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03/18/2003 12:09:33 AM · #1

After finishing up a submission for "Green", I looked at my "studio" in my garage and thought it would be interesting to see other people's setup that they use for taking pictures.

Here's a short description:

Lighting: 1000W light behind the background cloth, 250W light in front of that, and 2 100W lights in the middle and on the right. My homemade background thingy (with the white cloth) is in the middle. I have a few other colors under the white cloth. The table on the right is my ironing board for the background cloths. :) The 2x4's attached to the 100W lights help position the lights. Tripod on the right (we know what that's for).

Pretty high-tech huh? :D

Annida

Olympus C-4000Z

03/18/2003 12:10:11 AM · #2

Originally posted by ChrisW123:

After finishing up a submission for "Green", I looked at my "studio" in my garage and thought it would be interesting to see other people's setup that they use for taking pictures.

Here's a short description:

Lighting: 1000W light behind the background cloth, 250W light in front of that, and 2 100W lights in the middle and on the right. My homemade background thingy (with the white cloth) is in the middle. I have a few other colors under the white cloth. The table on the right is my ironing board for the background cloths. :) The 2x4's attached to the 100W lights help position the lights. Tripod on the right (we know what that's for).

Pretty high-tech huh? :D

how much did your clamp lights cost? and where did you get them?! *please*

Message edited by author 2003-03-18 00:10:53.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

03/18/2003 12:13:06 AM · #3

Wow you replied fast... I guess the "Preview" must actually post it in advance or something. Plus something happened to the Title of the post. Whatever...

The 100W lamps were just $8 each at Home Depot. Any hardware store will have these. :) And that 250W lamp was like $6.50... I couldn't believe how cheap it was.

Annida

Olympus C-4000Z

03/18/2003 12:14:45 AM · #4

Originally posted by ChrisW123:

*smooches* thank you. That's now on my list. The clamp lights. I had them in my list (to buy) at around 12 dollars each, so having that reduced by 4 dollars is sexy. Home depot it is then! yay!

Artifacts

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

03/18/2003 12:20:20 AM · #5

Chris,

What we really want to know is what setup did you use for your Golden Gate bridge shot? It had great lighting.

Did you use that giant tungsten bulb the is 93 million miles away? I've noticed a lot of people use it. Isn't that cheating? :)

Artifacts

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

03/18/2003 12:22:41 AM · #6

Chris,

Another question. Is the iron in the background of your studio setup used to provide infrared light for some of your shots? :)

Turbotech

Nikon D70s

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

03/18/2003 12:25:47 AM · #7

Well here it is gang.
Turbo's set up. Just bought a new house and we move in on the 30th so I have not been active lately, but that will surely change for the better.
I will have my own studio room so everything is good. Nice to have four bedrooms and no kids yet. Stress on yet.
Should also have a few more Alien Bees in a few months.

Talk soon.

Turbo[url=//www.photo.net/photodb/image-display?photo_id=1269584&size=lg]

Message edited by author 2003-03-19 09:57:30.

03/18/2003 12:26:13 AM · #8

Originally posted by stdavidson:

HAHAHAHAA! Well, I'm really flatered that you like it/remember it first off.. And yes there's NO replacing our 100 billion candle power light source up in the sky. :) I took a LOT of shots to get that angle. Don't forget, when you are outdoors use your polarizing filter. I just learned this (well a few months ago). I makes everything better most of the time.

03/18/2003 12:29:48 AM · #9

Originally posted by Annida:

*smooches* thank you. That's now on my list.

*Blushes* You're welcome! Good luck to you. Remember that lighting is an art. I really respect the pictures I see that show a good job at it. I'm nowhere near good at this (yet). :D