studio

25Jan

Images from last year’s classes

  • By BarrieAuthor /
  • January 25, 2013 /
  • In tuition /
  • Last Update January 25, 2013 /
We don’t shoot lots dur­ing the classes — just enough to test the setup and illus­trate the point that we’re teach­ing. Of course we need some good shots to advert­ise the classes too. You’ll find sets from most of the classes start­ing in late 2011 through to the last class […]
29Apr

Fredau — some setup shots from the open day

  • By BarrieAuthor /
  • April 29, 2012 /
  • In studio, tuition /
  • Last Update April 29, 2012 /
The open day was hugely suc­cess­ful with close to 60 people vis­it­ing through­out the day. The goal was to gen­er­ate interest in the stu­dio and our classes — I think we suc­ceeded. Fredau was the star of the show. These are some of my setup shots from the day (it’s not […]
10Mar

Back from Focus 2012 — lots of exciting news

  • By BarrieAuthor /
  • March 10, 2012 /
  • In studio, workshops /
  • Last Update March 10, 2012 /
While there have big announce­ments from most of the gear man­u­fac­tur­ers, for us, the Focus trade show this year was about net­work­ing. Of course see­ing the gear is cool too. So while noth­ing has been set in stone yet, we’re dis­cuss­ing pos­sible work­shops with Bjorn Thomassen, Damian McGil­licudy and Podge Kelly. […]
25Aug

Group tuition: fundamentals of studio portrait lighting

  • By BarrieAuthor /
  • August 25, 2011 /
  • In tuition /
  • Last Update August 25, 2011 /
Learn the fun­da­ment­als of light­ing for stu­dio por­trait­ure in a pro­fes­sional stu­dio with an exper­i­enced tutor. Four classes of 1.5 — 2 hours each (for groups of 4 — 6 par­ti­cipants). The first class will be cam­era and stu­dio famil­i­ar­isa­tion. The remain­ing three classes will be tutored shoot­ing with an experienced […]
16Aug

More lights — ARRI fresnel tungsten lights

  • By BarrieAuthor /
  • August 16, 2011 /
  • In studio /
  • Last Update August 16, 2011 /
I had the oppor­tun­ity to shoot with the ARRI tung­sten lights at a John Tis­bury work­shop last month and finally gave into tempta­tion. We now have a pair of the ARRI tung­sten fres­nel lights (a 150W and a 300W). Both have barn doors and the fres­nel lens allows the light […]
04Jul

The studio — interior and equipment

  • By BarrieAuthor /
  • July 4, 2011 /
  • In studio /
  • Last Update July 4, 2011 /
With the new floor down, it actu­ally looks a lot more like a pho­to­graphic stu­dio The min­imum drop on the paper rolls is slightly more than 8′ so that should acco­mod­ate even tall mod­els in heels. The plan is to add a second set of paper brack­ets on the wall on […]
04Jul

Photographic studio hire — open for business

  • By BarrieAuthor /
  • July 4, 2011 /
  • In studio /
  • Last Update July 4, 2011 /
The stu­dio floor has been laid, the paper rolls hung and all the light­ing gear is in place — we are now open for busi­ness. As a spe­cial offer for July (until we add the extras), bare stu­dio hire is on spe­cial offer at £15 per hour (£45 for a […]