Small Product Photography Set-up in a Closet (Our ‘photo closet’)
Back in June Ginger moved her studio to another of the bedrooms. She asked me to build a small product photo studio in the room’s closet. Below the photography area I fitted shelves to either side and there is room for two of her wheeled carts to fit in the middle. I also added another higher shelf – mainly to fix the lights to. We’ve bought some new LED lights with adjustable brightness and color. At the moment I’m not convinced that they are bright enough. We are going to add some black curtains to the walls so we can adjust the reflections and highlights.
So far it seems to work fairly well.
Update
It worked well, but the space was too small. In 2023 we added a hidden ‘photo table‘ in another room.
Some sample images
This morning Ginger asked if I could add an overhead camera mount to the ‘photo closet’. After a bit of thought I came up with this arrangement which uses a drawer slide and a cannibalized tripod head.
The remains of the tripod didn’t go to waste. I fitted a wooden top-plate to it and it can be used to hold an additional light.
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