Watt Photo Studio

Posted on Thursday, July 9, 2009 in Photography

CowboyStudio 160 Watt Lighting Mono Master Strobe Light
US $32.30

American Recorder Tech SIB201-AMR PHOTO STUDIO IN A BOX - Kit
US $181.20

Profoto AcuteB 600R Second Battery Operated Flash
US $2,640.00

American Recorder Tech SIB-105CS-AM RECORDER CLASSIC PHOTO - Kit
US $90.32

Profoto AcuteB 600 Battery-Powered Flash Generator
US $2,340.00

Flash Umbrella Bracket Holder Light Stand Adapter Mount Photo Studio 51051
US $19.99

R7 Professional Video Light For Panasonic AG-DVC30 AG-DVX100 AG-HVX200 AG-HVX205
US $52.99

70 LED Camera Video DV Camcorder Light Rechargeable Battery for Canon Nikon Sony
US $49.99

Vidpro K-120 Photo and Video LED Light Kit
US $98.00

American Recorder Tech SIB201-AMR PHOTO STUDIO IN A BOX
US $167.78

Cool-Lux LK2400 Perfect Pak MINI-COOL Professional Portable Camcorder Light Kit
US $69.95

Video Lighting 500 LED Video Light Bi Color Dimmer V Mount Color Changing
US $219.99

Video Lighting LED Video Light 500 Led Light Panel With Dimmer Switch XLR Jack
US $189.99

Photo Studio 30 LED Rechargeable Light Video Camera Camcorder Photography Lamp
US $39.90

Digital Camera Softbox Photography Lighting Kit NEW $89
US $89.00

ALZO 740 Camcorder Video Light complete Kit -100 watts
US $84.50

Photo Studio Strobe Flash Umbrella Kit
US $138.31

300W Digital Camera Photography Lighting Kit fits Canon
US $79.00

300W Digital Camera Photography Lighting Kit Only $79
US $79.00

300 Watt Pro Digital / Video / Film Continuous Light
US $39.95

600W Two Lamp Cool-Flo Digital/Video Lighting Kit! NEW
US $199.95

900W 3 Light Digital/Video/Film All Camera Lighting Kit
US $339.00

taking my first studio lighting class next month want to get my lights before the class so Im not totally lost?

So what do you suggest. I have been told 3 light is best. But when I went online 3 lights are pretty expensive. Could I add another light later? What to look for when I buy? Im leaning more towards soft box lights instead of umbrellas but what about Continuous,Cool Flo,Strobe / Flash then what about watts? Any suggestions? Off subject. My sister in law bought her lighting kit not to long ago. And she took my family portraits. I told her that I would photo-shop our pictures because I knew she was busy. So she gave me the disk. Our pictures were not so great the lighting was so bad. My hubby had dark circles around eyes shadows everywhere and when I tried working on our pics with white backdrop I just couldn't get the backdrop to look white without washing us out. Then pics with black backdrop we looked yellow or washed out. This has got to be a lighting issue. Right?

First off if you are in a studio lighting class that does not have lights for you to use you should be looking for a new program. Part of the point of taking the class Has to be testing diff. brands and Kinds of lighting. You are not going to want to buy lights till after you havsome solid light theory and experience w/ whats available. As for the lighting situation the white background is always going to look grey when the camera it set to a zero exposure because of the light meter. Its job is to take all of the light in a scene and average it to 18% grey. So if something is all white that meter is programed to average the exposreto 18% grey so your white will be grey always unless you over expose by about a stop to copensate. same for the black looking washed out, you need to under expose. Now you need to do some research into non-global chnges and masking if you want to be able to adjust the background w/out effecting the subject

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