Rap Artist DEVMO

A beautiful lady DEVMO is not just a “cute girl down the block”. In fact, her rap game has been better than your boyfriend’s since 2013! At least that what the artist claims on her Instagram profile. To up her game even further, the artist has set a cool photoshoot with the photographer Noah Diamond in stage F.

This session’s crew comprised of:

Artist/model: DEVMO

MUA: Adrienne Cheney

Photographer: Noah Diamond | WEBSITE |

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Have a listen to a preview of one of her latest tracks, “Runs in the family”

New track out with @88mphofficial Cover art by @n3rdshaman Photo by @noahdiamond Makeup by @adriennecheney Inspired by @asiamoses and @annieflatley IT TAKES A TEAM PEOPLE #RUNSINTHEFAMILY #LINKINBIO #88MPH #EDM #DEVMO

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StageF was used for this team’s creative session. The studio is the smallest space we currently offer for our clients. Yet it is one of the most brightest stages with the tremendous amount of natural light coming from North West. It has gained a nickname – “light box” by some of our regulars and it truly fulfills it at any time of the day from dawn until dusk. This studio also features two section laminate floor of white and dark color for your creative needs. As with any of our stages, Studio F comes with 3 strobe lights already included in the hourly rate and backdrop seamless paper installed. Take a closer look HERE.

#TBT Back to NY with Tahila Paris

It’s hard to believe that almost half of this year’s calendar dates is already crossed out. Time flies fast. Soon enough our stores will be flooded with American flags, then pumpkins, then Christmas trees with a blink of an eye.

And all you’ll do is sit and wonder “I just pulled out this swimsuit from a closet. Why am I hearing a carol from the street?” No worries, friend. I will try to push the time back a bit and do a little #ThrowBackThursday post.

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Going back to December 2017, when photographer Rajeep Brown of PepperTea Productions and model Tahila Paris had a wicked New Year’s themed photoshoot.

Rajeep Brown was very kind to share his thoughts on the session:

“It’s always a pleasure working with Tahlia, we wanted to give the shoot a sexy yet festive feel without going overboard. in either direction. We chose Art Studio 1 for the shoot and it worked perfectly for the setting.

As the 2017 year comes to an end, we decided to do a holiday themed shoot for Playboy’s CGOY Tahlia Paris. “

Here is what you need to know about the model:

“Buxom and shapely 5’4″ blonde bombshell Tahlia Paris was born on October 12, 1996 in Santa Barbara, California. Paris enrolled in a pre-med program following graduation from high school. After deciding to try out for Playboy Plus on a whim, Tahlia was a Painted Lady at the 2015 Playboy’s Midsummer Night’s Dream party and did her first nude shoot for Playboy Plus at age nineteen in December, 2015. Paris was voted Playboy’s Cybergirl of the Month for January, 2016 and Cybergirl of the Year for 2017. Tahlia enjoys surfing, hiking, riding motorcycles, and going to the beach in her spare time.”– IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders

Stage Art 1 was a choice of location for this session. Adorned with features like white grand piano and three step podium this stage is a tool of versatility, provider of great natural light, benchmark of industrial Downtown minimalistic design. This space has its windows facing South and West and gets beautiful direct light during the PM hours, and great open-shaded light in the morning. Using strobes? No worries, we include 3 strobe lights in the hourly rate along with black, white and grey background available. Take a look at Stage Art 1 HERE to see what equipment is included in the hourly rate, as well as its availability and pricing.

How to create Soft Light In Small Spaces with Miguel Quiles

At Adorama TV, photographer Miguel Quiles presents his cool series of educational videos called “The Breakdown”. In this episode Miguel decided to implement a challenge in the working environment and shoot a session in a very small space, 8 feet by 6 feet in size. Although most studio spaces, including ours, provide stages much bigger than 6×8, if you ever find yourself in a “tight situation” like this one, you can still make great photos in a soft, window like ambient, light.

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EQUIPMENT

Miguel uses Sony 6500 and and fast prime lens Sony 50mm 1.8. His trigger is “radio control wireless commander Sony FD-WRC-1M” and his receiver is “wireless radio control shoe mount flash Sony HVL – F60RM”. His light is Profoto 3′ Octa. All that can be easily ordered from Adorama website.

SETUP

In a small space the difficult part is to create a big source of light. Some soft boxes like PLM umbrella might take up half of the stage’s size which makes it practically useless. But do not worry, Miguel knows exactly how to handle theses situations. Using just a small 3′ octa, he points the light towards the white side of standard V-flat away from the model, so the light could bounce back on the model but now with much wider distribution. Thus, we imitate the big reflector and get that nice soft “ambient” light.

It is also worth noting that the wall on camera’s right is also painted white and thus also serves as reflector and bounce as a fill light on model’s face, almost eliminating all shadows.

The model for the shoot was Weronika Raczkowska

Follow photographer Miguel Quiles on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK.

Watch full episode on Adorama TV:

The Gypsy Shack Collective & its creatives

Working alongside various professionals from your field is an undoubtedly mutually rewarding experience. Truly passionate seasoned photographers usually are eager to share their knowledge and experience with fresh recruits. In this atmosphere of togetherness we can witness the great progress to be made by most participants. And so can The Gypsy Shack Collective, a talent agency that organizes regular workshops for talents in the field and greatly contributes to the wellness of photo community! So what is The Gypsy Shack Collective about?

“TGS is a collective and now talent agency that wants to bring opportunity to people who are both members and non-members – we had around 40 creatives throughout the entire day networking, shooting and meeting new creatives from the area. We want people to expand their portfolios, challenge themselves, and try things they haven’t tried before while meeting other inspiring and exciting creatives who are likeminded. “

Find out more about TGS by following them on INSTAGRAM or by visiting tgscollective.com

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This workshop session comprised of:

Photographers: Joey Mendoza Juan Balderas Rebecca Karta Veronika Gretchman Natalie Dunn Christian Acosta Daniel Woods Models: Alex Morehouse Makayla Johnson Mark Young Ryan Padilla Toria Webber

Here at FD, we now have 21+ stages to pick from. The TGS workshop mostly have taken place at the Art stages, distinguished by its beautiful unique props and adornments. Equipped with all of the same great gear that’s included with all of our studios – strobes, light modifiers, radio trigger, and paper backdrops – it’s a wonderful place to be able to achieve different looks all in the same place. Visit Stage Art 1 on our website to learn more.

Stages Upgrade: Hill 4 & Hill 5

Jungle Style photo studio available for rental in Los Angeles

Few other cool updates were recently finished in stages Hill 4 and Hill 5. Although these are minor details and do not change the overall perception of those stages much, the butterfly effect might hint that even the smallest change might cause widest ripples. Now let’s be specific.

Hill 4

Remember stage Hill 4 had that red wall that separated a “storage” from the main floor? Well, now it is yellow. Again, small changes – big effect.

Besides this update, Hill 4 is still a “jungle stage” that comes with great-leaf wall and a blue scooter.

Hill 5

Hill 5 has also been enhanced with one wonderful prop – the upright piano. Although we cannot guarantee its musical quality, its looks sell.

Have a look at our availability for Hill 4 and Hill 5 and book your stage now!

Stage Upgrade: Pro Stage I

Pro Stage I with wood laminated floors and bath tub for rental in Los Angeles

Overwhelming number of clients expressed their desire to shoot in a stage that has a wooden floor across it. Yes, we do have stage Art 2 with its cool wooden platform installed, and the little wood floor corner of stage C would also fit the desired criteria. However it just felt like not enough. We wanted to step our game up in this direction. So…. Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you a newly remodeled, with dark wooden floor, awesome stage PRO I. This stage does NOT have a cyclorama wall anymore. Instead, it now has nice, clean and slick look, similar to our beloved art stages. It still features an Old Glory Red Wall with Silver Fainting Couch, the fire escape and regular set of backdrops and equipment that we provide with each stage. Have a look at the schedule and book Pro stage I now HERE!

What is your Color Space setting ?

If you go to settings on a photo camera, you would find that most digital cameras have a setting called “Color Space” that usually gives two settings

sRGB
AdobeRGB

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Which setting to choose? And what do these settings mean anyway? Today, with the frequent Adorama TV guest David Bergman, we learn the difference between two and when & why you should choose one over the other.

sRGB

sRGB or standard red green blue “is an RGB color space that HP and Microsoft created cooperatively in 1996 to use on monitors, printers, and the Internet” (Wiki). 99% of your work should be done in sRGB mode. Why? Because till this day it still remains a standard for web space, printing companies and magazines. If the image does not specify the color space, it gets converted to default sRGB.

AdobeRGB

AdobeRGB was developed by Adobe, Inc. in 1998 to enhance the color space. It reproduces about 35% more color information than sRGB. If you have more colors available then you can see more subtle variations and vibrancies in images. However, more doesn’t mean better. Since most web browsers still use sRGB, any image that you have in AdobeRGB will be converted to sRGB causing the color to be more subdued. In which case would you shoot in AdobeRGB color space? If you are fine art photographer and you use a high-end monitor with wide gamut, then AdobeRGB would fit the profile.

Shooting Raw

Most professional cameras have an option of shooting images in a raw format. Shooting raw will give you more freedom to change colors in post production without sacrificing the quality. At the post production stage you may decide which color space to use when editing and exporting. So it is always a good idea to shoot in raw format!

Watch the full episode with David Bergman and Adorama TV:

New Studios. New Rates.

Cover photo credit: Photographer @mila_zvereva , Model @globavi , MUA @marisha.beauty

It was such a great time celebrating the opening of Hill 5,6,7, and 8 with fellow photographers, models and all other industry professionals! Our stages were packed with creatives! And of course we are happy to hear how amazed our clients were with introduced unique features and props, like the rain wall!

Huge thanks to everyone who came in last night to our celebration! ❤ Was a great pleasure seeing you all enjoying our new spaces! Over 600 RSVP! 😱 • Special thanks to @vlexphotos for the amazing video 📽 to our beautiful professional models 💃 @ekaterina_valerievna__ @anna_vostrikova1 @yuliabliznyukova @elizabethmarochok to @fdphotoevents for the wonderful organization Stay tuned for the upcoming events! 👋 • #fdphotostudio #fdstudio #professional #fashion #photography #studio #loft #space #photoshoot #photographer #model #downtown #losangeles #celebration #opening #party #social #mixer #free

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Alas, with growing rent rates, equipment prices and other factors we must take some steps towards adjusting our hourly rates and fees, just to keep up with the harsh reality of the business world. Starting April 23rd, our new rates came into effect. For any booking request that came before April 23rd, we will gladly keep old rates!

PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT OUR NEW RATES HERE.

While the price have gone up for most of stages, we still offer convenient packages! Also, our stages A,B,F and Hill 6 will still be offered at the old cheap price, going as low as $24.99/hr (for 12 hour weekday package.)

Mr. Ticasso shoots Corrina Feury

A quick photo session of Mr. Ticasso tool place in stage A, featuring beautiful model Corrina Feury. The couple played with natural light to embellish photos with gentleness.

This session’s crew comprised of:

Photographer: Mr.Ticasso Model: Corrina Feury

The crew has chosen Stage A due to its size and affordability. Nevertheless, this Stage provides outstanding natural lighting conditions where there is a direct sunlight in the morning through north and east-facing windows, and beautifully soft indirect light as the day goes on. Equipped with all of the same great gear that’s included with all of our studios – strobes, light modifiers, radio trigger, and paper backdrops – it’s a wonderful place to be able to achieve different looks all in the same place. Visit Stage A on our website to learn more.