Not to hi jack the thread, but does anyone remeber the site for flash tutorials, strobo something or other. I had it bookmarked but its gone.
Dave On 4/19/07, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott, > > Will you be shooting digital or film, or both? > > What is your budget? > > For digital some of the new continuous lights that use fluorescent > tubes are great. Good light quality like hot lights but almost no > heat. And WYSIWYG, unlike studio flash. > > If you want flash, you can't go wrong with AlienBees. Made to very > high standards. Fan cooled. Modeling lights and replacement flash > tubes readily available if you ever need them. Wide range of light > modifiers available from them and other companies. > > My studio was set up as a teaching studio and I have three shooting > areas that are set up with lights all the time. I have three > AlienBees in one set, and have been running them heavily since they > first came on the market in 2003. I've yet to need to replace a > flash tube or modeling light. > > I have Multiblitz monolights (3) on another set, and Visatek (from > Broncolor) on the third set. Both produce excellent light quality, > but modeling lights are harder to get and more expensive, and light > modifiers from the companies are expensive. I also have a bunch of > White Lightning units of various vintages that I use when I need more > lights for a particular project, and some JTL equipment. > > I've tested just about every brand of studio flash at one time or > another for my magazine articles/books, and really do think that > AlienBees is the best value per dollar currently available. > > Bob > > On Apr 19, 2007, at 12:19 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > > > 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 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
