Setting up a home studio on a strict budget, need help!
garyrhook wrote: Speaking from experience, no. If it's a bedroom there's only so much you can do. IMO:
Good paint for the walls, in neutral gray, flat. If you have a gray wall, you don't need a backdrop.
Glass curtains in white for the window. Get a PLM umbrella (64") with the diffuser from Paul C Buff, a decent speedlite, remote trigger, and a Promaster SystemPro LS4 stand. And an umbrella clamp. You can find modestly priced solutions for the light and trigger in lots of places, and this would get you started with learning how to light. It's amazing what you can do with a single light and a window (facing the right direction).
IMO.
gray walls, and a table with some continuous lights should be an affordable start for you. Canon 5D Mark II, 30D, 40D, 50 1.2L, 16-35 2.8L Mark II, 24-105 4L IS, 24-70 2.8L, 70-200 2.8L IS, 85 1.8, 4 x 580 EX(II)
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