Day 8- Amazing!!!!

My sister in law, mother in law, and nieces came and painted Friday and Saturday. In fact I was photographing a wedding all day Saturday so it wasn't until this morning that I was able to see the final wall and doors. I am just thrilled with all of it!

Anyway- I wanted to share some images of the walls- and some samples of what kind of images I will be taking in this studio. No props around yet- no chairs either, so they are simple. These are from inside and outside the building and our nieces are the beautiful models.

Day 6- what a day

Oh my- what a day- my inlaws- my wonderful inlaws- came to help me out. My sister-in-law is such an artist! I only get to see the basics of the designs so far, but the wall opposite the windows is now completely painted and will have 4 scenes/backdrops on it.....

Oh and instead of travelling to Dubuque for a blue door to shoot in front of- I have one in studio :) The trim will be painted sometime soon around that door- blue and pink just isn't cool :)

Going to bed- I have wedding in the morning and my in laws will be working on finishing up the painting. There will be a beach background, a leather background, a teal and bronze looking background and a solid white (for now) background all on the one wall. I will be adding a red wood look to another part of it soon too- but my weddings come first :)

Can't wait to see the finished products and to get some models in there to work with the new sets! The pictures are really not doing the stuff justice- it got dark and we have no lights yet (coming next week ) so these are done on a high ISO and not great quality! :) Stop by the studio and see them for yourself :)

And Day 5- a day for changes

I have to tell you- I have debated what to do with the wall of windows.....I loved the look- others thought it looked dirty and unhealthy- thinking about it- that is the last thing I want in my studio, but I didn't want to stick sheetrock or replaster- so along with my awesome help yesterday- thanks so much Travis!- it was decided to at least scrape the wall for peeling paint. I was scared when we started, but I love the look now. Very antique looking and no more falling paint.

Along with finishing that wall, we started to strip one of the windows. After seeing how hard this was- and working on it for 4 hours this morning and hardly accomplishing a thing, I think I am going to do something different with each window to give them all- at least 3 o0f them- completely different looks! What better for a studio than numerous backgrounds to choose from?

Go ahead and comment on this post- or any of my posts- I appreciate feedback!

Oh and if you have an idea for the opposite wall- where the new non installed windows were before, let me know. It is still up for debate! Oh and the new windows for the boarded up ones were installed today! Still boarded up though- need help removing them :)

Skipping to Studio Day 4- Friday

Friday I worked in the studio all morning, then went shopping to look for a ceiling fan, deliver a portrait order, and do a little browsing at a local homeware store.

In the evening, Tony and a couple of my clients who Tony knows came and moved all of those annoying windows up to the 3rd floor. Thank you so much guys!!!

I love this little town. The local restaurant actually bought our meal for us that night.

I am enjoying the small town atmosphere again. People are getting curious too :) That is always a good sign.

Here is the room sans the windows :)