From the archive: a still life in an open  air studio:  

The reason I do  still life photographs  in an open air studio is primarily  due to the shells (or fish ) smelling  too much if I bring them back to the studio to be photographed.  The clam shells, for instance,  quickly smell (and die) when they are out of salt water for any length of time.  Working in an  open air studio  means that it is  more difficult to juggle light and composition  compared to an internal studio with its table, various backdrops, lights (stobes),  digital camera and tethered computer. 

 I don't have such a professional studio set up. What I do have is far more makeshift and basic: a table, a chair, a cloth backdrop, studio tripod, large format  camera  and some  dim window light from a small window on the south side of the house. It's primitive but good enough  for me.