Stage Upgrade: Get Ready for Christmas!

Christmas 2018 set up available for photo and video rental in Los Angeles

Although you just folded your Spider Man Halloween costume back in the attic’s chest, it is time to pull yet another funny outfit – with oversized red pants and long white beard that can be described only with “ho-ho-ho” sound. Yes, it is about the Christmas time!

We have been behaving pretty good this year, so would expect to see a heap of presents under our Christmas trees, now set up beautifully in stages Hill 5 and Art 2.

So from now on up till Christmas Eve, anytime you book those two stage expect to see this marvel:

WHITE CHRISTMAS TREE IN HILL 5

Studio Hill 5 is one of the best option we have for creative crews on the budget. This Romantic White Stage has its windows facing South, which provides plenty of natural light for photographers. Among studio’s unique props are Gold Bellman Cart, White Decor Frames Wall, “Victoria Secret” like pink striped wall section and a pink upright piano. As with any our other stages a standard package of three basic backdrops and three lights is available within the stage already. For more information visit stage Hill 5 on our website.

GREEN CHRISTMAS TREE IN ART 2

Besides this happy holiday mood, Art 2 comes equipped with everything you need for a perfect intimate, romantic or empowering style of photoshoot. This stage always leaves our clients excited and hungry for more time. Featuring a dark wood floor platform across the stage and a sexy dark leather lounge chair creates welcoming and relaxed atmosphere. A wall section with the brick veneer adds a flavor of downtown loft New York style. Among these unique features, the stage comes with great equipment – three strobe lights, three backdrops of white, grey and black color, sound system, makeup station and changing station. Take a look at Art 2 on our website for availability as well as rates.

Stage Upgrade: Pro Stage II Space Corridor

Photo studio rental with corner cyclorama available for rental in Los Angeles

PRO stage II keeps getting better every month. This year, we have already seen numerous renovations within Pro II space, including double Curved corner CYC-wall, the bed platform section by the window, and a few nice additions like a huge American flag.

Now it is time to put a cherry on top – introducing ” futuristic/high-tech, metal and light, corridor with a mirror”. Long name I know. There are so many looks that can be created with this installation that we are getting lost in description. Just take a look for yourself!

Take a look at Pro Stage II on our website! As a reminder, Pro II comes with standard photo backdrops of black, white and grey color, and studio lighting for stills are also included in the hourly rate. Make sure to catch the coolness of this space with your photo and video cameras and book with us NOW.

Stage Upgrade: Pro Stage III is now SoundProof!

Long gone are days when we regretted to announce that none of our stages are soundproof. With ever increasing demand for voice/sound sensitive production we decided to rework Pro III and make it our first soundproof stage!

Inside Pro III there is an approximately 18’x30′ soundproof room with LED lights inside.

The entrance to the make up station remains separate for our clients’ convenience.

Now you can be loud all you want or you can be as quiet as a mouse, recording your own breathing techniques – PRO III will work for you!

Starting at $49.99 per hour (weekdays) this stage also has convenient packages of 4, 8 and 12 hours available.

Find out more about PRO III and all included equipment that goes with it and book your shoot now!

Become Better Photographer: Choosing the Right Background with David Bergman

Backgrounds can make or break your pictures. How do you find a good one when you’re outdoors? In this episode with David Bergman and Adorama TV we will show you few tips on how to choose a background when you are outdoors.

The best backgrounds are ones that don’t distract you, and force your eye to go directly to your subject. Working in a photo studio, gives you the ultimate control over lighting and background. Obviously you don’t have nearly as much control when you’re outside. So you need to practice looking at things with a critical eye. You can decide where to put your subject, and you can line them up with a background that will work to your advantage. You just have to know what to look for. Here are few general tips that would help you choose the right background.

Subject/Background Contrast

The first thing you want to find is an area that’s dark in relation to your subject. Our eyes tend to go to the brightest part of an image first, and if you’re photographing a person, the brightest part should be their face. Look for a background that’s in the shade, or even a dark color to help it blend away behind your subject.

Details vs Plain Color

The second thing to look for is a solid background, something with a lot of detail. Might be interesting to photograph by itself, and works well in some photos, but if it’s too interesting it’s gonna pull you away from your subject. Which is the most important thing in these particular images.

Too close/ Too far

Lastly if you can pull your subject further away from the background, that’ll help it to go out of focus, and turn it into a smooth creamy texture that won’t be distracting.

Your subject will pop right off the screen, solid dark, and far away. If you can get at least one of those, you’ve got a fighting chance. Two out of three is awesome, and finding a background with all three of those elements will guarantee that all eyes are squarely on your subject….which is where you want them to be!

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Check out our WORKSHOPS in Los Angeles that teach you hands-on how to make great photos!

One of our closest workshops – Studio Lighting 102 : Portrait Photography Lighting

will take place on November 29th, 7-9pm, in one of our Los Angeles studios !!!

Watch the full episode with David Bergman and Adorama TV:

Product photography by Jesca Cluff

Beauty and product photographer Jesca Cluff has a perfect skill set for this photoshoot – facial products. Capturing subjects against colored backdrop, Jesca made the main element of the photo stand out even more!

This session’s crew comprised of:

Photographer Jesca Cluff

Client DermaNew

About the stage:

Stage D is one of the most spacious and most affordable spaces we currently offer. Suitable for both large and small production teams, this stage is on always on a high demand. Lighting conditions are of supreme quality. If working with natural light, towards the sunset the studio gets plenty of great, warm light through large south-west facing frosted windows. There are three strobe lights always available within the stage. Have a look at our calendar for availability, prices and contacts on our WEBSITE.

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Rain room group shoot by GraphicVibe

Vivid, futuristic session took place in our rain room studio Hill 7. Very moody “dark and wet” environment set the scene towards sexy romantic style of the photo.

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A snippet of photographer’s story.

For full bio please visit Christina Hughes’s website.

My name is Christina Hughes. Creating visual images through photography and graphic design is my passion. Some of the major highlights of my life’s journey include:

Studying at Southwest Missouri State University where I was the photo editor of my university yearbook, and studdied art and photography

Successful internship with Bass Pro Shops’ headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, where I was immersed in catalog and product photography

Photographer of the Year at my first portrait job at Glamour Shots

…

This session’s crew comprised of:

Photographer Christina Hughes GraphicVibe

Model Blair Nervonie hire her at modelfantc.com

Group shoot for groupshootmeetup.com

The stage:

Studio Hill 7 also known as a rain-room stage, offers unique experience for photographers to capture images in a wet environment”. Equipped with one of a kind shower system, now you can shoot models in the “rain” against white/black backdrops. For more information visit stage Hill 7 on our website.

Nicholas James’s “twin” photoshoot

Calif. based fashion photographer Nicholas James had the pleasure of shooting at The Hill 3 stage “truly loved the work that came from it”- as photographer states.

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Few words about the shoot:

The shoot was a lot of fun. I’d met Nigeria and she knew Tyra, who had a similar look to hers and we decided to do a ‘twins’ type shoot. We thrifted a majority of the wardrobe and found these wonderful white knit capes for each model and it worked super well with the white-wash aesthetic of the room. Enjoy the shots, and I look forward to spending more time being creative at FD Studios.

This session’s crew comprised of:

Photographer Nicholas James Model Nigeria Model Tyra

The stage:

Stage Hill 3 is one of our largest and brightest stages. Advantageously positioned with the windows facing west and north, this stage gets plenty of sift indirect sunlight in the first half of the day and lots of direct sunbeams in the second half. As with any our other stages a standard package of three basic backdrops and three lights is available within the stage already. For more information visit stage Hill 3 on our website.

KC Slagle with a cool portrait session

Simple and beautiful Tête-à-Tête portrait session took place in wood floor studio Art 2. Bathing in sun light the photographer – model duo captured nice angles and shadow patterns.

Here is the snippet of photographer’s story. For full bio please visit KC Slagle’s website.

“Like many professional artists, KC discovered her creative sensibilities early on. By the time she was five, she was continuously sketching and drawing. KC studied art at California State University, Long Beach, experimenting with different styles and mediums. Upon graduation, she went straight into graphic design and has worked as an Art Director for the past 15 years.”

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This session’s crew comprised of:

Photographer KC Slagle Instagram

Model Brianna Kellum

Art 2, is one of the busiest stages we currently offer. Equipped with everything you need for a perfect intimate, romantic or empowering style of photoshoot, this stage always leaves our clients excited and hungry for more time. Featuring a dark wood floor platform across the stage and a sexy dark leather lounge chair creates welcoming and relaxed atmosphere. A wall section with the brick veneer adds a flavor of downtown loft New York style. Among these unique features, the stage comes with great equipment – three strobe lights, three backdrops of white, grey and black color, sound system, makeup station and changing station. Take a look at Art 2 on our website for availability as well as rates.

4 REASONS TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER. Ep. 4

“Gosh, my job is so easy! I just click a button all day… said no photographer ever.”

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WATCH THE FIRST PART OF 4 REASONS TO BECOME PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER.

Continuing inspirational series of survey episodes from photographers, and for photographers, we discuss further various reasons to become a photographer. If you are in need of little inspirational boost, or lack friends/family support to pursue photography – these episodes are for you! Cheer up, take a camera, let’s get creative!

The full interview is available of YOUTUBE. For your convenience, here is the transcript of it as well.

Chris Curiel @C_curiel87 : My friend, she had a homework assignment and she didn’t want to do it and she handed me her camera, and she just told me, “Here, go shoot it.” So I went around, shot it, I gave it back to her and her professor right away saw the difference, was like, “You didn’t shoot this. Who shot this?” And slowly, she did comment to me, and then they brought me in as … and he just told me, “You don’t mind taking the classes? You have something that a lotta students don’t have,” and then I was like, “Sure.” At that moment I dived in into photography not knowing what I was getting into.

Robert Tate @tate.foto : I actually used to … a related industry where I’m really into clothing. So I used to have a blog and I would copy and paste images on my blog, and I kinda got bored of that, so I decided to pick up a camera and shoot the images myself.

Paul Roustan @roustan : Body painting taught me that I kinda don’t really enjoy drawing or painting. When I was doing illustration and comic books I would actually draw. I wouldn’t like the process of drawing, I preferred the results, so I would suffer a little bit as I was drawing, laboring over the illustrations and when I got to the result, I didn’t always like it. Actually, most of the time I didn’t like it.

Ben Tsui @bentsuiphotos : Photography was an interest of mine in my 20s, but I’ve always liked art since I was a little kid. I’ve drawn, I’ve painted, but mostly I’ve always really love looking at all the fashion ads in magazines and campaigns. It really intrigued me on how they shot things with clothes and models and things like that, and when I had the chance I jumped right into it and I’ve been doing it ever since.

WANT TO LEARN PHOTOGRAPHY?

Check out our WORKSHOPS in Los Angeles that teach you hands-on how to make great photos!

One of our closest workshops – Studio Lighting 102 : Portrait Photography Lighting

will take place on November 29th, 7-9pm, in one of our Los Angeles studios !!!

WHITE CHRISTMAS TREE IN HILL 5

GREEN CHRISTMAS TREE IN ART 2

Subject/Background Contrast

Details vs Plain Color

Too close/ Too far

WANT TO LEARN PHOTOGRAPHY?

This session’s crew comprised of:

About the stage:

A snippet of photographer’s story.

This session’s crew comprised of:

The stage:

Few words about the shoot:

This session’s crew comprised of:

The stage:

This session’s crew comprised of:

WATCH THE FIRST PART OF 4 REASONS TO BECOME PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER.

WANT TO LEARN PHOTOGRAPHY?

Watch the full episode :