color, then you can use that. Paper is nice because you can easily change the color, and/or texture of your background. Paper’s not the only option. As well, there’s muslin and/or fabric backgrounds. So once you’ve got your space, and you’ve got your background, then you need a couple lights…maybe three, maybe four. Two for sure to evenly light the front and sides of the subject. But then, if you’ve got a hairlight, and perhaps a back light or a side light. Sometimes known as a rim light or an edge light, that’s helpful as well. So you’ve got your space, your background, your lights. Now you need a good camera and tripod…end of subject. And that’s just about everything you’ll need to set up a basic portraiture studio.
Just had a glimpse of your photos on here but thought they were striking. Went to your site and I must say I love your strong colours and style of photography. You certainly have a unique, but attractive, style. I just wish your site was a bit easier to use, get a bit annoying going backwards and forwards so I left a lot of your work unviewed. As you can tell, what I did see was very impressive.
What does it mean by good camera? I don't think that even tripod is a must.
yeah.. i want to know what kinds of lights to use.
I wish you would compine your good videos into just a couple. 1:44 videos with a :25 intro is too short…
He lists the different kinds of lights and says what they do but doesn't show any examples. Could do better.