Sherri L. Regalbuto |
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How to Boost the Available Light
I photography dogs - mostly outdoors, but sometimes I am forced to shoot indoors. I am looking to buy some extra lighting for when the natural light is just not enough. I want something very portable. Help?
January 05, 2011
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John H. Siskin |
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Title: What?
Made for the heck of it. Published in Wraparound Magazine. Norman Strobes
John H. Siskin
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Hi Sherri,
I like using monolights when I shoot dogs. The real problem is not what light you use, but learning to use it. When you work outdoors, you capture an image that you see, or to put it another way, you take a photograph. When you are responsible for lighting an image, you make the photograph. Not only do you put the elements of an image together, you can decide the angle, color and quality of the light that makes the shot. Alien Bee and Calumet, along with several others, make good monolights.
Thanks,
January 06, 2011
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Sherri L. Regalbuto |
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Thank you John. I don't often set up an image with dogs, or at least I try not to. I do, however, work with outdoor lighting or natural light when I can. Sometimes there just simply isn't enough for any type of movement. I am a dog behaviorist so I like natural candids.
January 06, 2011
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Randy A. Myers |
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There are strobes that come with battery packs. JTL has the Mobilight, and I think Norman makes one. You are not tied to a power pack or a power outlet with these. You can take them anywhere and have monolight lighting just like in a studio. This may not be a route you want to go, but it adds a lot of flexibility.
January 06, 2011
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