Photography Workspace in Vancouver, Canada
Name: Lloyd Carig
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Occupation: Live chat support / Photographer on the side
Room size: 7 m² (75 ft²)
Cost of the setup: ~$6K
Social media: Instagram, YouTube
Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself
Hi, my name is Lloyd. I’m a father of two beautiful children and a husband to an amazing wife.
I work full time as live chat support for one of the major telecom companies in Canada.
On the side, I’m a photographer. When it comes to paid work, I shoot family portraits. It’s been fun!
Other than that, I take photos for myself — mostly landscapes & cityscapes, as well as some product or tech stuff that you can find on my Instagram page.
I initially picked up a camera to take photos of my sneaker collection. I was inspired by the sneaker pages you’d see on Instagram.
That’s where the passion began.
After taking photos of countless sneakers, I started to try and learn different branches of photography.
It opened an entirely new world for me.
I’ve been shooting seriously for about five or six years now. Currently, I’m learning more about filming stuff. I started my fairly new YouTube channel where you can see my previous workspace.
And for someone who never bothered about shooting videos and filming stuff, I think the first video did a pretty great job.
“If I didn’t start working from home and if COVID didn’t happen, we probably would be looking at a sneaker room instead of a home office”
It helped with a bit more exposure on a different platform which also translated to my Instagram growth.
That Instagram growth slowly opened opportunities for me to work with different brands and publications.
It didn’t seem possible when I started taking photos of my sneakers.
Take us through your setup
| Item | Model |
|---|---|
| Monitor | Dell U3818DW | Monitor mount | Humanscale M8.1 |
| Monitor light bar | BenQ lightbar |
| Laptop | M1 Mac Mini |
| Speakers | Kanto Yu2 |
| Headphones | Sony MDR 7506 |
| Keyboard | Nuphy Air 75, Logitech MX Keys for Mac, Keychron K3, Azio Corp retro keys |
| Mouse | MX master 3, Apple Magic trackpad |
| Chair | Autonomous ErgoChair Pro |
| Desk shelf | Grovemade desk shelf system |
| Desk mat | Grovemade desk pad |
| Mouse mat | Grovemade mouse pad |
| Wall shelf | Grovemade wood wall shelf |
| Tablet | iPad mini 6 |
| Desk | IKEA IDÅSEN |
My family and I moved to a new place about a month ago. That meant I would need to design an entirely new space which was a really fun process.
The office space that I have is pretty much the den in the apartment — not too big, 9×7,5 ft.
At first, I tried to just bring the old setup to the new space. But then I slowly realised that the desk I had was too wide. That means it was taking up too much space without any good reason.
That made me look back at my old desk setup and borrow just that old feel from it. It’s the one with walnut aesthetics.