Forum: Photography


Subject: Lighting

Lapis opened this issue on Mar 10, 2003 ยท 17 posts


bioserge posted Wed, 12 March 2003 at 2:35 AM

I MYSELF HAVE A TON OF LIGHING EQUIPMENT THAT I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO USE. THESE NEW BRITEK STROBES AND SOFTBOXES HAVE SO MANY SETTINGS ITS LIKE TRYING TO DO CHINEASE ALGIBRA BACKWARDS AND UPSIDE DOWN. I JUST GO FOR TRIAL AND ERROR UNTILL I GET A SETTING THAT I LIKE AND THEN I RECORD IT DOWN. I AM DEVELOUPING MY STYLE SINCE I HAVE WALKED AWAY FROM SHOOTING "T&A" FOR NOW... FOR ME IT'S KIND OF COMMON SENSE OF PLACING THE LIGHTS WHERE I THINK I NEED BRIGHTNESS BUT AS YOU CAN SEE WITH WHAT I AM WRITING YOU DO NOT WANT TO TAKE MY TIPS! MOSTLY EVERY STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHER I SPEAK TO SAYS ALL YOU REALLY NEED IS TWO STROBES AND ONE SOFTBOX AND MAYBE 4 UNBRELLAS GOLD/SILVER AND 2 WHITES... I SWEAR IF IT WAS'NT FOR DIGITAL I WOULD BE BROKE. I FILL MY 1 GIG MICRO-DRIVE AT 16MB PICTURES AND ONLY GET LIKE 40 GOOD SHOTS OUT OF 612!