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by Laurie Sachs

49 comments

savannah - September 21, 2011 - 12:45 am

What are the dimen­sions of your stu­dio! I love it!

Laurie - September 23, 2011 - 10:24 pm

Hi Savan­nah, it’s 10 x 20.

Jennifer Gilbert - December 15, 2011 - 1:22 am

Saw this pinned on Pin­ter­est! You have a beau­ti­ful studio!

Laurie - December 27, 2011 - 10:45 pm

thank you!

Cindie martin - February 16, 2012 - 3:41 am

Thanks for shar­ing your amaz­ing studio!

Alessandro Rizzolli - April 27, 2012 - 8:18 am

I’m very glad I’ve found a photo on Pin­ter­est direct­ing me to your blog! Your pho­tos are really inspiring!

E - May 20, 2012 - 6:16 am

Was look­ing for a small spaced stu­dio idea that was ele­gant, func­tional and sim­ple. Yours is the per­fect inspi­ra­tion. Thanks for sharing!

Bianca - June 15, 2012 - 2:22 pm

Do you have a spe­cial cov­er­ing on your win­dow to get such soft light?

Laurie - June 15, 2012 - 3:39 pm

I use a light dif­fus­ing roller shade.

Clare - June 19, 2012 - 7:14 am

Is the large donut shaped cush­ion spongy? Could you rec­om­mend a sup­plier x

Brandi - June 20, 2012 - 2:40 pm

Was won­der­ing what is the size of the vinyl you use and where you pur­chase it?

Laurie - June 22, 2012 - 1:04 am

Hi Brandi, I don’t have vinyl. Are you refer­ring to the seam­less? They are 9 ft rolls.

Laurie - June 22, 2012 - 1:05 am

it’s a puck shaped bean bag.

Elba Giron - June 25, 2012 - 3:45 pm

LOVE LOVE LOVE! Thank you for the inspi­ra­tion! What body/lens are you using?

Laurie - June 26, 2012 - 12:30 am

I shoot with a D700 and in stu­dio my go to lenses are the 50mm 1.4, 24–70, and 105 micro.

Joyce Levy - June 27, 2012 - 9:18 pm

Hi Lau­rie,
Do you use only ambi­ent light when shoot­ing in your studio?

Laurie - June 30, 2012 - 2:08 pm

Just win­dow light Joyce.

Jacqueline - July 5, 2012 - 6:18 pm

Hi Lauri,

I LOVE your web­site and your work is inspi­ra­tional. You’re awe­some. I loved the arti­cle about cre­at­ing bal­ance as I just started my busi­ness full time, and I am a wife and Mother of three girls.

I am very inter­ested to know what the back­drop sys­tem is that you have mounted to your wall. The dimen­sions of my stu­dio are almost iden­ti­cal to yours, and I am always look­ing for space sav­ing ideas.

Thank you!

All the Best,

Jacquie

Thereasa - July 11, 2012 - 6:56 pm

I just got a space that is about the same size as your stu­dio. Today I started panic­ing with the thoughts of “is it big enough” and “how am I going to arrange it with­out clut­ter­ing it”; I came across your stu­dio pho­tos on Pin­ter­est and it com­pletely eased my anx­i­ety! I love every­thing about your stu­dio! Thank you so much for sharing.

Laura Savidge - July 15, 2012 - 12:45 am

gor­geous stu­dio and I adore that you work with nat­ural light­ing! Beau­ti­ful images!

Cristina - July 19, 2012 - 10:45 am

Hi Lau­rie, thanks so much for shar­ing this. My soon-to-be stu­dio space is the spit­ting image of yours and this post has given me tons of food for thought on how to fur­nish it. Do you do in-person view­ing from there too? C xx

Laurie - July 31, 2012 - 11:51 pm

Some­times Christina, I do in per­son upon request.

Laurie - July 31, 2012 - 11:53 pm

I bought it from Amazon.com Jacqueline.

Sara - August 20, 2012 - 4:28 am

I love your work and your stu­dio is beau­ti­ful. I am work­ing on reor­ga­niz­ing my stu­dio, cut­ting down on clut­ter and orga­niz­ing props so I don’t go crazy. My stu­dio is in house and my lovely chil­dren often claim a cor­ner for arts and craft. Thank you for sharing.

Samantha - August 29, 2012 - 6:16 pm

Hi! I am totally in love with your stu­dio!! I want to be a pho­tog­ra­pher and stuff like this inspires my dream! :)
Your work is awe­some too!

Rebecca Brady - October 14, 2012 - 11:32 am

Hop­ing to start my own stu­dio very soon and your is very inspiring .

Kathy Peden - October 27, 2012 - 5:33 pm

I love your stu­dio, so clean, con­tem­pory and just amaz­ing. I defi­nately would love to do one like yours. Thanks for shar­ing and inspir­ing!!
(my web­site is com­ing!) And I have a baby shoot today, can’t wait!)

jennifer - November 20, 2012 - 8:14 pm

Love all the blan­ket choices you have! Amaz­ing col­ors. Any advice on where I can pur­chase some­thing similar?

Laurie - November 20, 2012 - 10:29 pm

I get blan­kets every­where, Tar­get, Ikea, Home Goods…

jennifer - November 20, 2012 - 10:38 pm

Thanks Lau­rie! :)

jennifer - November 21, 2012 - 5:21 pm

Do you like the seam­less paper? Does it get wrin­kle a lot? I am try­ing to decide if I should go with paper or vinyl.

Arifah - January 19, 2013 - 6:49 pm

Love your pho­tos, love your stu­dio, love your work! Thanks for sharing!

Jenny - January 20, 2013 - 7:30 pm

Just out of curi­ousity, what is your lens of choice? My stu­dio space is 16x20, and i have it set up sim­i­lar to yours, but it’s dif­fi­cult to get full body shots (big­ger chil­dren) with my 50mm.

Allie - January 29, 2013 - 3:45 pm

The stu­dio space is effect. Can you tell me where you got the sofa? It’s per­fect and it would fit so well in my space

Laurie - February 9, 2013 - 4:45 pm

I bought it on overstock.com in 2009.

Laurie - February 9, 2013 - 4:45 pm

I use a 50 mm for new­borns and a 24–70 for chil­dren and fam­i­lies in studio.

Veronica - March 20, 2013 - 6:18 pm

Hi, Can you tell me what over head lights you used? I’m get­ting my stu­dio done and I don’t know what ceil­ing lights to get. I Love your studio!

Jodi - March 31, 2013 - 2:16 pm

Hi Lau­rie!

First thanks for open­ing up and shar­ing this stu­dio, it’s awe­some! Can I ask about your couch? I didn’t seem to see an answer to that here!

Thanks!
Jodi

Laurie - April 3, 2013 - 6:42 pm

Hi Jodi, I bought it on Overstock.com about 4 years ago.

Laurie - April 3, 2013 - 6:43 pm

Hi there, I just have reg­u­lar can lights but they are off when I’m shooting.

Diana - April 12, 2013 - 9:51 pm

Hi!
First of all I think your work is amaz­ing!
I was won­der­ing if you could tell me if your stu­dio was once a garage and did you add an ac unit or do you just use fans in there? I have a garage sim­i­lar to it and want to do some­thing like it :) thanks so much!

Diana Jaramillo

Laurie - April 13, 2013 - 9:55 am

It was a 3rd car garage bay and when we punched it into the house we tied it into the house’s ac system.

Monica - April 22, 2013 - 12:26 pm

What direc­tion does your win­dow face? What time do you feel is the best time to shoot with that light?

Marci - May 8, 2013 - 10:50 am

Hi Lau­rie!

Love your stu­dio! Get­ting ready to do my bonus room. Look­ing for dark floors like yours. Do you know the name and color? Are they engi­neered or laminate?

Thanks.

Eva - May 8, 2013 - 7:35 pm

Hi Lau­rie, first of all i have to let you know that I LOVE your work! Thank you so much for answer­ing so many ques­tions for woman around the world! I was won­der­ing on a sunny morn­ing when the sun is its high­est and there are no clouds in site what are the approx­i­mate set­tings you use for ISO, aper­ture and shut­ter speed. I’m find­ing I am get­ting a lot of over exposed pho­tos of my lit­tle guy at the park. I use a 50mm 1.4
If he’s in the sun it’s over­ex­posed. If he’s in a shaded area then he’s too dark and every­thing else is over­ex­posed. He has really white skin. Lol

Laurie - June 7, 2013 - 9:57 am

Hi there, I wouldn’t really ever shoot in full sun in the morn­ing. There’s a great book called Under­stand­ing Expo­sure that may be help­ful to you. I always expose for the skin, but there are cer­tain con­di­tions, like mid mor­ing over head sun, where you just won’t likely get good results.

Laurie - June 7, 2013 - 9:58 am

They are engi­neered hard­wood and I want to say they are from Shaw, I think the color is espresso.

Laurie - June 7, 2013 - 9:58 am

My win­dow is south fac­ing and I have great light year round from 9–3.

Being Boutique | Studio Love | Guest Blogger Laurie Sach - January 12, 2013 - 7:05 pm

[…] spot. At least, not with­out a far-from-perfect price tag attached. For new­born pho­tog­ra­pher Lau­rie Sachs, she decided to solve that prob­lem by cre­at­ing her per­fect stu­dio in the com­fort of her own home. […]

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