The Delpiano Photographic Studio
Set is ready, lights are organized, 4x5 view camera is ready to shoot
On the ready-to-shoot set you can see the TV monitor which allows to view through the ground glass viewfinder + point light equipment I created - 1990
Entrance/Office of the Delpiano Photographic Studio - notice the computer system I used for my accounting (Commodore 128! green led monitor!) on the lower left
Organization in the Delpiano Photographic Studio
Mounted set for the 'Breaking the Wall' cover - 1989 - Honoring the fall of the Berlin Wall
Close-up of complex photo shooting set organization: cables and lights organization
What's behind all those floating images (pre-Photoshop!) is something you could know only if you have been there.
Everything seems so simple but ... it is not
Graphic support items for Advertising Photography in the Delpiano Studio - late Eighties
Studio is a mess, cables everywhere. Regular working day
Close-up of complex photo shooting set organization: weird props and extras to create shadows and reflections
Cables, and cables and tight spaces. Everything is hard to reach and tripping something by mistake is a prelude for failure.
I had a small studio, but it wouldn't have been different in these kind of situations
Shown here is the 'Entertainment Area' so the photographer doesn't go crazy after so many hours of hard work