I'm pretty much a whatever moves me kinda girl although I'm trying to start my own portrait studio *crosses fingers*
I'm in desperate need of a light meter and a flash. I can't seem to get my exposure just right for portraits with this studio lighting so hopefully I can get some help with that and I have no clue about light meters
I really like the forum it looks great and it's got so much information I'm not even really sure where to start LOL
Hi Jenkies,
Tell us what equipment you have or are using at the moment, and any that maybe you have seen so we can try to advice you on maybe a better route to take. (maybe you already have what you need but are not using it to it's full potential)
Also you say you are having trouble with your exposure. Put up a picture so we can see.
I have a Canon 20D, 18-55mm and a 75-300mm zoom. As far as what my studio has for lighting...
This system has 3 strobe lights. Two 150w/s lights, GN 135 feet at ASA 100:
It features:
Built-in reflector and power cable.
Remote slave sensor(For cordless strob)
Full and 1/2 power setting options.
75W Halogen Modeling light.
Recharge readylight.
Two-way fixing stand adapter.
Built in umbrella holder.
Easily changeable fuse holder.
Fast recycle time:1-3 seconds.
5600K color temperature
And one 45w/s light features:
Built-in reflector and power cable.
Remote slave sensor(For cordless strob)
Recharge readylight.
Built in umbrella holder.
Two-way fixing stand adapter.
This kit also includes the following accessories:
Two 3 section light stands that can be extended to 7 feet high.
One 3 section light stands that can be extended to 40" feet high.
Two 27" by 19" soft box kit.
One gold umbrella
One wireless remote trigger
One large 10x20 grey backdrop!
Two 5x10 feet polyfiber backdrops. 1 black/1 white!
Two 75W modeling light bulbs.
Two extra long 15 feet flash cords connect your camera and the light.
23" gold/silver reflector.
Snoot.
Barndoor.
One carrying case.
Woooo ok here is a picture for ya'll to go crazy with LOL I'm hoping to adjust my exposure so I don't have to can one of my lights. Here is one where I didn't adjust anything yet.
You've got me very intrigued, I'm going to set up a similar situation, sans baby, and just have a go. I like puzzles like this. Letcha know how it goes, if at all. _________________
I don't know if this is remotely useful... I think my main flash unit is a 65W Halgen and that was 45deg to the right and 4' away, the slave is 208W and was 30deg left and 3' 6" away. This was the result.
thank you everyone and C double thank you. I'm not sure how to post a picture that isn't linked and that doesnt look gigantic. You gave me some good ideas with my exposure and I had to do alot more revieving to get it right so this is what I got. This was my session today. Thank you Thank you Thank you C!
Lovely shot, JenkiesLuv. Looking at the histogram, you have scope in the levels palette to set the white at 231 and the black to 7 to achieve perfection. But then I have been accused of being sadly anally retentive.
There is going to be a lot of studio chat in the coming months so it's fantastic to have you here, I know Adam has recently set himself up with studio lights, as have I and I think Mike is headed in that direction. So it's going to be fun. _________________
I'm not sure how to post a picture that isn't linked and that doesn't look gigantic.
Hi Jenkies,
Most people on here are using flickr as their off site storage host.
It's free and you can upload up to 100Mb per month max 5Mb per picture.
All you do is resize the picture to 600 on the biggest side and save it in a separate folder using Paintshop pro , Photoshop or whatever you use. (remember to use SAVE AS so you don't overwrite the original) and then upload to flickr. Use the link they give you to link it to the site and the picture is there.
Sorry for the poor explanation hope it makes sense if you need anything clarifying give me a shout.
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