Where to shoot your portraits without a studio?

[Kimberly Anderson]

Um, that light is to die for.

[axs810]

Seriously...

[Bill_1856]

Plenty of $50/hour motels around -- many with "studio" lighting banks included.

[andre]

Just found this huge collapsable background in town. Very expensive, but I think it will pay off.
Just need a separation light now.

[mathieu Bauwens]

Seems to be nice.

[axs810]

Andre- You could also try to get 2 lightstands and a pole to go across to drape a background cloth.

Something like this is always good to have-

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/585502...rs,-Stands-and



Also, don't be afraid to use mirrors to reflect light onto the subject too! You can diffuse the mirrored light with a bed sheet or etc to make it look like it's light coming from a softbox.

[andre]

Thanks everyone for the great input and for reminding me that I can shoot at home.

The shoot went great! By miracle I found exactly the kind of backdrop that I wanted just this morning.
The light came in nice and steady at EV6 for almost 2 hrs. The model was amazing to work with and we had a great laugh at the end.

[axs810]

post your results here when you get everything developed!

[andre]

that may still take quite some time but here's a digital polaroid.

Let's say it went ok.

[Kimberly Anderson]

Ok? Yeah...pretty much.