Photographer and ham Deborah Whitlaw-Llewellyn http://www.dwlphoto.com made quick work of three sets of summer-y furniture. She was photographing for Veranda magazine and with the beautiful natural light and spacious Stage 1 South of Ambient Plus Studio the shoot was over very quickly.
Suggestions were made regarding installing a hot-tub. With so much free time, something is needed to entertain Ambient photographers.
Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn and assistant Chris Pinel discuss technical details
Deborah Sanders discusses composition options with Rich Michels - both from Veranda Magazine
Both Deborahs and Rich continue the composition discussion.
Photographer Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn has a long resume. Today she added one more line to it - shooting some incredible and ingenious new tile designs for Veranda Magazine. Along with her assistant Chris Pinel and Vernada staffers Deborah Sanders, Rich Michels, and Jordan Barkin, Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn again took advantage of the incredible daylight available on Stage 1 of the Rental Studios at Ambient Plus Studio.
No longer needing to go to New York or LA, Ambient Plus Studio supplies many photographers with affordable daylight studio space for rent right here in Atlanta. With Morel Studio Support right next door there are few limits to the production capacity in the rental studio.
All told, Deborah and her cohorts moved through several hundred pounds of tile with ease. The size of the rental studio was undoubtedly a factor but a certain familiarity (Deborah has rented the studio several times) must have factored into their efficiency. Then again, the fact that the entire team has worked together many times is undoubtedly also a bonus.
a break for styling tweaks
Tag team moves.
Diving out of the shot!
Which one is working harder - photographer or model?
Angela Morris pulled an extensive team together for a Sunday shoot in Stage 1. Stage 1 is the largest and brightest of the rental studios at Ambient Plus Studio here in Atlanta and over the course of 8 hrs Angela Morris made good use of it. By the end, her team and her had racked up more than 6 looks. The toughest? A product-shot of Chanel boots with an actual cat as set dressing. “Boobies” the cat was expecting to be in only one shot but got tapped for a second later - her agent renegotiated her fee immediately - and proudly flaunted her wiles on-set.
For more info on the photographer see www.angelaphotography.com
Long lines can be so graphic and pleasing.
Shooting reflections can be tricky.
Angela Morris - the photographer - is hiding behind Paul McPherson's reflector
Even in the large studio, intimate moments and images are easy to create.
Gregory Miller Reviews a test shot with his crew.
Some mistakes can be fun.
Gregory Miller discusses shots with Client, Art Director
Gregory Miller (www.gregorymillerphotography.com) shot in Ambient + Studio’s Rental Studio today. He was shooting for Promethean (http://www.prometheanworld.com/) a leading supplier of advanced display technology for education.
It was quite the production with 3 different set walls assembled on the cyc-wall and hundreds of pounds of equipment mounted on them including projectors, screens and assembly hardware. It wasn’t all the heavy stuff. Ending the day on a lighter note, Gregory Miller shot parts and accessories on a small table-top set.
Emily Followill of Emily Followill Photography (in orange ) and Sara Bloesch of Vernada Magazine discuss a particular frame during their shoot on June 10 in Atlanta’s rental studio: Ambient + Studio. Veranda is one of the oldest and most frequent clients at the rental studio with more than a dozen bookings since their first in the summer of 2007.
In preparation for an upcoming issue, Emily Followill was tapped to photograph bathroom fixtures in her gentle elegant style. Veranda and Followill choose the studio for its copious amounts of daylight and versatile, almost limitless space. Even on a cloudy day, the enormous windows allow for incredible New York loft-style aesthetic. And says Bloesch, “Everytime we come in, something is better, something has improved. And its so convenient, everything is right at your fingertips.”
Devin the Dude and 88 Keys performing at Ambient + Studio, June 5
Friday, June 5, 2009
For more info, tickets 770-861-5361
Ambient + Studio is big. 10,000 square feet of hardwood floor. Big. You can sprinkle 20 outlets around the rental studio space and still not have one within 30′ of another. Thats why I encourage clients using household-plug equipment to bring or rent lots of extension cords. We have a unique and versatile power distribution system here at the rental studio (see “Power”) but extension cords are a must.
We’ve worked out a great system for getting electricity to wherever it is needed with the rental studio. There are two Camlok power drops in Ambient + Studio. Both are three-phase and carry 200 amps per leg. With 50-75 feet of 5-wire banded cable we can pull the entire feed to anywhere in the studio. With the addition of “lunchboxes” each leg can become a 10-outlet service exactly where you need it. That means you could have 30 outlets on 15 20-amp circuits anywhere in the studio. And that is from just ONE of the Camlok drops. Remember: the rental studio has two such power supply.
“So Beautiful”
Directed by Taj
the singer’s depiction of his third single will surely not disappoint www.musiqsoulchild.com
Musiq Soulchild - “sobeautiful”
What? A musician posing as a photographer to get a girl to come up to his apartment? Brilliant! Why didn’t I think of that? Its nice to have the largest daylight rental studio in Altanta at your fingertips, isn’t it?
“Never Ever” featuring Young Jeezy
by Robot Films
Directed by Chris Robinson
For 20 hours on January 10, Ambient + Studio, Atlanta’s newest rental studio, became Ciara’s loft and personal night club for her video Never Ever. From the opening sequence in front of the defunct elevator to the beauty shot on the cyc-wall to the closing dance scenes, the crew and cast worked Ambient Plus’s hardwood floors from one end to the other. Though they held up beautifully, those floors saw more traffic and heavy equipment in that one day than in all shoots combined until then.
