Hey JoeDios!

Im Kalash, new here (obviously). If I put this thread in the wrong area, I apologize. I just wanted to introduce myself to the community here. Some of you might know me from Hisstank, anyway, Im in college, studying Graphic Design and Photography, and I live in Philadelphia. I've been a Joe' fan my entire life and I've been collecting more or less (ARAH, 12" figures when VvV, JvC, etc was out, and 25th) ever since I was 3 or so. However, I lost almost my entire ARAH collection (vehicles and all) years ago while moving. I still have everything else though. I've begun recollecting 3.75" Joes when the 25th came out, rebuilding my collection, and Im about to get back into ARAH stuff (Just my favorites). Mostly I only collect Joes, but I do have a few Cobra figures.

Alright, well thats that, now I have some questions.

As I mentioned I live in Philadelphia, PA. And as you can Imagine I don't have much room to store and display Joes' and what not, I hardly have enough room to set up my light tent. This leads to a pretty big problem for me. I wanna do some good sized Dios, but I have no room to build anything (a mini-pit, warehouse, nothing!) unless it can break down and be stored away flat. In addition to this I don't have any outdoor area I can shoot a dio like many of you do. I envy those of you with backyards that have grass and such.

So I wanted to ask, is anyone else here in my predicament? If so what do you guys do about making/shooting dios with lack of resources/space?

Are there any solutions to this problem?

I've got so many ideas floating around yet 90% of them require me building a set and such which means its a no go.

Also, I see so many wonderfully lighted dios here, what are you guys using to light your dios? Any particular types of lights that work well?

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks for reading!

-Kalash