Home studio lighting

[beach512]

To those looking for some ideas on off camera lighting for home studio work, check this link out:

Check out this link to see what someone did with a Sony 707, 2 Tota lights, 2 umbrellas and a background.
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=1841498

Remember though, that while this setup is nice ($50 to rent or about $350 to buy it all) it is not really enough light power to get past a f3.5 at 1/30 sec.

I am looking into the http://www.alienbees.com starter kit which is $293 for 1 strobe light, stand and umbrella for the main light. I will then just use a big white board as a reflector for the fill. While this strobe is not a professional unit, it does have a 2 year warranty and 60 day trial period. The strobe gives white light instead of the tungsten of the 500w tota light, so I should be able to shoot at f8-11.

There is not much information out there to help hobbyists set up a little studio. Hope this gives some more information to those looking around for ideas.

Attached is my first attempt at off camera lighting using a 500w work light on the right and a white reflector board
on the left side. Not great, but I am learning.......

http://users.snip.net/~drobbie/CRW_1124s.jpg%20

Camera Model: Canon EOS D30
Firmware: Firmware Version 1.02
Date/Time: 2001.12.29 13:39:02
Shutter speed: 1/45 sec
Aperture: 8.0
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Centre-weighted average
Drive mode: Single frame shooting
ISO: 100
Lens: 50 mm
Focal length: 50.0 mm
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Image size: 2160 x 1440
Image quality: Raw
White balance: Tungsten
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Camera Model: Canon EOS D30
Camera serial number: 122500821
Firmware: Firmware Version 1.02
Date/Time: 2001.12.29 13:39:02
Shutter speed: 1/45 sec
Aperture: 8.0
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Centre-weighted average
Drive mode: Single frame shooting
ISO: 100
Lens: 50 mm
Focal length: 50.0 mm
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Image size: 2160 x 1440
Image quality: Raw
White balance: Tungsten
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal


Dave

[bushey]

I would be careful using a white board (assuming you mean the kind that you can write on with special markers and then just wipe clean). They tend to be quite shiny.

[beach512]

Gary -
No. I meant something like a white foam core board or mat board with a matte white surface.

Dave

[jle56]

Hi Dave ,
I use a slideprojectionscreen as a relector:it can be very big but also rolled up to a smaler surface,it's mat and pure white and stand on his own tripod.
Jean-Luc