Best Photo Studio Equipment
Playback photos the way you want to see them: Hu-Motion Sensor: Turns the frame on when you enter the room and off when you leave the room!
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I wanted superb picture quality, and I needed a frame that would recognize portrait orientation and adjust accordingly."
"Yes my five star review for the NIX X12D Digital Photo Frame is for the product itself BUT more importantly it is for the AMAZING customer service assistance my wife and I received from Daryl. Thank you NIX for not only building a capable, sturdy system (our grandson is not always gentle with electronics - so far so good) but more importantly for hiring support personnel such as Daryl who go the extra mile."
"A couple of screws in the luan mount the digital frames. The frame fits over the power supplies for the digital frames and rests on a couple of deck screws that are screwed into the studs."
"Sometimes nothing played with one flash drive, while another flash drive kept repeating photos or froze photos for up to a minute, even though I set it for 3 seconds. I did not do that because I never had to do it with the older frames, and several people wrote reviews on Amazon that they tried doing that, but it did not help at all. The remote and the software are newly designed and more user friendly. Needless to say, none of that silly photo resizing is necessary, as it was not necessary with my older frames."
"The reviews about the sticker being directly on the screen aren't correct."
NIX Advance Frames: Plug & Play to display Photo and Video Memories with ease. With over 8 years of experience and a dedicated full time customer service team, we are committed to delivering high quality frames and services that allow you to display digital memories in a sophisticated way. Perfect gift for a loved one: This frame is perfect for everyone; from professionals, to parents and grandparents, they all deserve a frame that works and lets them enjoy all the memories. USB & SD/SDHC Ports: Plug and play to Instantly display all your digital photos.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I wanted superb picture quality, and I needed a frame that would recognize portrait orientation and adjust accordingly."
"Yes my five star review for the NIX X12D Digital Photo Frame is for the product itself BUT more importantly it is for the AMAZING customer service assistance my wife and I received from Daryl. Thank you NIX for not only building a capable, sturdy system (our grandson is not always gentle with electronics - so far so good) but more importantly for hiring support personnel such as Daryl who go the extra mile."
"A couple of screws in the luan mount the digital frames. The frame fits over the power supplies for the digital frames and rests on a couple of deck screws that are screwed into the studs."
"Sometimes nothing played with one flash drive, while another flash drive kept repeating photos or froze photos for up to a minute, even though I set it for 3 seconds. I did not do that because I never had to do it with the older frames, and several people wrote reviews on Amazon that they tried doing that, but it did not help at all. The remote and the software are newly designed and more user friendly. Needless to say, none of that silly photo resizing is necessary, as it was not necessary with my older frames."
"The reviews about the sticker being directly on the screen aren't correct."
Digital photo frames are the perfect gift idea for parents and grandparents because they make it easier to enjoy their children's, grandchildren's and other family pictures. However, updating pictures to the frame is usually not convenient; most of the time, the only way to do this is to use a USB or a SD card, or to connect the frame directly to a computer. Pix-Star provides users with multiple convenient possibilities to transfer pictures to the device, the easiest one being to send pictures as an attachment by email (photo-mails) to the frame’s own and dedicated email address. EASY TO CONFIGURE, EFFORTLESS TO USE, WITH POWERFUL FEATURES AND A FREE, UNLIMITED STORAGE ONLINE ACCOUNT The Pix-Star PXT510WR04 FotoConnect XD 10.4 inch is part of the family of easy-to-use Wi-Fi and email photo frames from Pix-Star. Send pictures directly to the frame by email! Since then, it has been the easiest way to share pictures with friends and family directly from the frame. You can also directly send pictures from one frame to another frame! Choose a personalized email address for the frame and you are ready to send, receive, share and enjoy pictures on your Pix-Star! Friends and family can now email photos directly from their computer, Smartphone, tablet, or Pix-Star frame to your frame. He just has to send it to your Pix-Star email and the picture will arrive on your frame within seconds. Even better, you can send your brother's selfie directly from your frame to your Mum's frame. Send pictures to your friends, to their Pix-Star frames, or to any email address, so others can see what you see. This frame has a small remote control and buttons on the back of the frame to complete all tasks without touching the screen. Each frame comes with a FREE online personal account with unlimited storage for your pictures . Thanks to this dedicated online account, you can help Grandma and Grandpa configure their frame or put new pictures in their account for them. ADD, DELETE albums or pictures CUSTOMIZE your slideshows MANAGE your contacts and security parameters CONFIGURE your frame's parameters. There will be ONE UNIQUE email address created for all the frames (in addition to their unique individual email address they already have) and then you can ask your friends and family members to send pictures to this Multi-Frames account's email address, the photo mails will be dispatched automatically to each frame! Same for web albums, when you create a Pix-Star web album or link one of your Facebook, Google + or other online albums inside the multi-frame account they get automatically to each frame account. It means that you can still manage individually and send pictures to a particular frame even if it belongs to a multiple frame account! Pictures can be added by email, an SD card or a USB stick, but Pix-Star also has the option to link your frame with online albums. Moreover, your Pix-Star frame updates these albums automatically 3 to 4 times per day to automatically detect when you ADD or REMOVE pictures from the provider's website. You no longer need to copy or transfer pictures to the frame: you can easily browse through your Pix-Star menu, find your device in the list, click PLAY, and your photos will begin to display in streaming mode. If you want to be surprised when watching your pictures, slideshows can be configured to play photos in different orders such as ‘normal,’ ‘random,’ 'newest first,' 'oldest first,' or even a 'repeat recent pictures' mode where recent pictures are repeated more often in the slide show. Play Mode Normal mode Repeat recent pictures (this mode populates the photo list in order to play the latest pictures more frequently) of the last day, 2 days, 3 days, week or month. Only latest pictures (this mode will display only the latest available pictures) of the last day, 2 days, 3 days, week or month. Normal mode (show one picture at a time, keeping the picture's size ratio) Collage 4 pictures (display a collage formed by 4 pictures) Collage 5 pictures (display a collage formed by 5 pictures) Smart Fill (auto fill the screen, stretching the picture if necessary, only when the picture ratio is close to 4:3 to avoid too much distortion. From the frame's settings you can schedule the times when your frame will automatically turn on and off. Send pictures from your frame to individual or groups of email addresses directly from the frame.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"That is where some of the reviews drew my attention away from the brand, specifically two issues: * resolution (800x600 seemed a little low), and. * color temperature (many reviews claimed blue tint on most pictures compared to other devices like tablets and phones). As for issue #1, the 10.4 inch model has a resolution of 800x600, which, at the screen size, results in a 96dpi display. Of course, if you put your face a couple of inches away from the frame you will see the pixels, but at the normal viewing distance of 3 feet (1 meter), the frame's resolution is more than adequate, specially if the source image comes from a good source like a DSLR or a back-camera from a modern phone. Still, the corrections are very 'broad' and I was unable to match my pro-grade DELL monitor factory calibrated color, but I was able to bring the much needed warmth to the skin tones quite a bit. Adding a little saturation and a little hue shift made the images much more natural and brought back the 'pop' that is reported as missing in some of the earlier reviews. In very little time I was able to put in a USB drive or SD card with my pictures, create the mail account to start sending photo emails to the device, and hooked up my favorite Facebook albums and my Google Drive folders where I keep my professional DSLR pictures. You can set the frame to show them all at once: local storage, memory cards, web albums (the only functionality not available in 'combo' view is the DLNA server approach, but I believe its an understandable compromise, I much rather have that option as well). The pix-star is also on the pricier side when comparing similar offerings, but I believe all the features more than make up for the price tag."
"When I read that the frame would be paired with a unique email address so that anyone with the address and authorization could send the frame photos I was sold on it as a gift idea. UNBOXING & SETUP: The frame seems well made and has VESA mounting holes on the back of it, so that the frame could easily be mounted to a wall. The frame is about the same size as a standard 8x12" frame, and not much thicker. The on/off switch on the back of the frame is a little tough to see, but once you plug in the AC and flip that switch to 'on', the frame starts setting itself up by showing you an onscreen menu. You will need your WiFi password to connect the frame to wireless internet; on which most of the functions of the frame will rely. NOTE: You can setup the email account for the frame ahead of time if giving it as a gift, and add or remove photos as desired both via a PC on the Pix-Star website, or on the photo frame itself. You can email photos downloaded to the device to other people, with the frame, which makes a computer unnecessary for the frame user. Friends and family can sent photos, videos and audio messages to the frame with ease using the FREE Pix-Star Snap apps for iOS and Android and via email (also free). Social media can be connected to the frame so that pictures posted on sites like Facebook, can also automatically be sent to the frame. Photos that the user doesn't want on the frame can easily be deleted in the Settings Menu. High capacity internal storage means not having to worry about sending too many photos to the device, and if it does get 'too full' it's simple to go online to take photos off the frame without losing them. It was simple to register the frame, pick a unique email address for it, and begin sending photos to the email which automatically showed up on the frame after it was connected to wireless internet."
"I feel bad for the folks with the negative reviews about this product. I did buy a 64GB card to go with the frame so I could finally capture all those digital moments that I have scattered all over various drives and such (I know many of you out there are like this too). The remote works nicely, the construction is solid and the 10 inch frame is just about perfect - I think 8 would be too small for me to enjoy."
Best Photo Background Support Equipment
The possibilities are only bounded by your creativity with the amount of backgrounds that are available, from seamless paper to muslins, be confident that this adjustable support system will help enable your vision. The stands are compliant with industry standards and can be used to support all major photo equipment including reflectors, softboxes, lights, umbrellas, backgrounds and more. Contents: 1 x Backdrop Support System, Cross Bar and Side Stands / 1 x Heavy Duty Portable Carry Bag.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I need to quickly set up my muslin backdrops and lights in a section of my garage, take the shots, tear it down and get back to making saw dust. If you consider yourself a 'pro' and are needing something with pro grade features, it would be unwise of you to buy this kit and unfair of you to then complain about it when it doesn't meet your expectations. I'm satisfied with it, just don't expect a hard shell carrying case or the ability to hang 15 lbs of fabric on it. I quickly solved this issue by freeing up the center storage pouch which normally holds the 4 cross bar sections."
"We did not have a hard time assembling the stand."
"I use it for all my backdrop party decor."
"It's perfect for what I needed it for which is a backdrop for a party."
"This made the job very easy."
"It did a very good job of holding a 6 foot wide thick muslin backdrop at a height of 8 feet."
"This backdrop setup is really awesome."
"I love that it is adjustable - especially since I'm working out of a DIY studio in my apartment's dining room."
Best Photographic Studio Copying Equipment
Counter-balanced chain and gear assembly makes raising and lowering your backgrounds quick and easy. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"And my husband (the installer) looked at the reviews and said, "Wait, this is for photographers and there aren't any better pictures than these???" The instructions suggested aluminum pipe, which my husband thought was WAY too heavy so we went with indoor/outdoor PVC. Our handyman friend suggested first taking 2'X2' pieces of 3/4" plywood and screwing these into the studs. Then we could attach the wall brackets onto the plywood with long wood screws where we needed them for the 107" rolls. My studio is in my home, and my husband thought he'd need a little room at the top to lift the roll onto the bracket. And after my husband's remark, I'm adding some pictures so others can see how he and our friend installed it."
"Slide the 1.5 inch into the center of the 10 ft piece for support. I drilled three small holes into the 2 inch PVC then slide the 1.5 inch tube into the 2 inch tube then sprayed "Insta foam" into the holes I drilled. It's the spray foam from home improvement centers used to spay into cracks around door jams, windows etc."
"This has always been a real hit in every studio I've owned."
"Our paper for the white screen works great this this system, we also purchased a vinyl green screen and it did not have a setup for this system so we had to get innovative."
"I can fit three different backdrops on it at the same time which makes it very easy to switch out my backgrounds."
"As soon as we begin to unravel the paper, it would stop rolling almost ruining my paper."
"Seems pretty sturdy for the price."
"Inexpensive option for holding 3 seamless in studio."
Best Photo Background Posing Props
1) This form has a 2nd hole under the form, this 2nd hole is used when the need for displaying slacks arises, not all forms have this 2nd hole, but this 2nd hole was first designed by. only mannequins in 2004, it comes in handy when displaying slacks, but you will need to make the slacks are not too heavy, and lower the form so it is closer to the base and the center of gravity, for certain slacks you may need a heavier base. Features a thin foam layer to allow pinning by the side into the material around the form.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"My only con would be that the top piece of my dress form fell off and broke.."
"This is NOT a detrimental thing that reduces the overall quality of the product enough for me to care, hence why I still gave Only Mannequins a 5 star review."
"A bit hard to get jackets on her but would highly recommend purchasing this mannequin if you are in the market for one."
"This was very easy to assemble and only required one screwdriver."
"The stand was easy to put together and appears to be made from sturdy wood."
"I am pretty pleased with the dress form, except for a spot of bright yellow glue right on the front of the white fabric- which is what I will be using most of the time."
"You can't can't pin directly into the dress form so you need to go in at an angle."
"Like a VERY strong/fresh paint smell."
Best Sandbags
Specification - 2 zipper pouches each. - Each pouch: 9 x 10. - Each sandbag rated for to hold approx 15lbs of sand. - Made from nylon material. - Heavy duty hangle makes using these sandbags simple. - Useful with boom arms, light stands, tripod, etc... - Double zipper System for extra security. Nylon construction / Double zipper System for extra security.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"My first thought was to pick up some gallon Ziploc bags and a big sack of sand from the local home improvement store, but then it occurred to me that we’d be surrounded by various types of dirt and sand at our next camp, so why buy sand? On our recent New Year camping trip, I took a bunch of these sand bags and a box of Ziploc bags along with my shovel to a nearby sandy wash. I was still kind of skeptical about using the Ziploc bags as liners, since these sand bags are kind of rubberized and would probably contain the sand just fine. Even though they had been completely soaked, the bags were perfectly dry without even any stanky odor and the sand was all intact inside."
"I previously bought this type of zippered bag and originally filled them with sand."
"Also, the double-zipper format and small openings made it fairly difficult to actually fully fill them up with sand effectively."
"These cost something under $5 each."
"To fill these I got a 30lb bag of pea gravel (~8$)from the local big orange box and then baked it in waves on and old cookie sheet to get rid of the moisture in it before loading these up."
"I don't like ugly sandbags, so I like these sandbags that look sharp while they stabilize my equipment on a video or photo shoot."
"When outdoors, I just chuck 2 of these bags onto each light stand base and the umbrellas stay right where I put them, even in a pretty good breeze."
"They blend into the stands yet are easy to spot when it comes time to pack up."
Best Photo Background Shooting Tables
The lighting systems included with each MyStudio are customized specifically for each studio resulting in perfect lighting every time. MyStudio 20 features a unique seamless cyclorama ("cyc") background with curved corners and a complete color-corrected "daylight" lighting system featuring 5000K fluorescent lighting. MyStudio products are designed to provide a high quality, professional photo solution at an affordable price; one that can be used by amateur and professional photographers alike to create fantastic product photos with a minimum amount of expense and effort. 20 x 20 x 12-inch seamless cyclorama infinity background Providing the perfect white infinity background for product photography is what the MyStudio 20 cyc background is all about. The worlds leading designer and manufacturer of modular cyclorama backgrounds for large television and film studios, Pro Cyc engineered the MyStudio 20 tabletop cyc background. The customized lighting kit that comes with MyStudio 20 was designed by a professional product photographer with over 25 years of experience in catalog product photography. Until now, the combination of the professional quality infinity background and continuous 5000K lighting that is found in the MyStudio complete tabletop photo studios could only be replicated in a professional photo studio at much greater expense. Designed and manufactured in the USA by Pro Cyc, Inc., the MyStudio line of tabletop photo studio products derives its design and inspiration from Pro Cycs world leading modular cyclorama studio backgrounds. To design MyStudio, Pro Cyc drew on their experience and success at creating seamless infinity backgrounds for the large studio industry and applied the same technology and expertise to this revolutionary line of cyclorama-based tabletop studio products intended for use by both professional photographers and amateurs alike. Add to that a color-corrected 5000K lighting system that was designed by a professional product photographer with over 25 years of experience and the result is line of tabletop studio products that deliver unparalleled results at an affordable price. 90 degree corner provides maximum shooting angles and depth - much more than is possible with photo tents, cubes and other light boxes. 5000K color-corrected "daylight" fluorescent lighting ensures perfect color on your subject - no flash or additional lighting required.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I looked for videos on Youtube to see how I could make my own inexpensive photo booth with dismal results. I give this product 5 stars because the product came as advertised and the seller is very professional and helpful with their inserts."
"My only complaints are that the reflectors break easily (one of my kids ripped off the cardboard back in a matter of seconds before I even knew what was happening, working on getting it replaced) and the tabs on the plastic piece where you insert the bulb break EASILY. I like it, I do recommend it, just be prepared to be careful with the fragile parts and don't let you any little ones near the reflectors, or it could be trashed in a split second."
"In product photography, lighting is everything. I have a very good feeling the company will back their claims about this product."
"This is my first photo studio and I have to say how great it is to be able to take professional type photos for my products."
"Add the included light and the bounce cards and you can pull off some great shots."
Best Photo Background Shooting Tents
Style: Photo Studio Only. An extra light provides directional light modelling like in a photo studio, giving better highlights, contrast, and shape to product images.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"There are lights at the top center and top left but not the top right; slight shadow is cast becasue it isn't perfectly even. Notes: The electric cord initiates at the top of the lightbox, but it is long enough to plug in a wall outlet at the standard height, even when the light box is set up on a table. The opening at the top is good; it would be better if there was a magnet or Velcro to hold that flap open; I just folded it back to use the top opening."
"The Portable Photo Studio is a relatively heavy collapsing box with LED lights and white backdrop built in. There is a door to shoot through, meaning you can close the box and have all six sides inside reflecting white light back on your object for shadowless photography. The port can be low, side, high, in other words, you have various camera angles even when the "garage door" is closed to allow for maximum reflected light and minimum shadows. There is one flaw in this design; the "sweep"--the seamless background folds up when stored inside the unit."
"I love this!"
Best Photographic Storage Materials
NIX Advance Frames: Plug & Play to display Photo and Video Memories with ease. With over 8 years of experience and a dedicated full time customer service team, we are committed to delivering high quality frames and services that allow you to display digital memories in a sophisticated way. Perfect gift for a loved one: This frame is perfect for everyone; from professionals, to parents and grandparents, they all deserve a frame that works and lets them enjoy all the memories. USB & SD/SDHC Ports: Plug and play to Instantly display all your digital photos.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I wanted superb picture quality, and I needed a frame that would recognize portrait orientation and adjust accordingly."
"Yes my five star review for the NIX X12D Digital Photo Frame is for the product itself BUT more importantly it is for the AMAZING customer service assistance my wife and I received from Daryl. Thank you NIX for not only building a capable, sturdy system (our grandson is not always gentle with electronics - so far so good) but more importantly for hiring support personnel such as Daryl who go the extra mile."
"A couple of screws in the luan mount the digital frames. The frame fits over the power supplies for the digital frames and rests on a couple of deck screws that are screwed into the studs."
"Sometimes nothing played with one flash drive, while another flash drive kept repeating photos or froze photos for up to a minute, even though I set it for 3 seconds. I did not do that because I never had to do it with the older frames, and several people wrote reviews on Amazon that they tried doing that, but it did not help at all. The remote and the software are newly designed and more user friendly. Needless to say, none of that silly photo resizing is necessary, as it was not necessary with my older frames."
"The reviews about the sticker being directly on the screen aren't correct."