I have a Studio Pro Excalibur 3200 lighting kit that stores nicely in two canvas bags. It includes two 300 watt monolights, one 150 watt hair light and snorkel, two umbrellas, and three stands. I can light a group of a dozen or more people nicely. It's perfect for portraits. I also have a background stand from Superior Seamless. It will suspend a large muslim or a wide roll of seamless at heights up to about ten feet. It also fits in a canvas case for transport. I've set up many places, even outdoors with a generator for power. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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? > > Thanks! > > -- > Scott Loveless > www.twosixteen.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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