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10/12/2006 09:42:29 AM · #1 |
I'm sure you've all seen this question a thousand times, but hey, I'm new and I'll ask it again.
What would you all consider the must haves for lighting equipement? (flashes, lights, etc.)
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10/12/2006 09:44:35 AM · #2 |
I searched under the Hardware/Software category for "lighting equipment"...results:
//www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=search&id=165243 |
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10/12/2006 10:16:02 AM · #3 |
A good eye for light.
(I'm still working on that requirement myself)
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10/12/2006 10:17:23 AM · #4 |
After that... it depends on what you plan to do. I have studio strobes for work in studio and in large areas. And I use my Canon 580EX, 550EX and 420EX as portable light. But don't forget reflectors.
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10/12/2006 10:32:48 AM · #5 |
All depends on what you want to do - for car photography there is a special studio in california with a 50 foot long softbox that is some 40,000 WS of light. If you're shooting cars for magazine ads you need that, but if you shooting a wedding on a cloudy afternoon outside you might do better with an on-camera flash. On a sunny day you need gobos and reflectors. In a studio there are lots of choices, but on the beach you need battery powered lights, or a generator, and since you're outside perhaps sandbags to keep things from falling over. Shooting strobes other than in eTTL mode or using a GN and mathematics you'll need a light meter.
I shoot Canon and have 2 on-camera flashes (a sigma and a metz) and 4 studio strobes with the assorted stands and umbrellas and softboxes and backdrops and stands for that, a sekonic lightmeter and pocket wizards. I also have a couple of reflectors, stands and stands for them.
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10/12/2006 10:50:20 AM · #6 |
On-camera meaning the hot shoe flash not the one that comes ON the camera. (they suck in most cases)
Would you agree?
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10/12/2006 03:15:05 PM · #7 |
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