Setting up a studio?

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Hello,

Was wondering if anyone had any useful links for equipment required in setting up a studio.

I have told a friend i will purchase whatever equipment she needs (as she wants to be a photographer) to set up a studio in return for her taking all the product photography (this would be the primary focus of it although it'll also be used for portraits etc) i need for various online shops i run.

She is obviously looking into this too however its quite a step up for both of us so was wondering what equipment you guys would recommend, she currently has a canon eos 400d with the standard lense, all other equipment we need to get (tripod, other lenses, etc).

Any help would be appreciated, im aware this will be a costly exercise.

Thanks

 

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In terms of what we're going to be shooting it will be starting off mostly small items such as cosmetics, candles etc however while we are doing this i'd like her to be learning about how to take good people photography as soon ill need to take photos of models in lingerie and stuff like that.

Correct she doesnt have much experience and it would indeed be silly to go off and buy top of the range right now, so a modest start would probably be preferred.

The course is definately a yes and its something we've talked about so thanks for the suggestion, any others used other courses which may be of interest?

So essentially if you had to write a shopping list for what we need from start to finish minus the camera to take cosmetic size photography, what would you recommend?

Thanks for the advice so far, its much appreciated.