I work for CPI Sears Portrait Studio and take all of my daughter Kaitlyn's pictures at the studio but their is just times I want to take picture's from home so I have decided to add a small studio in my basement. On the plus side I love props and this will work well because I can customize my props big to small to fit the project photo shoot I'm working on and I will not have to haul them to the studio.
I have a long way to go on lighting and I would love to upgrade my camera in the near future but this is a start in the right direction. I recently designed and built my background stands and off Craigslist for $15.00 bucks I bought a piece of vinyl flooring with a deep mahogany wood grain finish to look like old wooden floors to use on a current project I want to do for preschool picture for Kaitlyn. I want to do a photo shoot with an old school desk, books, globe and etc. I had seen some recent photo shoots I liked on Pinterest. I fell in love with this ruffled muslin background I seen in a photo shoot on Pinterest so it's probably a good thing I sew and had tons of yardage of muslin left over from a project I did a long time ago. So my first back ground for my studio would be free I just have to make it. Let me tell you that the new ruffled background came out great and once again I turn to garage sales and Craigslist for other items I would need for my photo shoot along with Pinterest to make a few photo shoot props. Here is a pic from the back to preschool session I shoot with my daughter Kaitlyn September 4th, 2012.
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| Made this prop to use at the beginning of the school year each year until she refuses. lol |
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| This was also another cute idea Large picture frame chalkboard to use to write anything you want on it. |
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| This is a picture of the vinyl flooring I bought. |
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| The old school desk I bought and refinished. |
Now I'm hooked so hopefully in the future I can add more backgrounds and props along with lighting and a new camera to have my own mini studio at home.
