Looking For Some Lighting Tips, Ladies.

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elvenom

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I used to shoot w/ natural sunlight and could shoot everyday when I lived in Arizona (cuz its always sunny). Now Im back in NY and my shop is taking a hit because I cannot shoot as often because the sun is not reliable, esp now during the winter months. I need lots of light to shoot indoors..

Can anyone offer a suggestion, besides a full blown lighting setup ? I wouldlove to buy umbrellas and all of that, butthtwould require a diff camera and I cant afford that right now. I just need something to give me even, good light indoors? TIA:puzzled:
 
Wow, thats pretty cheap! Is this one that you use? Only problem is I have a regular digital camera. I would have to buy a new DIGITAL 35mm, correct?
 
I think as long as you have a flash you should be okay, but you might want to check with them to be sure and not take my word for it (I only have this setup because DH is a professional photographer:BAGUSE:)

I use something very similar but with a paper background instead of a muslin background.
 
Okay..well Ive been needing a new camera anyway. Its an investment I guess. But will send an email to the seller. I appreciate your help - thank u!! :)
 
So I contacted the seller and he said any camera can be used with this. I was curious to know, how you like this setup? Is it sturdy? The price just seems too good to be true LOL.
 
I found flash slave set-ups didn't work easily with a regular compact digital camera (ie not an DSLR), because the camera usually has a 'pre-flash flash' which triggers the flash slave, too soon to sync it with the shutter. I can't remember why the compact digitals have this pre-flash thing, but they do, and unless you can turn the pre-flash off, it's difficult to sync the flash to your camera. Not impossible apparently, but I couldn't manage it. You can get different triggers that are designed for compact digitals, but I got one and still couldn't get it to work.

Perhaps check the settings of your camera, and see what flash options you have, before you buy.
 
I upgraded to real lights this year, but I used the "Home Depot" setup for many years with good results.
http://reviews.ebay.com/40-Home-Dep...or-Clothing-Photos_W0QQugidZ10000000008512567

Here's a couple photos of my version, which DH cobbled together for me.
lightfixture.jpg
lightdetail.jpg
 
The Vintage Vendeuse said:
That pre-flash flash is to prevent red-eye. On my simple digital camera, I can turn it off so I only have the single flash.
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I don't mean redeye reduction flash - on mine I couldn't turn it off, even though I had a red eye setting and a normal flash setting. Many compact digitals are designed to fire out a double-flash, which triggers the slave too soon. The double-flash/pre-flash is not very noticeable, I only realised mine did it when I tried to use a slave. You can buy special slave triggers or flashes that are designed to work with these kind of cameras though. Here is one. This what that site says about why you need them:

"Standard slave flash units will not work with most digital cameras because these cameras use a very rapid pre-flash (we're not talking about red-eye reduction). The first flash is used to set the white balance of the camera's CCD chip - not the exposure. A typical slave unit will fire on the first flash it senses while the digital camera captures the image on the second flash. Thus the extra light from the slave does not show up in the digital camera photo."
 
I used the "Home Depot" setup for many years with good results
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Maggie, thank you for posting this article. It's perfect timing for me. I'm in the process of moving my studio (and i'm being very generous when I call this space a studio) from where I currently use is a mix of studio and natural lighting to a space where I will use all studio lighting so I can shoot regardless of what the weather outside is doing or even at 5:00 in the morning.
 
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