On a side note - does anyone know how to soap/cloud out windows, we've had 1 unsuccessful attempt using fairy liquid!
I've used it and am a bit ambivalent about it - it certainly tidies things up and it's good not to have any light stands for people to bash into, but they have a fair amount of 'wobble' making it difficult to position light modifiers precisely, OK for things like softboxes though.Well now that I've got 5 minutes I'll try and give a brief rundown of layout etc.
We have settled on 3 separate studios, a large 4.8x9 with a 12ft celling a 4.8 x 8 (I think) with a 9ft celling and a smaller 4x 6.5ish studio with a 9ft celling. The smaller of the studios will primarily be set up for newborns hopefully. All studios will have a built in infinity curve and a series of paper roll backdrops etc. We have been looking a roof mounted lighting but to be fair I'm not that concerned about this. Anyone work with it?
The main focus of the studio will be the reception area. This will be a massive area with a 6m high celling, a red brick wall to the roof, which will be wood (insulated above) The mez area thats left will be re-floored (wish I hadn't knocked it all through now!) and turned into our office space. An opening will be left looking down into the main reception with a bannister to keep the open feeling. Think Manhattan loft style and thats getting close to what we want to achieve. Under the mez level will be a gallery area. Lighting will be a mixture of soft low level lighting and, preferably for me, daylight balanced LED lighting. It will be nicer than my Flat, and it should be since I'll be spending so much time there! Also we will have a changing area and a staff kitchen.
The process for working will be Booking - Sitting - Viewing. There will be 2 viewing rooms put up the stairs, cosy livingroom style. We are trying to give an /experience/ that few studios in scotland will be able to. The size and space we have available affords us the luxury of having so much open space.
Pretty soon we will be getting down to the techy side of things, with gear/computers/software all getting hashed out!
nikonal said:I love watching Studio Builds on here and the fact that this one is in my hometown makes it a wee bit more exciting!
It looks like a cracking space you have there lads. Good Luck with everything.
You in Hamilton?
Mind you, if you do decide to go for it, the Lencarta Ultrapro flash heads have been designed for use with overhead tracks, see the slot in the top...
Well, we have remote control nowJust had a look at that link....one of the reasons we may have used lights other than Lencarta was the lack of a remote control which with 12-14ft ceilings would be a must have.
Disappointed to see you've moved to Aluminium though, the ABS Plastic shells were (are) solid!
Being a design engineer to trade id choose the plastics over aluminium any day!
I hope its cast alloy as ANY sheet alloy will bash and eventually crack should you repeatedly bash the same area!
There may also be wear and tear issues should the light modifier fittings also be made of alloy, its a soft metal and will wear away!
Im not sure how clear it is to everyone our intensions but the idea of putting a firemans pole between the office space (above the mez) down to reception has been muted.
Looks great already!
Im not sure how clear it is to everyone our intensions but the idea of putting a firemans pole between the office space (above the mez) down to reception has been muted. I
really like the idea...would like to hear opinions on this? Gimmick or cool to have?
Alastair said:I hadn't heard.. ..
cratchingHeadInUtterConfusionSmiley:
BigJohn said:It looks like a massive amount of work for you there .
Where does that staircase go that you don't like ? Have you got more space up there or is it a fire escape or something ? Just if it's a fire escape i'd look into whether or not you could block the whole thing off , I know that we have at least one blocked at work behind a false wall , but still have plenty of other escapes so it doesn't pose an issue .
Alastair said:mute - to turn the sound down
moot - to discuss or debate
My sense of humour is genetic, tragically it's not a protected characteristic within the meaning of the act..
When Stevie said block off I think he meant just the left hand side where the babyroom wall will be, they're pretty dark and narrow already and doing this will make them worse!
It looks like a massive amount of work for you there .
The only thing I do not like about this building is this staircase