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A cyclorama or infinity wall is quite common in a lot of photography studios. The curved wall creates a seamless background and makes for a perfect studio shooting environment. That is why I decided to build one in my new Cape Town Photographic Studio. I have documented our progress and below you can see how we went about it and what we used to build with.
Materials:
20 x 5mm masonite sheets each 2440mm x 1220mm
17 x wood battons 38 x 38mm
16 x 21mm shutterply formers
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You first come up with the idea, you talk about it, weigh up the pros and cons of each option and finally decide that option A looks pretty good. Then you carry on with your day to day, Option A will come around in about a year. Then you start the ball rolling and by moving back home, settle in again. Get to work. Shoot, edit, upload then shoot again. Repeat cycle.
Then one day you wake up and it is time. Time to get going on Option A. Move to Cape Town, open a photographic studio and shoot stock full time. Live with the mountain at my back and the sea in front of me. A spectacular city. That is why we chose it. Jill (my girlfriend) and I. After Jakarta we both needed a cleaner city with more easy access to the outdoors, Caucasian models and a thriving creative industry.
We had our final braais,
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A healthy lifestyle outdoor adventure couple was the concept of one of my recent shoots. Healthy happy lifestyle images tend to sell quite well and this shoot confirmed that for me even more.
Prop sourcing was not as tough as I thought, I have a friend who had a couple bikes and some of the gear, the rest I bought, rented or used some of my own. The obvious problem with something like extreme sports is not
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A short hello before I get on to some more detailed blog posts
It has been a while since I have had a chance to do any blogging or updates, but those days are behind me!
the last few months in short…
March – shooting before moving to CPT
April – Move to CPT (I am not new to this, see some previous posts about moving country and shifting back)
April – May – Find suitable premises for studio and living
May – June finalise contracts with landlord and organise stuff for home
June – July – move in and set up shop / home … finally have internet connection again after 3 months without.
July onwards, build infinity curve and start shooting in CPT.
It has been a fun journey moving cities again, but now ready to knuckle down and start producing some awesome work out of our Cape Town Studio!
watch this space for more updates and some backdated blog posts that need to be posted.
