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11/08/2008 06:12:00 PM · #1 |
| I'm curious, how many of you use strobe lighting along with constant lighting? I'm in the beginning stages of converting my basement into a studio and which lighting to get has me slightly stumped. |
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11/08/2008 07:59:39 PM · #2 |
Hot lights = Easier to see what is happening, cheaper and hotter unless ya got a lot of $.
Flashes = More $ and harder to see (although model lights help) but more convenient.
They can be mixed but the colour tmp is quite different. |
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11/08/2008 08:25:52 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by robs:
Hot lights = Easier to see what is happening, cheaper and hotter unless ya got a lot of $.
Flashes = More $ and harder to see (although model lights help) but more convenient.
They can be mixed but the colour tmp is quite different. |
Sooooo, make sure you get the correct color temp lamps, or simply use color correction jell.
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11/09/2008 03:08:30 PM · #4 |
| Yeah, but really, the whole modeling light issue isn't that big... this is digital, take a test pic!? |
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11/09/2008 03:57:14 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by spiritualspatula:
Yeah, but really, the whole modeling light issue isn't that big... this is digital, take a test pic!? |
That's fine if you're shooting still lifes or other stuff that's not moving. You can't catch an expression twice. |
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11/09/2008 04:10:56 PM · #6 |
I agree, but couldn't you get your basic setup dialed using that method and then once you're prepared you would be set? It isn't as if you can fire your modeling light, adjust the power of each flash bank, and then still catch that expression either. Or adjust your lighting placement and power and then get that expression? Really what I'm saying is regardless, you should have your setup ready before that expression happens, and if you don't, you won't catch it no matter what. I'm really just proposing a test shot instead of using modeling light initially, because it's just as fast. Not that I'm any expert on the matter, but that's what I've found.
ETA: I also trust an actual test result more than my own estimation, so that's part of why I like that approach more. I'd rather test fire and chimp before the real shot and get things as close as possible than use a modeling flash and hope I got things adjusted right.
Message edited by author 2008-11-09 16:21:05. |
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11/09/2008 04:50:13 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by spiritualspatula:
I agree, but couldn't you get your basic setup dialed using that method and then once you're prepared you would be set? It isn't as if you can fire your modeling light, adjust the power of each flash bank, and then still catch that expression either. Or adjust your lighting placement and power and then get that expression? Really what I'm saying is regardless, you should have your setup ready before that expression happens, and if you don't, you won't catch it no matter what. I'm really just proposing a test shot instead of using modeling light initially, because it's just as fast. Not that I'm any expert on the matter, but that's what I've found.
ETA: I also trust an actual test result more than my own estimation, so that's part of why I like that approach more. I'd rather test fire and chimp before the real shot and get things as close as possible than use a modeling flash and hope I got things adjusted right. |
Sure, but if you're shooting a model that's moving around, the light will change and you won't see it until later or you change your lights you won't see that. You can stop the shoot and redo test shots, chimping, but with modeling lights you should know what it'll look like and decide if you can just shoot. |
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