----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Loveless" Subject: Studio lighting
> Howdy, gang! The wife and I have been talking about doing a little > studio portraiture and were wondering if we could solicit a few opinions > from the sanitari......PDML. > > We need to be able to set it up and take it down quickly. We also need > to be able to store it as compactly as possible. Our initial thoughts > were to start simple - a 53" roll of white seamless, stands for the > roll, and a couple lights with either umbrellas or soft boxes. A single > light and a reflector may suit our needs, too. I'd rather not deal with > the heat from tungsten lights, so it's either fluorescent continuous > lighting or monoblocks. Current plans are to photograph the kids a lot, > guests when they'll allow it, and a few "models" for some projects I'm > considering. One or two people in the frame should be typical. > > As far as environment goes, we have 9 foot ceilings and enough space to > move the camera up to about 20 feet from the sitter. Our house is > almost a shotgun style, so width of the backdrop is an issue. Anything > wider than 6' would be problematic unless I moved a lot of furniture > around. Windows face northeast and northwest > > Anyone care to offer an opinion about brands, continuous vs. strobe, > watt seconds, etc? I've been using a Photogenic 800ws box and cable set for 15 years or so. Great quality product. I went with this rather than monolights after seeing what happens when a monolight topples over. I can keep my entire lighting kit in a large Samsonite suitcase and a couple of smaller cases. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
