Smallest Space You Ever Successfully Operated In

[realdereal]

What is the smallest space you ever used for a studio and the duration?

[rpcrowe]

I did some motion picture filming aboard a Navy Nuclear Attack Submarine which was some pretty tight quarters. I worked aboard the ship for two days. It was not submerged but that made no difference in the tightness of the various spaces.

I would have given a lot for some of today's cool continuous light sources and today's sensitive video cameras.. It got pretty hot filming with halogen lights and a film which was ASA (virtually the same as ISO) 25 under 3200 K light. In fact my lights began to bubble to paint in one space. We immediately quit shooting with that setup.

BTW: we used the same film 16mm Ektachrome Commercial with an Wratten 85 filter (over or behind our lens depending on the type camera with which we were shooting) for filming in daylight. That reduced our ASA to 16. I often smile at today's photographers complaining that their cameras can only shoot at ISO mega-thousand...

[Mike Buckley]

Kristen,

The smallest possible size will vary according to the type of photography being done. As an example, a much larger space will be required for making portraits than for doing product photography. If you have a specific interest in a particular type of studio photography, it will be helpful for you to clarify what that is.

My makeshift studio used primarily for photographing glass objects, including clear glass that will reflect absolutely everything that is not black, is only 6 feet wide and 9 feet long. A 4' x 8' section of that has a false ceiling that I lower to 5 feet. The lowered ceiling prevents objects from being reflected in the glass that are stored above that height on the walls and in the ceiling . My website will give you an idea of what can be done in a space that size.

[realdereal]

I often smile at today's photographers complaining that their cameras can only shoot at ISO mega-thousand...

That made me almost laugh out loud in a quiet restaurant by myself : )

[IzzieK]

My studio is the smallest room in the house, used to be hubby's den in the old days, then it became a visitor's room, about 10 ft wide...

[akurcan]

I once shot an entire catalog in a literal hall closet - set some seamless up on the back wall, rigged my lighting off the closet bar. Only for a day, tho!

[Paniaa]

When I was a student I discovered 'the back door'. It had glass panels which gave the almost ideal lighting . Next to it was the toilet door which was great for dark backgrounds, and a pale wallpapered area directly opposite the door. It was about 7ft by 3ft, big enough for a small table for tablescapes, bouquets etc. For portraits I stood outside on the landing and the subject either sitting on the floor or in the other doorway. Got nothing like that now, not that I need it.