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Microstock Footage Forum => Video Equipment / Sofware / Technique => Topic started by: Peter on August 06, 2008, 12:18
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I bought some portable lightning equipment for my little sutudio for people. I am still waiting the batteries from ebay, and I have my first photo shooting on 16th August with models, until then I will test and calibrate lightning...... I cant wait to get results.....
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t186/fotoklub/foto_testovi/oprema/IMG_0786800x600.jpg)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t186/fotoklub/foto_testovi/oprema/IMG_0787800x600.jpg)
(4 flashes for background blow out (2 tall, and 2 short ones), 2 with difusers for direct lightning, and one (Canon) bouncing from the celing. :) All connected with radio or optic triggers.
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wow, thats a lotta flashes :)
Posts images when you gettem
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What's with those funky softboxes? They look like pillows!
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cushions for model's head ?
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They help to keep the model from catching on fire from all of the light. ;)
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What's with those funky softboxes? They look like pillows!
inflatable softbox for hotshoe flashes,which can be found on ebay:)
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yeah, they are inflatible. they are good if global warming melt down polar caps, and big flood happens, so they can save a life by keeping you float. lol
p.s.
I bought all this from e-bay
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First test (this is me)
(with minor photoshop adjustmets of white balance and croping, no isolation needed, it is isolated automaticaly! finaly my nightmares with isolating people are over! :D)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t186/fotoklub/foto_testovi/studio/IMG_0800800x600.jpg)
more on this:
http://www.fotoklub.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3379
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really nice! I can't afford now to buy so many flash lights. 4 just for background... how many were used in the shot?
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7 total.
4 for background, and 3 in front (2 with difusors on left and right side, and one (Canon 430ex) in the middle bouncing from the celing).
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Hey you don't look anything like your avatar! :D
Nicely done. Consider moving the subject a bit further from the background or reducing the light output of the background lights just a bit. There's a little wraparound up by your ear and right shoulder and a little more on your left calf.
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Yeah I tought of moving the subject about 1 meter more away from background. I will test it some more before I make some real stock photos. :) Today I was just testing is everything working properly. hehe.
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Just curious...
would you mind sharing how much that entire set up cost you? What brand are the flashes? I'd like to add more light to my set up, but I don't want the expense of adding more full size studio heads.
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I didnt calculate precisely, but about 500-600$ (flashes, tripods, radio and optic trigers, difusors, batteries (a lot of them!))....
flashes are some "cheap" Chineese crappy units, but they work OK! :D YINYAN is brand name (never heard of it lol)
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some further testing with my friend as a model
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t186/fotoklub/IMG_0811800x600.jpg)
more on this at:
http://www.fotoklub.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3379&p=27497#p27497
not perfect, but good enough.
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looks good.
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you might be interested in this link from photoshelters school of stock - http://blog.photoshelter.com/school/2008/07/silo.html (http://blog.photoshelter.com/school/2008/07/silo.html)
and a very good tutorial in that post is - Zack Arias: White Seamless Tutorial - http://www.zarias.com/?p=77 (http://www.zarias.com/?p=77)
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tnx
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I think I fixed shadows issues:
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t186/fotoklub/foto_testovi/studio/sjena.jpg)
more on this (page 2):
http://www.fotoklub.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3379&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=10
now to fix backlight wraping problems, and it would be great.
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Peter,
It's all about the light as you have discovered. The cost of proper lighting will be offset by your reduced photoshop worktime and hopefully increased revenue.
I have heard there are some longevity issues with those Ebay units so let us know how things are working.