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Initially we wanted to have a similar setup to Dizzyfinch Photo Studio in London. A work/live photo studio in a semi-industrial space. Something quite open and spacious with at least a 3.2m ceiling. So the basic brief to agents was: find us a space that we can work and live from with 1 open area of at least 50sqm under budget.

We set up a few meetings and went to view a couple of properties that had some potential. But we quickly realized that since our requests were so specific and our budget only so big, there was only a handful of potential properties. Some of the first ones we looked at seemed

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I know I have been a bit quiet on the blog lately, sorry to all my subscribers. I have however been busy. Busy getting my stock operations in order again after moving back to South Africa. First thing i have tasked myself with is finding good models, it really makes a difference when you have someone in front of your camera that can help you deliver quality images. secondly I have been setting up and arranging shoots out of a garage studio seeing as that is the only space available to me at the moment. Very small space, difficult to work with, but better than nothing. Before shooting as always comes the planning phase, so I have been planning my shoots, organizing wardrobe, makeup and putting in as much effort into styling as possible. All the extra time is definitely paying off in better constructed images. One of my first shoots after being back was of a good friend of mine, she has amazing eyes and fair skin, so I wanted to do something in studio that concentrated on these features and we came up with the concept of the feature image.

For this shoot i essentially used 3 lights, 2 for the background and one on my model. I found that adding a reflector underneath the model filled in the shadows eyes nicely and helped them to pop. I have provided a lighting diagram below for those who are interested to see exactly what light modifiers were used. The full shoot can be seen here.

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