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How My Business Process Has Changed Since Lockdown

Samantha Peel

This is a pictures of my photography setup with my garage doors open wide

This blog is all about how my own business process has changed due to Covid restrictions

Since lockdown I have these restrictions, keep 2 m away when photographing, wear PPE, wash hands and work outside or in an airy room.

Currently, I work by visiting locations where I am able to attend, along with the rules, but one thing that I have been doing is offering my home as my own studio and my garage is a free space to use.

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HOW CAN YOU CONVERT A LOCATION INTO A STUDIO?

To convert a room, area or garage into a studio, you will need this equipment

  • Backdrop stand

  • Sandbags

  • Backdrop fabric (muslin fabrics that are either plain or printed)

  • Studio lights and light stands

  • Softbox or umbrella

  • Extension cords

  • Tripod

  • Workshop desk

  • Bonce V-flats (optional)

  • Form, card or reflectors to bounce light.

  • Clamps

Once you have a selection of the equipment, in the list above, you can begin to build on your studio resources that relate to your photographic genre.

For my studio, I use my studio for either food dishes, food products, lifestyle or sporting equipment.

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BEHIND THE SCENES

Here are some visuals from my latest garage studio shoot with Willian Ice Cream. For this shoot, I changed the photographic setup twice to take these pictures.

  1. The first shoot was a simple flat lay photograph of each ice cream pot from the top, see below

This photograph shows my camera facing down towards the ice-cream pot, with a blue background & a white reflector, so that I can bonze the light back towards the pot and reduce the shadow from the ice cream left-hand side of the pot.

Different view of the setup.

FINAL EDIT PICTURE

2. The 2nd photographic setup was more styled, with the use of props, a marble background and pink material which has been hung from the background stand.

This picture shows the setup to capture different ice cream scooped flavours on top of a slice of pecan pie. The props were taken away and amended per flavour of ice cream and I photographed the food products from the front.

NEW PROMOTION

Picture used for this promotion, was taken during this garage studio shoot.

SEND & SHOOT

Is as simple as 1, 2, 3...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
1️⃣ Drop me a line/email & we’ll have a chat about your requirements 
2️⃣ You send me your products/delivery dishes in the post ✉️
3️⃣ I shoot your products in my home studio 
4️⃣ You download the images from your personal online gallery, upload them to your online store & start selling 
5️⃣ I send your products back to you in the post or drop them back, if possible with your product/delivery dishes ✉️

If You Would Like To Have More Information And Learn More, Then Please Give Me Some Blog Suggestions In The Comments Below Or Arrange A 1:1 Photography Session With me.

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