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Home Photo Studio Set-up? |
I am trying to set up a home photo studio to do full length portraits,however Im lost as far as lighting. My subjects are often moving around and I want to be able to stop motion. But most of the time there isn't enough light. To compensate I have to slow up the shutter (aperture is already wide open) and then I get a bright picture with blur, when I don't want the blur! I want nice bright sharp pictures, where motion is stopped. I am working with a a white paper background and would also like to eliminate shadows. Examples of what I am trying to achieve can be found here: http://www.omgphotography.com/gallery.ph... What do I need? not concerned with $ yet, I just would like to know what would be the right equipment? flash lighting? steady light source? how many? where are they pointing? Any advice that will help. Ive experimented so much and not achieved what I wanted, I am finally breaking down and asking, I am a clean slate...teach me...thank you to whoever answers! ok what you need to do is ........ have the room completely dark (your subject should know the routine before hand) then set the camera on a tripod using a shutter release cord set the shutter to bulb, use a strobe light ( you know the typical 70s type) as the strobe flashes your subject should move the shutter should be open the entire time. This gives a faint kinda ghost like image, if there are too many position changes by the subjects, but I'm sure you can play with it to make a crisper image . Hope this helps P.S. I have only done this using film so im not 100% sure about digital Source(s): Im a photographer basically all you need are some intense hot lights. you can get a basic 2 light system at free style for around $1500. you need to have the flash intensity higher to compensate for the fast shutter speed. you're aperture should pretty much always be as low as it will go. 2.5 is the best but whatever you're lowest aperture setting on your camera is will work fine. then you just need to set up your lights. you will also need a flash meter and sync cables or wireless syncs to hook up the camera to the lights. i linked a very basic light kit from freestyle. it has 3 lights plus the power pack. you'd still need light stands, sync cable, and flash meter. http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_prod.ph... Ok - since you asked, let me give you a portrait studio setup. First of all - I checked out the site. And most of the portraits are high key photographs (the white background is pretty much what defines it as high key). If you want to visit: http://www.wise-photos.net/images/highke... I've created a diagram of the lighting setup for a high key session. As a side note - i've always used Photogenic (www.photogenicpro.com) for all my lighting needs. professional photographer certified professional photographer |
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