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01/18/2005 12:56:55 AM · #1 |
I picked up one of those cheap home demo 1000W light setups and I've been playing around tonight.
Here are some interesting results:
    
It's a lot of fun playing with light :)
Message edited by author 2005-01-18 00:57:14.
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01/18/2005 02:31:50 AM · #2 |
Not bad - how do you like them HOT lights? I have 3 sets, my fav is from sears. I need barn doors!!!!
Get a cheap white sheet form walmart - it has several uses with this lighting
- a reflector - use it to bounce light back onto a subject.
- a diffuser - hang it in front of the light and it diffuses well
- a backdrop - i want to try and get it bright, blown out high key so that i can replace it in PS with any "backdrop" for home portraiture w/o the need for buying any backdrops.
I have pics tht demonstrate this...
a cheap black sheet works well too - i actually want 2 more black and 2 more white sheet.
white for diffusing and reflecting
black for backdrop and cutting off light, particularly between me and the lights. i will set them up like stage curtains. my last shooting session (for movie title) had me getting glare from the lights. I have in the past used a tripod, but this time had a live model and wanted to be able to move.
To hang them - hooks in the ceiling, PVC pipe and rope.
Message edited by author 2005-01-18 02:32:36.
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01/18/2005 02:48:52 AM · #3 |
You aren't kidding when you say they are hot. I can't imagine how hot 3 sets can get. lol. I am planning on getting some PVC and white/black sheets in the next few days. :D
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01/18/2005 02:53:02 AM · #4 |
It is in my basement. I used it for:
 
Those are on a black t-shirt on a table. and my movie title one...
More to follow next week i hope. Busy week this one.
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01/18/2005 03:00:09 AM · #5 |
cool :D I dont think I have the room in this house to have that sort of setup, though. Question: Is the fill light pointed at the white reflector or at the subject?
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01/18/2005 03:13:59 AM · #6 |
Whatever you want - in theory, the main light would be the full 1000watts, set up high (6' or so). the fill would be low, 500 w. assuming both are the same distance from the subject of course. you can also put the third light behind the backdrop. If the backdrop is the least bit wrinkled, the light will cast shadows...
Barn doors on the lights will solve many problems, the need for the front light blocks perhaps, more control (always a good thing) and the ability to keep the hair light off the backdrop. wrinkles suck.
I can use a 3 lb coffee can for the material or aluminum trim coil stock (see home depot). how exatly to attach it to the lights and then have it hold the position i put it in has yet to be solved. been busy. last week my basement flooded with 14" of water...it is my studio!
An old 1 car garage. 10' wide, 20' long. YOu can get closer to the subject, and at times put the subject closer to the backdrop - but you don;t want the subj to cast a shadow on the bd, and you want it far enough back to be OOF.
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01/18/2005 03:16:18 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by sparkly:
cool :D I dont think I have the room in this house to have that sort of setup, though. Question: Is the fill light pointed at the white reflector or at the subject? |
use a long room with a doorway at one end, and you put the camera on the otehr side of the doorway - you should be ablt to get 14' depth total in a 12' room that way.
main light at subject, and it bounces back off the reflector sheet (or posterboard, etc) to light the 'dark' side of the subject. the fill light can do that, or it can be diffused (should be for most portraits) by shining thru the sheet.
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