Making My New Photography Home Office
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ค. 2024
- My home office was never that well designed and with winter drawing in, I decided to take on the project and try to create the perfect home office for the landscape photographer. Thank you to Beer52 for sponsoring this video. Get a Free Case: www.beer52.com/heaton
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00:00 - Intro
00:23 - The Problem
02:01 - Transforming the Base
05:15 - The Desk
07:46 - The Work Station
08:59 - The Sponsor
11:19 - Acoustics
13:21 - Photo Gear Storage
14:33 - Office & Video Lighting
18:51 - The Full Office Tour
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I have 'office door envy'! That stained glass is gorgeous.
An 18% grey wall, just for setting white balance and exposure, lol. Great job! Generous of you to share this Tom and your ideas! Cheers. PS I must just add also, when you started creating videos it was obvious you were uncomfortable in front of the camera, you were nervous and shy, that's all changed you really are the seasoned pro now, great content delivered, amusing, and a pleasure to watch, so good on you!
Haha, beat me to it!
Fully agree!
Hahaha, just checking in on comments (I've been away), and this 18% grey made me chuckle.
Appreciate your kind words, thanks for watching for so long 👍
That's the thing about cable management - do it once and then you're done. Well worth the extra 30 minutes to hide things properly! Maybe consider a pair of floating arms for the monitors to give you more space on the desk?
I see you have Chasing Awe by Gavin Hardcastle. He'll be pleased 😂
Fantastic office space mate. Really a bit envious.
PS Ben Horne is the GOAT when it comes to large format. And his voice is sooooo relaxing :-)
Thomas that foam drawer is brilliant..... just brilliant.
I like the idea of a rotating display wall…put your favourite shot of the quarter or 6 months up there and keep it changing.
I love this new setup. That C stand is clever. A TH-cam channel I really like called "Mediastorm" has a similar system. They tried to upgrade other TH-camrs' gear and found having different stands for monitors, cameras, lights and microphones is too chunky, so they designed a system they call a "tree". That thing has multiple types of "tree trunks" for rolling around, mounting to a desk or being stuck between floor and ceiling. Also arms for all sorts of stuff.
I doubt whether TH-cam will allow links so I won't leave one. They are a Chinese channel by the way so it might take some translation.
Thought I had stumbled upon a "desk setup" TH-camr for a second. Well done sir, it's amazing what a new setup can do towards motivation to work each day.
That was so fascinating! I've been working on something similar the past months and happy to see we've found some of the same solution - especially the cables... I don't blame you for going all in on hiding them. My brief is even tighter. Photography office / home studio combined with living room 😬
I must admit that the idea of file cabinets with foam inserts for camera gear was a great idea that I will be copying. The acoustic panels seem like highway robbery, but they do provide some needed zen to the room and match the chair quite nicely.
I think the price can be defended considering their aesthetic value and quality materials, in addition to function. If you want to do it on a budget you can just use egg cartons for acoustic dampening, but that doesn't look as nice OR smell like a sauna :-P
Great video! One suggestion, might be worth swapping to a NAS for your digital storage so that you could have it tucked away somewhere, rather than hanging from the bottom of your desk.
*have to say - TH-cam is spot on with their recommendations lately! Glad I stumbled over your Channel, Thomas!
A little tip for the chimney: A "vertical" landscape with your analogue Camera as a all over wal* lpaper with one of your islands wonderful rocky coasts in combination with a lighthouse at foggy winter sunrise. It should have a beautiful gradient to the top with a little desaturated dark tones, so it's not to much 'on your nose' but still breathtaking if you see it for the first, second, third and probably the 100s time!
Again, glad to digitally meet you, man! Rock on!
For the storage you have the option to put all drives and NAS in a ventilated closet or similar and pull a 10Gig network cable to the desk. This will also help you avid vibrations from the desk in the HDDs.
I can picture you in the comfy corner complete with smoking jacket and fancy beer. Those panels are awe$ome!
There's lots to like in your makeover, well done👍👍
Lovely set up ,wish I had the space like your workspace/office is under the stairs Hence Under the stairs Photography .
A nice calm office! You are going to show us what it looks like in 6 months, right? 🙂
And who was your guest at about 4:40 into the video? An introduction would have been nice. 🙂
13:25 WOAH! THERE'S A BLAST FROM THE PAST! I always loved when you used that song..
Great video as always. I am a little disappointed of the countless times an ad popped up, but I guess that’s the way it is. Always envy of people that can build and renovate things and stuff. Well done.
Nice work! I would avoid having the storage on the standing desk as any movement while it's on is risky. I suggest either turning it off when you raise or lower, or mount it somewhere static.
Nice refit, much better afterwards. I have an Alexa and Phillips Hue bulbs in my office room, so I can dim the lights, as well as have a multi purpose audio device taking up very little space. Two Alexas can play in stereo too
OK, who sat up and smiled when the "one more minute" music popped up? I did 😁
Builders band or farmers band here, is the best invention ever. Makes it easy to do 'girl' repairs around the farm lol. I hate cables and paid special attention to your cable concealment. Loved the filing cabinet storage idea. Anything acoustic panel wise, that looks good, is expensive. Excellent job Thomas.
It's a dream office, I catch a few ideas as I pass by. The material in the drawers with foam.... Great work.
Why why so much enjoyment from these videos the van ones where great and this one was equally , soon enough a master craftsmen I do believe
Love the door so 30s stained glass, just noticed the door handles, wow. If I were a thief I'd have them over the 15k worth of camera. Seriously great workspace.
You used "Stay near", it was a staple of your old videos, I love that song ❤
I like the look of the softbox with honey comb grid... Maybe you should add a background light, and a rim light .. you're going to love it
Nice episode. Love the Dymo labelled drawers!
You should be 100% fine mounting that NAS upside down, so the handle isn't wobbling on the desk. Vibrations are bad for or HDDs
What a joy to watch for someone that hadn't had a personal office area at home or work for almost 10 years now. Man I envy that.
Well done Thomas!
I would love to hear you talk about your collection of photo books in a future video, and which ones are your favorites.
Keep coming back for ideas & inspiration, great video Thomas. How about a 2024 photography workflow video?
That under desk cable management… *chef’s kiss*
This more than any video I’ve watched about it, has made me think about how my office is set up and how I can change it around to make it a bit nicer to be in
Man, watching this I'm reliving my office overhaul from July in 105 degree SoCal weather. Never seen paint dry as I applied it before. Got the same desk with white glass top and spent hours hiding wires. Never again but am enjoying the new look and creativity that comes along with it. Great job on your office and looking forward to seeing more videos of you in different positions.....
Ahhhh.....send some of that SoCal warmth east please!! Friggin cold her in PA.. 🙂
A project like this just feeds the soul. Great result, well done. And good to see an Aussie brand T-Shirt on you. Quicksilver started just a few kms south of me here in Melbourne. I used to get neck pains at the end of every day. I was advised to raise my monitor. It worked. I now have the centre of my monitor level with the top of my shoulder. I have to look up to see the top of the screen and that felt a bit odd at first but the reward is no more sore between the shoulder blades.
The individual foam compartment is amazing. Love the new setup!
That's a hell of a makeover, Tom - love it. Your cable management is outstanding! The only things missing are a pair of slippers and a pipe in the reading corner.
OMG! When I saw your old office my OCD went into overdrive!! Thank god you sorted it out with a good bit of cable management. Love the standing desk, that is a must have! Come on people get moving! Keep up the great work Thomas 📷🙂🎅🎄 Gavin owes Mr Heaton a big favour! After his mate just advertised his beautiful book; Chasing Owe with Gavin Hardcastle 🤣
Loving the tidy cables. I’m thinking behind my tv
Fantastic work buddy !! The attention to detail is spot on & looks great for functionality too !! Hat tip to the OG O.M.M. Track too
Love the Nick Carver inspired home office. But one little thing, ok not so little, your canon pro 1000. I would have put wheels on that desk aswell, or some way of sliding it in and out, simply to give you ease of access to the maintenance cartridge and the rear feed tray. I've a pro 1000 and I've that problem at the moment but the printer is getting moved soon to a better place.
Amazing job buddy! A great improvement.
Great office renovation & NICE Taking Back Sunday shirt!
I need you to come and refurbish my office! Wow, I love it. I especially liked the use of the builder's tape to fix the boxes under the table, I may steal that one. And I love the "cosy corner" too, I used to have one of those but had to remove it for more storage.
Michael Bubble Wallpaper. Superb. Wish my office was that big, I want space for a snooze chair! Nice alternative video, but really worth watching. Thanks.
Oh and Come to Devon. Great landscapes, great cider and I'm told great beers.
Okay the effect at 2:15 was amazing
oh thanks Thomas! now I've got to do mine! i don't even want to be in my office after watching this! lol! as ever, great work and attention to detail. now if I can sanction my ideas past the boss I can probably achieve a tenth of this vibe! 😁great video, chap!
Nice update :).
The Nas/server attached to desk with carpenters metal stripes are just asking for disaster.....Wifi? or Lan cable? to a more secure setup, and not in the "eye" when you walk into the room. .
Hey Tom, you pretty sure about have your entire storage system hanging below your desk full of movement? This kind of thing need a rock steady place once you have rotating disks on it passive of damage due to unintentional leaps coming from the desk "ups and downs". You are at risk of losing everything what you are saving there.
Nice setup and clean… but… be careful with your Raid Drive. Raids, with I assume 3.5 drives, are very sensitive to any micro shakes and movements that can destroy them over time. I would suggest turning your raid off when you raise or lower your desk. The best would be to have the raid off your desk, on a different piece of furniture.
I am Head of IT at an Entertainment Creative Agency and unfortunately had to deal too many times with data loss of raids and other drives that had a little bit too many movements.
Cheers from LA.
Great job indeed on the cables!
My PC/Desk setup is very similar, the only thing I would suggest you get, is a monitor arm - it frees up an incredible amount of space on the desk and tidies up nicely.
My office is so so so overdue for optimisation. Great job on the cables! Impressive.
Three things stand out in my mind above all things in your office: One is the red chair. Love it. And with those acoustic panels behind it and the floor lamp beside it that makes a very inviting corner. Two is the camera storage system you made. Love having camera equipment organized like that. Relieves a lot of anxiety when it comes time to pack for another adventure. And three is your wonderful dog wandering through and feeling at home there. We love dogs but my wife and I are no longer able to care for one. We miss them terribly.
All the rest of your office works so well for you that I'm sure you will do some very creative things there. This is where you will soon start to grow into another, more advanced career in film technology. Good luck.
Great solution, Thomas. I love the acoustic panels.
Bought a standing desk a few months ago. It is a game changer, I had back issues for years which have complexity gone now.
Looks great! All that’s missing is Nick Carver’s light-up film fridge!
Oh wow, I just love what you've done there, I'm so jealous!
You will LOVE the cable management improvements. It is a huge part of my Feng Shue move I made 2 years ago.
Love the process and result mate! Proper functional and beautiful space
I mean, the 22nd of December is officially winter but I feel you. I live in Maine here in the US and its dark at 3:56 or 15:56 right now your time. Winter. Brrr. Looking forward to the winter photography and making plenty of winter vids! Nothing like the in between months to dash the photo spirit!
Great. Your van makeover was also interesting and fun to watch.
Great Work Thomas. Just a heads up regarding the standing desk. The monitors should be mounted in such way you can adjust their height so they match your eye-level (according to all those posture guidelines). When you stand that eye-level point changes a little bit (usually monitor needs to go higher) and it's great to have a monitor stand that you can easily adjust when needed. This is probably more relevant to the non-vertical monitor :P. Otherwise you night be looking just a tiny bit (too) down without noticing and starting feeling some pain on your neck. Cheers!
I absolutely love that you don't half ass anything! New office looks awesome.
A copy of Between the Wind on display. Nice touch 👌🏻
its a beatiful, minimal and classy workoffice. and most importan its highly fuctionall. great make over!
Hi Thomas, nice Job. Just discovered something new after hanging a few color prints on my wall. We can't really view photos just under "room lighting", they need some other type of light like a flood light, you know, like in a gallery. It really brings out all the fine "details" and colors you saw at the moment of development; really brings it all up. Just and inexpensive LED spot light works great. Bob.
Cool! Your foam for gear is a very good idea. I have same idea in the corner of my mind for a while now.
I don't really like all the gears exposed like many youtubers do. (Risk of fall, drust etc). This is way better!
I really like your new clear wall. I never
liked your dark wall (but it's your style so I did say nothing hehe).
I stay inspire by your new room!
Thanks you very much.
I'm not a fan of foam for cameras. I had an old film camera in a metal case with a foam insert. I didn't go near it for >10 years. When I did the camera body and lenses were all covered in gritty little bits of foam which had perished and turned to powder! It took an age to clean them. I'll never use foam inserts again! My other camera - in a case with expanded polystyrene - was perfect.
Thank you Alan for your advice. I will be aware about the material of "foam".
Great job…looks awesome, the chair corner is very nice with those panels and fantastic cable management! 😎📸
Looks awesome, the only thing I would add is to put anti-slip self-adhesive feet under the wooden legs under the printer and on the left of your multi-function desk. to avoid any slip risk
I agree the B&W would fit with everything, but a nice three panel with vibrant colors, or maybe even one with a pop color isolation (sorry, for suggesting this one, but it could work). If it were me, I'd want something like a pop color for that wall. Obviously, this is your office, you will do whatever suits your fancy, but I find a pop of color helps. And this one could be changed out however often you want to print up something new. Whatever you put there, I am looking forward to seeing it. I am going through a bit of an office remake myself. I have to narrow down a standing desk and top (pre-made, IKEA counter top or make one myself). Keep up the good work. Thanks for the videos and the inspiration. Cheers.
I'm smelling a tree on the chimney breast, you know trees and chimney's go together 🎄🔥 btw nice job with the office Thomas, love the choices👍👍😍
UGH... IM ENVIOUS !! Nice set up!! I got to do something like that....
Glad to see some love for the South West in your Beer Choices. I could tell a story or two about those breweries, sadly no longer as I am a cider man now due to Coeliac. Be good if you could make a trip down this way as winter is definitely the best time to visit.
a Funko Pop polaroid camera? Cool!
Oh what a great office you're having now! Awesome
So pleased the light fitting is going 👍🏼 love the plasterer’s painting 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Awesome!!!
Very well done.
Loved this episode!! Well done, Thomas!! 👏🏻
Great job, love the desk set up, and fab work sorting those cables out. I also like the look of the lantern softbox.
Excellent job - looks terrific
Thomas iv'e followed your TH-cam for a long time now and always enjoyed your work I can see you reaching the one million subs some time next year easily great work.
Brilliant.... well done Thomas
Nice make over - love your work station and the idea of using a filing cabinet as a camera safe storage area And the pull out extra work table - Supper nice :)
Turned out great! Love the fancy sound dampening panels.
Looks great. Another fabulous video!
Standing desk was an actual game changer for me. So much better.
I remember your previous office set up in your old home with the metal hanging shelves and your set up then, so the evolution of your working space and requirements to what it is now is certainly clear to see Thomas. Likewise, I hate cable clutter, so cable ties, velcro and under mounted multi plugs hide a catalogue of sins. With your new acoustic panels in the corner and your mobile lighting solution, maybe we will get some videos from cosy corner from time to time 🙂
You did an amazing job redoing your home office, Tom. Everything you did looks great and it truly looks like it will work out wonderfully for you. I enjoyed watching this a lot and now I have to get busy on my own studio office....Thanks!
Absolutely stunning! Looks like the perfect mix of cozy and efficient
Lovely job!
Always enjoy your build videos Thomas. Great work on the office.
Well done! Love the aesthetic and final product. 👍🏻
Nice job!
I think that wall could use some strong colour. A nice creek reflecting the forest photo, the one that you found on your local bike trip video.
Looks great!
Great video! The cable management is awesome!
You’ve been a big inspiration to me and wow this has me dreaming up all sorts of ideas for what my own studio could look like one day. Thank you 🙏🏼
Nice job, big improvement and enjoyable to watch.
Man, you had me at cable management😂. Also, I noticed Chasing awe on your bookshelf. Is there a link…in the description😂?
the addition of the Cstand is genius