Reflector Diffuser
Posted on Monday, December 20, 2010 in Photography
What equipment would you recommend for a beginning photographer?
All I have is a 35mm SLR and plans to buy a digital. What would you say is the essential equipment needed to begin? I'm looking at a set of reflectors, a diffuser, filters, and flash. I already have a good tripod.
Unless you are planning to set up a studio you can forget everything but maybe an on-camera flash unit that will be compatible with the digital camera you eventually buy that will use all the lenses on your 35mm SLR. Also a portable reflector like the Photoflex "LiteDisk" might come in handy on outdoor shoots.
If you do decide to put together a studio you may save some time, frustration and money by making it portable and using “hot” lights thus avoiding the purchase of “studio” flash units.
Here is what I have and it cost me under $200. A Savage portable background stand ($100), a Lowel Tota-light ($40 used and it came with the lamp and has barndoors), a light stand ($2 at a garage sale), a white Lowel umbrella ($25 new), various colors of yardage in 4 yard lengths from the bargain table at a local yardage store ($1 a yard).
The Tota-light is what the TV stations use when they are doing interviews in peoples homes and is very small and portable. Tota-light makes a Tota-frame for 10”x12” gels (under $30) if you want to do theatrical lighting at some point.
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