Re: cheap "studio" lighting

On 2007-10-19 07:17:26 -0700, "Bruce" <brucefalcon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

Hi

I was interested to see your flash setup. I have a D80,SB600,an old SB20 plus a small white brolley reflector that I've been experimenting with.

I've been trying to setup a small studio in my garage (no natural light) any tips?

multi-purpose? specializing in macro? portraits?


Bruce
"sheepdog 2007" <barking@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:2007101714053316807%barking@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Once upon a time I had a real studio in a Gloucester (MA) storefront. Small fortune invested in lighting, backdrops, etc. Another small fortune invested in darkroom. Now I do this stuff for fun, on a budget. I've been experimenting with low-cost multi-flash setups, since I don't like to buy large strobes or hot lights that I won't be getting paid to use. I have been following time-tested "rules" when it comes to bounce, reflectors, diffusers, etc. Since going digital I've been ignoring what used to be a pretty firm "no-no" for color photos, namely the mixing of daylight, incandescent light and flash.

The "creamy" light I've been seeking for portraits turns out to be pretty simple, and pretty cheap.

Let me know what you think about this setup (link in sig). It's Nikon-centric, but could be created easily with any SLR.

The room has ivory and beige paint, which I use to full effect in getting the tones I'm after.

I'd love to post portraits I'm shooting with this setup but as long as there are malicious freaks on the internet, a vase of flowers will have to do. It shouldn't take much imagination to see that the vase (or the water drops) shows what eyes look like, while the petals show how skin is reproduced. I shoot RAW with minimum in-camera sharpening. My conversion software gives me a 16 bit TIFF which I work on in PS as a LAB color document. Some of the sharpness, WB, and contrast tweaking is done during the conversion from camera RAW to 16#TIFF; I use adjustment layers for the rest of the post-processing.

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