 Justin G. |
Lighting tutorials/setups Anyone know of any good websites that gives you illustrated examples of lighting setups and/or tutorials? thanks in advance justin
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Cyndee Wanyonyi |
Try this: http://www.ephotozine.com/equipment/buyersguide/fullbuyersguide.cfm?buyersguideid=26 or http://www.scphoto.com/html/studiolight.html
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Maverick Creatives |
http://www.studiolighting.net/
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Mark Feldstein |
http://www.photoflex.com and the tutorials section there. It's free. Also, http://www.chimeralighting.com has some good information, also free. M.
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Justin G. |
Thanks guys for the help. It's not quite what I was looking for, though some were close, but I should've specified clearer. I'm looking for something that actually shows that ... "if I put the lights here, I get results similiar to this". I've already purchased my set and am waiting on it, I just wanted to read ahead. my friend dean berty sent me this site but as you can tell it's in Croation, or whatever the language may be called. Have you guys seen any English sites similiar to this. Thanks for you continuous help, I appreciate it soo much! Justin
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Mark Feldstein |
Howdy. It seems, Justin, that you're looking for a specific site that will explain exactly how and where to set your particular lights to get a predetermined result. Unless the manufacturer has one, then I think you're gonna be hard-pressed to find exactly what you need. Besides, there are so many variables to studio lighting, from power outputs to types of modifiers, that it's really kind of difficult to be as specific as I think you're looking for. True, the sites we've mentioned here, offer tips and techniques on basic and advanced studio lighting technique. They should really help you quite a bit. I know the Photoflex site as I've contributed to it and it's really geared toward teaching technique, (although they do hype their equipment) but the principles are all the same. I've been doing this kind of work for quite awhile and I don't think there's any magic pill for learning lighting. Rather it's something you get the basics of and then experiment using your own equipment to develop your own techniques and then expand on them. As another suggestion, (if I've mentioned this to you before, sorry), when you look at a photograph whether a portrait or product, or if you study the works of artists like Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and others, look at them carefully and try to figure out either where the lighting came from, or how the picture was lit. When you find something you really like, try and duplicate it. Read a lot, look at these online seminars, rig one light at a time and, as I said, experiment.
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Justin G. |
Thanks Mark. I'm not trying to look for the magic pill really, I just didn't know if there was anything out there that I could study before I got them (due in the mail wednesday). I'll just have to continue studying others' work and try to recreate and learn poses one by one. I just wished that people would put how they got a shot when they upload it. I try my best to do what I can, the least they could do is load their exif data or tell where they positioned their lights and the aperture they shot at. oh well. I know there's a lot of good books out there it's just money. I just dumped 2K into the lights, now another hundred or so into bricks of NPS & NPC, so a hundred or two into books is out of the question for a couple months until I can get the lights paid off. Well the good news is that it's all tax deductable right!?! lol. Oh yeah, what I'm getting. The Busy Bee package from Alienbees. Hopefully soon I'll get the battery packs for location shooting, but for now I think i'm going to just get like a 450W or 700W inverter. have you ever used an inverter to a truck for location power? any ideas, sound like a bad one, whatcha think? thanks again.
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Mark Feldstein |
So, if you see some work that you really like drop them a note and ask them about lighting info. I'm sure they'd be glad to provide that for you. I know I would. Inverters eh. Well, I've used a lot of generators on location. Most portable generators are made to drive power tools and lighting not the more sensitive electronic packs contained in studio lighting. I'm a little reluctant to give you my recommendations for that. BUT contact the lighting manufacturer and give them the specs for the inverter input/output and ask them if they don't feel it will adversely effect your electronics. Personally, if it's at all possible, I prefer large gauge extension cords to generators with inverters. Take it light Justin.
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Justin G. |
Yeah I wasn't really sure either. I'm going ask them if anything were to go wrong during the use of an inverter if it would be in the warranty. probably not but i'm gonna see what they say. thanks for all the help.
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