All Forum Comments
Comment by Don posted on 2x Flashgun lighting AF360FGZ at 26/04/2010 - 17:06
gartmore wrote:
Don, I said 'apposite' not 'opposite'!
–adjective
suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt: an apposite answer.
that is hilarious! I'm dyslexic ya know!Don, I said 'apposite' not 'opposite'!
–adjective
suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt: an apposite answer.
you'd be amazed at how many awkward situations you can cause when you mix up a letter or two!
Comment by Don posted on Budget studio flash guidance needed. at 26/04/2010 - 14:40
reflectors should be more than good. depends on light levels, iso levels as long as you can get a decent aperture shutter combo to freeze motion and get enough dof.
re: the second suggestion, don't be afraid to improvise with that strobe, any kind of "Cookie" or light modifier could be used to make patterns or colors on a plain wall for nice backdrop effects. shooting through drinking glasses with or without colored liquids, patterns from etched crystal glasses, using a potted plant etc as a cookie to make shadows etc.... any kind of colored gel whatever you can find...
re: the second suggestion, don't be afraid to improvise with that strobe, any kind of "Cookie" or light modifier could be used to make patterns or colors on a plain wall for nice backdrop effects. shooting through drinking glasses with or without colored liquids, patterns from etched crystal glasses, using a potted plant etc as a cookie to make shadows etc.... any kind of colored gel whatever you can find...
Comment by Don posted on Studio flash setup at 25/04/2010 - 01:47
if the view through the windows is nice then you can do a "three light" set up by arranging your subjects in front of the windows (the windows become your backlit backdrop) and setting your manual exposure for the outside scenery, adding a reflector for fill and using the soft box or umbrella as key, being careful of course to angle the lights to avoid reflections in the glass.
if the window is your key light source, then the reflector could do fill, and the strobe for backlight/hairlight/background light..
also:
you could use the window for fill, the softbox for key and reflector for hairlight/seperation light.
if the window is your key light source, then the reflector could do fill, and the strobe for backlight/hairlight/background light..
also:
you could use the window for fill, the softbox for key and reflector for hairlight/seperation light.
Comment by Don posted on Studio flash setup at 25/04/2010 - 01:04
what is the view like outside the window?
Comment by Don posted on Studio flash setup at 25/04/2010 - 00:32
George Lazarette wrote:
Studio flash is studio flash. More money gets you more power and more versatile and robust equipment, but even the cheapest, weakest, stuff will do the job.
Before you buy, have a look around. I got some nice Bowens gear from Calumet that was going cheap because it had been replaced by a later model. It was a set including bag (nice - with wheels), brolly, softbox, and two heads.
I also have a forty year-old Bowens Monolight in perfect working order, so the stuff seems to last.
G
I agree, which is why I was pushing in the other "studio flash" thread to look for used, brand name equipment with a good range of accessories available!Studio flash is studio flash. More money gets you more power and more versatile and robust equipment, but even the cheapest, weakest, stuff will do the job.
Before you buy, have a look around. I got some nice Bowens gear from Calumet that was going cheap because it had been replaced by a later model. It was a set including bag (nice - with wheels), brolly, softbox, and two heads.
I also have a forty year-old Bowens Monolight in perfect working order, so the stuff seems to last.
G
Comment by Don posted on Budget studio flash guidance needed. at 24/04/2010 - 22:24
I have it, I love it.
if you're going with a kx you might try it out for video!
if you're going with a kx you might try it out for video!
Comment by Don posted on M Series 85mm f2.2 Soft Focus at 24/04/2010 - 19:36
I wonder if one could skip the intermediat step and just contact print or expose photo paper in the darkroom off an lcd monitor? or use a digital projector instead of film in an enlarger?
Comment by Don posted on Digital to film transfer. at 24/04/2010 - 17:28
gartmore wrote:
I use 100ISO if I'm using the K20D or 200ISO with *ist DS, earlier this week I had a 4 piece rock band in the studio and using 2 small heads (One with a soft box as the key and another with a honeycomb, barn doors and half power as a backlight, silver reflector for fill) and 100ISO I was shooting at f5.6. They were contained on standard 8 feet wide background paper. My studio is quite big at 1200 sq. feet so there isn't much being bounced back, in a smaller space you'd get a smaller stop.
If I get the edit finished today I might post some shots in 'your photos' later today.
I'm quite sure Don will have an apposite opinion.
I don't try to be oppositional...lol!I use 100ISO if I'm using the K20D or 200ISO with *ist DS, earlier this week I had a 4 piece rock band in the studio and using 2 small heads (One with a soft box as the key and another with a honeycomb, barn doors and half power as a backlight, silver reflector for fill) and 100ISO I was shooting at f5.6. They were contained on standard 8 feet wide background paper. My studio is quite big at 1200 sq. feet so there isn't much being bounced back, in a smaller space you'd get a smaller stop.
If I get the edit finished today I might post some shots in 'your photos' later today.
I'm quite sure Don will have an apposite opinion.
just fill in the blancs left by others!
My studio is small and blacked out with grey floors.... the only light on my subjects is what I put there and little or no reflected light off the walls....
and yes, I'd be more inclined to use the softbox for fill, the gridded reflector for key, and silver reflector for hairlight....
but I like dramatic light!
this one has a gridded reflector dish for keylight and large softbox fill (from the same side, main just above the softbox, and a shoot through umbrella as seperation light/background light just behind the subject on white seamless
Comment by Don posted on Budget studio flash guidance needed. at 24/04/2010 - 15:08
My wife thinks I keep telling her to use the kit lens because it's inferior...lol...
truth is I want the constant aperture zooms for use in the studio with manual studio lights and the kit lens is cheaper to replace! under most uses the kit lens is fine!.
truth is I want the constant aperture zooms for use in the studio with manual studio lights and the kit lens is cheaper to replace! under most uses the kit lens is fine!.
Comment by Don posted on 16-45mm vs WR 18-55mm vs Samsun 18-55mm field comparison at 24/04/2010 - 15:00
learn to use one, and adding a second comes real easy!