I took a few days to orga­nize my garage yet again, but this time I had a big­ger goal. I’ve wanted to have a shoot­ing space for quite a long time now. Still it’s not a per­ma­nent space where I can leave my lights up… I sup­pose I could, but just look­ing at the chaos of stuff “hang­ing out” would drive me insane. It’s big enough to put in a 9′ wide back­drop. I plan to be very selec­tive in who I shoot there and how I use it — after all it’s in my home. I mostly enjoy shoot­ing on loca­tion, but occa­sion­ally I need a sim­ple backdrop.

I’ll still need to rent stu­dio space — as there are other rea­sons for doing so — it’s not always just about hav­ing a lit­tle space; but for small shoots with close friends, this new space works well. I added more stor­age shelves to put all the “stuff” that seems to not have a par­tic­u­lar place to live in and cre­ated cur­tains to stream­line the look and not be dis­tract­ing. Paint­ing comes next.

These shots are from the first shoot I did in the new space. They are a com­bi­na­tion of 2 to 3 lights and a reflec­tor but most are 3 lights. I’ve worked with Seye Soyele on sev­eral occa­sions and he’s excel­lent to work with. He is per­fect for ath­letic themes; but as you can see, he’s quite ver­sa­tile in what he can shoot. Con­tact him for your next com­mer­cial project if he’s got the look you need.

Images avail­able with a RF license: Bas­ket­ball player mak­ing a move, Face of a weary doc­tor, Sol­dier grip, Hip hop cul­ture, Exhausted male doc­tor, Con­tem­pla­tive sol­dier behind glasses, Bring your game, Player grip­ping the basketball.

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