Equip your Studio

Setting up a new Studio

When setting up a studio for the first time, I am often asked…What do I need?

So here are is a list of what will help you get going if you shoot products. Some of these will definitely help even if photographing people.

These items come from what I have in studio along with some items I’ve secured via hints from other photographers

Gaffer tape (black electrical tape too!)

A-Clamps or Spring clamps (Home Depot!)

Gels (Roscoe makes them and you can order online)

  Multiple colors and some ND (Neutral Density) come in quite handy

Hot Glue gun (get the clear glue for it)

Canned Air (blowing dust of sets or ‘subjects)

Acrylic mirrors for setting items on for a nice reflection

Tons of fill cards;  black, white, gold and silver)

Rolled diffusion material (Savage Translum)

Spray bottles (for spraying a water/glycerine mix so the drops stay put!)

C-Stands and gobo arms and knuckles (Adorama or Amazon-Amazon is cheaper)

Now of course this won’t make you a killer photographer all alone but these goodies

Will definitely make your life easier and make creating images a lot easier if you have these helpers 

In future blog posts, I’ll show how some if these fun goodies are used.

~Chuck St John - June 10, 2021