Studio (stu*di*o) Pronunciation /ˈst(y)o͞odēˌō, ˈst(j)udiˌoʊ

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1. a room where an artist, photographer, sculptor, ect., works.  

A studio is an integral part of a commercial photographer’s life. The studio is used as an office, storage, and place to hold a shoot. A studio is a photographer’s personal workspace. I have been looking to get into a good photography studio, but I have found studios are expensive. The average cost to rent a studio for a half day in Nashville, TN is $300. That is a hefty price tag for 4-6 hours of usage, especially if you are shooting a headshot for $500. It’s hard to justify that additional cost to a client.

Some studios allow monthly renters where photographers pay a set monthly fee for using the studio for 4-5days a month. Often times these studios will also offer office space. The problem is in these studios photographers’ personalities are always butting heads and there are always scheduling problems.

I have been in the search for the perfect photo studio for several months. I want a place where I can work everyday. I want to have my own office and my own storage space. I want to be able to have a studio that I can call my own. Unfortunately the options that I have found in Nashville do not a good fit for me right now, especially when it comes down to cost.

Milk Tooth

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Last month the amazing Make Up Artist Amy Lynn Larwig http://www.amylynnlarwig.com/ set up a test shoot with the band Milk Tooth http://www.myspace.com/milktoothmusic. Here are a couple of the photos!

Amy Lynn was awesome for setting this shoot up.  This was a test shoot done for both of our portfolios. A lot of work went into getting this shoot together and Amy and her husband Mark were responsible for the majority of that work.  A big thank you to both of you!

Mark took video of the shoot for a promo for Amy I have embedded it below.


Amy Lynn Larwig, Makeup Artist. from Mark Brown on Vimeo.

Katy Grace

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I had a great shoot last week with an amazing model Katy Grace.
Model: Kati Grace
MUA: Joel Green
Stylist: Brandon Hood

Help-Portrait

Tweet My friend Jeremy Cowart had an amazing idea to help the community with photos. Below is the video that he made and posted on Scott Kelby's blog. I hope that a lot of people participate.

To find out more about Help-Portrait visit:

http://www.help-portrait.com

http://www.twitter.com/help_portrait

http://www.jeremycowart.com

http://www.twitter.com/jeremycowart

Melanie Dunea

Tweet Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting a photographer that had previously been unknown to me. The photographer is Melanie Dunea. She came onto Nashville to work on a book project called "My Country" you can find out more details about the book on her blog www.melaniedunea.com/blog. She has been shooting some of the biggest names in country music for her book. I was asked by a friend to be one of the assistants on a shoot for the book. So yesterday I assisted Melanie Dunea on her shoot with fellow assistants David Johnson and Wes Aldridge. It was a great shoot. Melanie took pictures of two major country stars. The first shoot of the day was at a small town drive in just south of Nashville. The second shoot was at Lawrence Tubb Record Shop. Between the shoots we stopped off and had lunch at Arnolds Country Kitchen which is an amazing meat n three. Melanie is an amazing photographer. She has a great report with her subjects and really tries to understand them. She also works amazingly quickly.

To find out more about Melanie Dunea visit her website www.melaniedunea.com where you will find some absolutely amazing photography.