Paul Sorenson wrote: > I have three AlienBees and am pretty happy with them. They're fairly > inexpensive, well made. I use them w/umbrellas, sometimes shoot-through > and sometimes reflecting. Here's their URL... > > http://www.alienbees.com/ > > -P > > > > 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! >> >> > > > Thanks, Paul. Alien Bees are on our short list. If we decide to go with strobes instead of continuous lighting, we'll probably get their digibee package.
-- Scott Loveless www.twosixteen.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
