What's the difference between a photo taken in a studio and an average photo taken with a digi cam?

Question

What's the difference between a photo taken in a studio and an average photo taken with a digi cam?

Answer 1

the concise answer is about 11000 DPI.

I have a HND in photography; plus 35yrs experience.

whats the difference? the guy pressing the shutter... a 30 quid lubitol can make images almost as good as a 5000 hassleblad... (my cousin did the tests, for practical photography (he worked at Colab in the 90's)

pro's rarely use the camera flash.. they use lamps and reflectors...

and they measure the light with a handheld meter... we know all about shadows and the like...

and they know how to handle their cameras...

most Dcams get left on auto, and johnny presses the button, never knowing what is possible...because he's happy with what he's got... why? well, mainly coz he doesnt know any different.

Dcams make life easy; theyre easy to use, and you can see what you got within seconds... no darkroom skills required at all...

but those darkroom skills transfer to PC's quite easily... because we know what were looking at, and what were trying to achieve.

whats the REAL difference? thousands of hours experience behind the lens... and a neg file with over 30`000 images per year... thats the real diffference... skill, ability and an eye.  

Answer 2

is a big difference ,plus the photo made from a professional study always is the best

Answer 3

well, in a studio, you have a professional photographer- they know what they are doing.

also, you have a stupid amount of mega pixels, and amazing lenses and flashes shoved into that lovely SLR camera, which cost stupid amount of Pounds.

you also have special lighting setups and backgrounds.

and on top of that- the models. They will be bery pretty for a start, and hte make up will make their face look perfect and will stop glare.

so, compare this with a standard 6mp camera, with no fancy lenses or lighting set ups, or pro photographer and no fancy models.

for fifty quid, i wouldn't complain!

Answer 4

Apart from aynthing else, the lighting and the background.

If it's a decent photographer, they have expensive lenses  and filters and the ability to know how to take a good photo.

Answer 5

Depends on who's taking the photo. Not all studios are professional... you don't need experience to work at portrait studios like JC Penny's, Walmart, Target, etc. For those, the only difference is lighting.

Answer 6

In a studio there is complete control over the lighting.  There is a choice in the background and the pose.  And total control over the camera setting and time to experiment.  That is what is involved in making a portrait as opposed to taking a snapshot of a person.  

Answer 7

Lighting, the type of camera, angles...

It could be a huge difference, or none at all. It all depends on if you know what you're doing or not.