I need measurements please

[Caryl Y]

I am new to the forum so I don't if its been covered before or not, but, I would like to know more about measurements for a studio. I am looking to rent a space downtown and I want to know what are the best measurements so that I can have shooting space, light space etc.... It has 10 ft ceilings...

Thanks so much

[Asylum Steve]

I want to know what are the best measurements so that I can have shooting space, light space etc.... It has 10 ft ceilings...

Welcome to the site. In a perfect world, a photo studio would have tons of space in all directions, including up.

But that shooting utopia almost always comes at a steep price (real estate being what it is), so we make compromises in space to fit our budget.

I guess it all comes down to the style of shooting you plan to do.

Conventional, straight-forward portrait and product lighting doesn't really require your lights to be placed too far off camera, and so you can probably get by with a slightly narrower or shorter space, or one with lower ceilings.

If you want to create more dramatic or stylish shots, you're more likely to set up directional lighting, be it from the side, back, or top. In this case, having room to move lights back, sideways, or high up is nice.

My first shooting space was little more than 10'x10', and I was suprised at how much I was able to do within those limitations.

[Caryl Y]

Well thank goodness my spot is bigger then 10 x 10.... I would like to do families, full body for seniors and I love High Key (with all white background)

[Asylum Steve]

Well thank goodness my spot is bigger then 10 x 10.... I would like to do families, full body for seniors and I love High Key (with all white background)

Well, alrighty, then. More information...

With groups, you're gonna want more space side to side then front to back, although with the full body shots, you'll need to be able to back away a bit from your subjects.

So, I guess a reasonably long and wide rectangular space should allow you to do both. High-key is more a factor of lighting than space, so you'll just have to make sure you have enough illumination to flood the scene to get that effect.