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DYI Rain Room Shoot

On July 6 and August 3, I did two rain room sessions in my backyard with MelPool and Anastasia, respectively.   I know rain room sessions are very popular right now, and I don’t want to have to rent a rain room studio for $150+ an hour when, in reality, with a bit of engineering know-how, I can do it myself.   So, after watching a couple of YouTube videos, wandering around the plumbing section of Lowe's, and spending about $40 in parts, I built my own rain room setup.   The only downside is that I can only do these sessions in the summer, as I build the setup to work in my screened-in deck.   However, other than that, I can schedule them at my convenience and pass the savings on to my clients.    For these sessions, I used: Photography Equipment Rain Room Equipment Cannon R6 24-105 mm Lens Transmitter/Trigger 1 Westcott Strobe 1 Bell reflector 2 Cannon Speed lights 1 C-stands Sandbags 2 Backdrop stan...