Outtake, Lightroom settings, studio, EXIF and gear (Patreon)

Studio

Studio76 right next to Karlsruhe, Germany 

This studio is pretty neat, but introduces some challenges too.

• Hard to get to, if you are going with public transportation be prepared for a half hour walk from either the bus or the tram to get to the studio
• Free parking
• Large, spacious studio with 2 rooms
• some furniture, including a bed and some props available
• Automatic entry, so no one will bother you
• Snacks are available through an honor system
• Lots of lights, paper backgrounds and for some reason an extreme amount of light stands, but I didn't find any tripods
• You have to assemble and disassemble the lights and the background, so plan accordingly - for me that's 20 minutes at the beginning and at the end
• Good price especially in Germany
• Speaker available, but hard to figure out how to connect to it... we managed in the end
• There is a roof window that can't be closed... at certain times of the day it directly shines on the backdrop, which can be a good thing if that's what you want, but very annoying if you want to use only flashes

EXIF

• f 3/2
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 100

Gear

I was doing these shots while travelling so I used only one lens.

• Sony A7iii
• Sigma 85mm with a Canon to Sony converter