THE WIFE SAYS---GO FOR IT

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yippie

the basement is now my permanent studio. im 11' 6" wide,, 35' long and my issue was 8' ceiling height. PROBLEM SOLVED. have an electrition thats going to set up 8 very powerful yet small lights to blow out my background on the back wall. its going to be on a dimmer control switch so when i switch the background i can individually control the lights to get a very nice soft feel. with the 8 lights i can get the back wall at f/22 and control itbw!

9' in front of the background, we going to install overhead track lighting with snoots and grids to be used for hair lighting..also on 110v and a dimmer to control output. i can go from f/13 to f/2.0.

going to mount the soft boxes on poles attached to the walls and it looks like bogan has some hardware thats going to work,,if not ill modify some stands. fill will be the biggest issue but i think we have it figured out by dropping it from the ceiling and using a strip box or a very small shoot through umbrella.

cant wait and for my area,,i think its the way to go. have been looking into a retail location, but the costs are just too high. ive been talking with some of old time master photogs who are shutting down the retail spots and doing the same. i think were making the right business decision

[Psychobiker]

im 11' 6" wide,, 35' long

Give up photography. You've missed your vocation in the adult film industry!

Congrats on the studio!

[SMP_Homer]

Give up photography. You've missed your vocation in the adult film industry!


That actually goes better with his "The wife says - go for it" subject line

[gonzogolf]

yippie

the basement is now my permanent studio. im 11' 6" wide,, 35' long and my issue was 8' ceiling height. PROBLEM SOLVED. have an electrition thats going to set up 8 very powerful yet small lights to blow out my background on the back wall. its going to be on a dimmer control switch so when i switch the background i can individually control the lights to get a very nice soft feel. with the 8 lights i can get the back wall at f/22 and control itbw!

9' in front of the background, we going to install overhead track lighting with snoots and grids to be used for hair lighting..also on 110v and a dimmer to control output. i can go from f/13 to f/2.0.

going to mount the soft boxes on poles attached to the walls and it looks like bogan has some hardware thats going to work,,if not ill modify some stands. fill will be the biggest issue but i think we have it figured out by dropping it from the ceiling and using a strip box or a very small shoot through umbrella.

cant wait and for my area,,i think its the way to go. have been looking into a retail location, but the costs are just too high. ive been talking with some of old time master photogs who are shutting down the retail spots and doing the same. i think were making the right business decision

These lights on the background, are they continuous? Are you mixing them with strobes?

[TMR Design]

These lights on the background, are they continuous? Are you mixing them with strobes?

From the description it does sound like they're going to be continuous lights on dimmers. :rolleyes:

[Psychobiker]

From the description it does sound like they're going to be continuous lights on dimmers. :rolleyes:

FTL. Stobes w/modelling lights > all

[queenbee288]

Congrats on the studio. You could run into some color temp problems mixing the lights like that.

[Psychobiker]

Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist!

If the chanting is freaking you out...just get a small strobist setup and build from there
:)

[gonzogolf]

Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist! Stro-bist!

If the chanting is freaking you out...just get a small strobist setup and build from there
:)

If the guy has a studio space why wouldnt he want studio strobes with modeling lights? I'm a big fan of strobist kits, but in this case it makes no sense.

[FlashZebra]

yippie

the basement is now my permanent studio. im 11' 6" wide,, 35' long and my issue was 8' ceiling height. PROBLEM SOLVED. have an electrition thats going to set up 8 very powerful yet small lights to blow out my background on the back wall. its going to be on a dimmer control switch so when i switch the background i can individually control the lights to get a very nice soft feel. with the 8 lights i can get the back wall at f/22 and control itbw!

9' in front of the background, we going to install overhead track lighting with snoots and grids to be used for hair lighting..also on 110v and a dimmer to control output. i can go from f/13 to f/2.0.

going to mount the soft boxes on poles attached to the walls and it looks like bogan has some hardware thats going to work,,if not ill modify some stands. fill will be the biggest issue but i think we have it figured out by dropping it from the ceiling and using a strip box or a very small shoot through umbrella.

cant wait and for my area,,i think its the way to go. have been looking into a retail location, but the costs are just too high. ive been talking with some of old time master photogs who are shutting down the retail spots and doing the same. i think were making the right business decision
Are you planning on mixing incandescent (or florescent) lighting and flash?

Enjoy! Lon

[Psychobiker]

If the guy has a studio space why wouldnt he want studio strobes with modeling lights? I'm a big fan of strobist kits, but in this case it makes no sense.

To weigh up the pros and cons (by himself) of either system before delving into either a full-blown hotlight or full-blown studio-strobe system.

[Johnny V]

If lights are using dimmers you'll have a heck of a time getting proper color balance as the color temp of each light will change with the intensity of the light.

Really get some strobes..

[TMR Design]

If the lighting is going to be a mix then it's just asking for trouble. As Johnny V says above, if the background lights are on dimmers and then mixed with other light sources that's going to be a color temperature potpourri and I would not recommend going that way.

I can certainly understand wanting to experiment and explore but I think mixing light sources isn't a great thing to do. Even if other sources are going to be constant then that's really only going to be good for sitting portraiture with adults that can stay perfectly still.

Using continuous lights usually means shooting at higher ISO's, longer shutter speeds and wider apertures than you might like and doesn't leave you as much creative freedom as strobes would.

[gonzogolf]

I was hoping the OP would confirm that he's mixing light, or going full on with continuous before I weighed in but I fully agree with Rob. It sounds like the OP wants to build a portrait business, getting repeatable high quality results with that setup would be very difficult.

[Psychobiker]

Using continuous lights usually means shooting at higher ISO's, longer shutter speeds and wider apertures than you might like and doesn't leave you as much creative freedom as strobes would.

Quoth for truth