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American Glamour
Posts: 38813
Detroit, Michigan, US
People have been asking to see photos of the construction taking place at the new San Leandro Studio. I still have a lot of work to do, but we will be ready to open on Friday, on time. Here are the photos: http://photos.groupphotoshoots.com/Gall … ry=3411669 Photos 4 through 9 show the outside of the building and the inside before any construction took place. The remaining photos show the progress as of 6PM New Year's Day. To give you some insight, I have built a small rentable studio within the studio. It will have it's own 10 foot wide, single wall cyclorama. There is a big main cyc out front, large enough to handle a full-sized car. There will also be a 10 foot wide, black cyclorama. As you can see, we have put in a working shower and bathtub. It is almost done, but I won't have all the finished work completed for Friday. The plumber will finish tying it all in tomorrow. I still have to sand, do a little mud and paint it. To the right of the bathtub will be a working laundry set. Off to the far left is a working Jacuzzi. The rest of the studio is filled with a variety of smaller sets that haven't been carpeted or furnished yet. I will be doing that tomorrow. So we went from an completely empty studio to what you see in about three weeks. I will post photos when the entire studio is done in a couple of weeks.
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richardsphotographybc
Posts: 415
Langley, British Columbia, Canada
GPS Studio Services wrote:
People have been asking to see photos of the construction taking place at the new San Leandro Studio. I still have a lot of work to do, but we will be ready to open on Friday, on time. Here are the photos:
http://photos.groupphotoshoots.com/Gall … ry=3411669
Photos 4 through 9 show the outside of the building and the inside before any construction took place. The remaining photos show the progress as of 6PM New Year's Day.
To give you some insight, I have built a small rentable studio within the studio. It will have it's own 10 foot wide, single wall cyclorama. There is a big main cyc out front, large enough to handle a full-sized car. There will also be a 10 foot wide, black cyclorama.
As you can see, we have put in a working shower and bathtub. It is almost done, but I won't have all the finished work completed for Friday. The plumber will finish tying it all in tomorrow. I still have to sand, do a little mud and paint it. To the right of the bathtub will be a working laundry set. Off to the far left is a working Jacuzzi. The rest of the studio is filled with a variety of smaller sets that haven't been carpeted or furnished yet. I will be doing that tomorrow.
So we went from an completely empty studio to what you see in about three weeks. I will post photos when the entire studio is done in a couple of weeks. Ya, not sure it's big enough. ....lol
My ultimate studio,thanks for building it. :-)
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AVD AlphaDuctions
Posts: 10747
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
thanks for sharing. its work for you but you are living our dream for us 
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Paul Dempsey
Posts: 675
Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
...and so what does this have to do with the photography forum????
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Aaron Lewis Photography
Posts: 5217
Catskill, New York, US
Very nice. Is this the studio that we had a lengthy discussion about electrical stuff or what that someone else?
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American Glamour
Posts: 38813
Detroit, Michigan, US
Paul Dempsey wrote:
...and so what does this have to do with the photography forum???? Ummm, is that a serious question?
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American Glamour
Posts: 38813
Detroit, Michigan, US
Aaron Lewis Photography wrote:
Very nice. Is this the studio that we had a lengthy discussion about electrical stuff or what that someone else? We had a discussion about my studio but I don't remember if we talked about power or not. Power has been a big issue though and I am doing the wiring right now. There is a lot involved. We may have actually talked about this in the last thread.
I spent my day wiring today.
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American Glamour
Posts: 38813
Detroit, Michigan, US
AVD AlphaDuctions wrote:
thanks for sharing. its work for you but you are living our dream for us Trust me, I think you want to dream about something that was a lot less work. I just took possession of it on December 1st. I had events in my old studio for two more weeks after that. It took a week to get materials delivered etc, so I have only had about three weeks to get everything you see done, while still running the old studio and then moving out.
I am not sure what came over me when I made all fo those decisions, but ... the worst of it is now behind me. I am doing wiring now, clean up tomorrow and the last stuff put away on Thursday. I will make it so long as I am still alive!
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Bob Helm Photography
Posts: 18904
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, US
Lot of work but looks like it will be worth it, looking forward to the photos when construction is done
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American Glamour
Posts: 38813
Detroit, Michigan, US
Robert Helm wrote:
Lot of work but looks like it will be worth it, looking forward to the photos when construction is done A lot of work, nah you are imagining it. Our first event is on Friday. You should be able to see photos on Meetup not long after that.
The total project won't be done for about a month. I have to slow down and take a breath. I'll post photos as soon as it is completely finished.
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Jerry Nemeth
Posts: 33355
Dearborn, Michigan, US
The new studio looks great Alan! I see that you have moved across the Bay.
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American Glamour
Posts: 38813
Detroit, Michigan, US
Jerry Nemeth wrote:
The new studio looks great Alan! I see that you have moved across the Bay. I would have stayed in the city if I could. They passed a new parking ordinance. Starting yesterday, all the meters downtown are now on until 10PM, 7 days a week.
Also, they changed the parking policy for the AT&T stadium area as well. It was either going to force me to move to an area where I really didn't want to be or live with a studio with ridiculous parking issues.
The city has become more focused on meter revenue than business and it is sad. So yes, I moved to a central east bay location.
San Leandro was my first choice for a city because of the layout of light rail in the Bay.
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Jerry Nemeth
Posts: 33355
Dearborn, Michigan, US
GPS Studio Services wrote:
I would have stayed in the city if I could. They passed a new parking ordinance. Starting yesterday, all the meters downtown are now on until 10PM, 7 days a week.
Also, they changed the parking policy for the AT&T stadium area as well. It was either going to force me to move to an area where I really didn't want to be or live with a studio with ridiculous parking issues.
The city has become more focused on meter revenue than business and it is sad. So yes, I moved to a central east bay location.
San Leandro was my first choice for a city because of the layout of light rail in the Bay. They have focused on meter revenue in Dearborn too. The meters also generate ticket revenue.
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American Glamour
Posts: 38813
Detroit, Michigan, US
GPS Studio Services wrote:
I would have stayed in the city if I could. They passed a new parking ordinance. Starting yesterday, all the meters downtown are now on until 10PM, 7 days a week.
Also, they changed the parking policy for the AT&T stadium area as well. It was either going to force me to move to an area where I really didn't want to be or live with a studio with ridiculous parking issues.
The city has become more focused on meter revenue than business and it is sad. So yes, I moved to a central east bay location.
San Leandro was my first choice for a city because of the layout of light rail in the Bay. Jerry Nemeth wrote:
They have focused on meter revenue in Dearborn too. The meters also generate ticket revenue. Ummmm, tickets? I am way too familiar with those.
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AVD AlphaDuctions
Posts: 10747
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
GPS Studio Services wrote:
GPS Studio Services wrote:
I would have stayed in the city if I could. They passed a new parking ordinance. Starting yesterday, all the meters downtown are now on until 10PM, 7 days a week.
Also, they changed the parking policy for the AT&T stadium area as well. It was either going to force me to move to an area where I really didn't want to be or live with a studio with ridiculous parking issues.
The city has become more focused on meter revenue than business and it is sad. So yes, I moved to a central east bay location.
San Leandro was my first choice for a city because of the layout of light rail in the Bay. Ummmm, tickets? I am way too familiar with those. it's easier to occupy Wall Street than to attempt to occupy all the meters. Moving out of range is the only step you can take - de-occupy the meters.
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American Glamour
Posts: 38813
Detroit, Michigan, US
AVD AlphaDuctions wrote:
it's easier to occupy Wall Street than to attempt to occupy all the meters. Moving out of range is the only step you can take - de-occupy the meters. I will miss being in the city, but I love the new studio.
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