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SETUP HOME YOUR STUDIO THE KODAK UBRARY OF CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY Digitized by the Internet Archive 2010 in http://www.archive.org/details/setupyourhomestuOOmitc SETUP YOUR HOME STUDIO mo PublishedbyTime-LifeBooksinassociationwithKodak SET UP YOUR HOME STUDIO CreatedanddesignedbyMiicheilBeazleyInternational massociationwithKodakandTIME-LIFEBOOKS Editor-in-Chief JackTresidder SeriesEditor RobertSaxton ArtEditors Me!Petersen MikeBrown Editors LouiseEarwaker RichardPlati CarolynRyden Designers RuthPrentice StewartMoore PictureResearchers VcnelaBulicn JackumBrown EditorialAssistant MargaretLittle Production PeterPhiUips AndroullaPavluu ConsultingPhotographer MichaelFreeman CoordinatingEditorsforKodak PaulMulroney TheKODAKLibraryofCreativePhotography KenOberg I KodakLimited Allrightsreserved JackieSalitan SetUpYourHomeStudio ConsultingEditorforTime-LifeBooks ( KodakLimited,MitchellBcazlcyPublishers. ThomasDickey SalvaiEdiiores,S.A.,1985 Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedorutilizedin PaunbdlCisahneaddainbtyheTIUnMiEt-edLIStFaEtesBOOKS ainncylfudoirnmgoprhobtyoacnoypymienagn,s,reecloercdtirnogniocrobrymaencyhainnifcoarlmatic storageandretrievalsystem,withouttheprior President 1oftheoriginalcopyrightowners ReginaldK BrackJr. LibraryofCongresscatalogcardr nber83-51659 ISBN0-86706-237-1 Editor LSB7320L13 GeorgeConstable ISBN0-86706-236-3(retail) Contents 6 ControllingtheImage ju^JJI CONTROLLING THE IMAGE The essence ofstudio photography is control, both ofthe subject and ofthe way it is lit. The still-lifes and figure studies on the following nine pages all demonstrate the clarity and precision you can achieve in controlled studio conditions without any loss ofvitality or sparkle. Some amateur photographersthink ofa studioas theexclusivedomainofthe professionaland imagine that the skills and equipment required are beyond their reach. Infact, masteryoflightand background, as exemplified in the picture opposite, isa skill that anyone can perfect. As for space and equipment, a roomwithgooddaylight, somepiecesofwhitecard- board and atripod for your cameraareall you need fora rudimentary studio. Portableflash or inexpen- sive photolamps extend the possibilities further. However, mostamateurswill soonwanttoprogress to small studio flash units for even greater control overthe image. Like a darkroom, a studio may be temporary or permanent, depending on the space you have avail- able. But lack of space need never hamper your creativity. However modest your home studio, the techniquesdescribed in this book will enable you to produce high-quality images in whicheveryelement is planned and nothing is left to chance. Awriggleoflightnvislsaround aivoodeuknobandafeather,andrises behindtheminaholdcrescenttocreate acoolstill-lifezvithahintofOriental imagery. Thebackgroundisapieceof whitecardboardzvithacrescentcutout ofitandblue-graytracingpaper stretchedoverthefront.Aflashunit iltwninatedthecutoutfrombehind; litikedtothiszvasanotherflashunit thatprovideddiffusedlighlingfroiii above. Thephotographerusedacurved acrylicsheettocapturecompressed reflectionsofthecrescentandknob, visibleinthebottompartofllieframe.