I need to have a new product photo shoot for my website. The last time was in 2009 when I went to a studio for the day that had a white scoop that included lighting. The chap who developed my website at the time also took the images and edited them for the website. It worked well at the time, but it's now desperate for new images now I've redeveloped the site myself recently.
This time I want my leather headboards pictured in a bedroom set so they are in context. An 8ft high wall by 12ft wide made up of MDF and wallpapered, a bed, bedside cabinets, etc.
I don't have a big budget, but have a few options and was hoping for some opinions before I make a decision.
Do I hire a studio and build my own set, which will be no problem, but it will mean paying the first day to build the set, but I can easily do that. Then get help from the studio (probably be a cost) to get the lighting set up for my needs and then take the images myself. I've had a price and seen other rates and it's about £300 a day with lighting, £200 dry hire. I'd need a dry day and two full days, so about £800, plus £100 set up for the lighting was quoted from one studio, plus the set cost.
I have a Nikon D90 with an 18-105mm that I bought years ago and a new MacBook Pro, plus an iMac at home. But I really have no experience with the camera and am not even sure if the lens is suitable.
I also have a 5m x 5m space available in my workshop that I could build the set and then hire a photographer, who I presume will bring lighting and take the images. So here there will be no cost for the space, but what will a photographer charge for two days shooting?
I'd also be happy to edit the images myself as I have Photoshop that I pay for monthly while I work on my new website.
I do like doing things myself as I'm quite fussy and also did hire a photographer before 2009 and the images were not good enough, and soon replaced. It would also be interesting to have a go myself in a studio, and the pics don't have to be perfect, but certainly good enough for a product on a website.
Just wondered what people thought!
This time I want my leather headboards pictured in a bedroom set so they are in context. An 8ft high wall by 12ft wide made up of MDF and wallpapered, a bed, bedside cabinets, etc.
I don't have a big budget, but have a few options and was hoping for some opinions before I make a decision.
Do I hire a studio and build my own set, which will be no problem, but it will mean paying the first day to build the set, but I can easily do that. Then get help from the studio (probably be a cost) to get the lighting set up for my needs and then take the images myself. I've had a price and seen other rates and it's about £300 a day with lighting, £200 dry hire. I'd need a dry day and two full days, so about £800, plus £100 set up for the lighting was quoted from one studio, plus the set cost.
I have a Nikon D90 with an 18-105mm that I bought years ago and a new MacBook Pro, plus an iMac at home. But I really have no experience with the camera and am not even sure if the lens is suitable.
I also have a 5m x 5m space available in my workshop that I could build the set and then hire a photographer, who I presume will bring lighting and take the images. So here there will be no cost for the space, but what will a photographer charge for two days shooting?
I'd also be happy to edit the images myself as I have Photoshop that I pay for monthly while I work on my new website.
I do like doing things myself as I'm quite fussy and also did hire a photographer before 2009 and the images were not good enough, and soon replaced. It would also be interesting to have a go myself in a studio, and the pics don't have to be perfect, but certainly good enough for a product on a website.
Just wondered what people thought!