STUDIO PHOTOGS HELP ME

[CHADbee]

So my grandfather gave me all his lighting that he used to use, all this stuff is from the 80's but its better what i had yesterday(nothing). he said when he bought it all new it was pretty expensive. this is my inclosed 2 car garage in my house that i will be setting everything up in. please excuse the mess, i will be cleaning it out this weekend....











i know NOTHING about this, cause somebody please give me some pointers or atleast link me to some info on where i can learn to use this stuff? i have figured out to use my cameras flash and it triggers the slave but besides that i am lost, i have no ides where to position everything, i dont know shit.

oh i do know to postition my subject 4-5 feet off the wall lol

[Sentra]

...what are you going to be uhh....photographing there?

[Sentra]

Maybe little or no help?
It just all depends on what your shooting you know? But I rarely use my setup (almost exact to yours).

[CHADbee]

...what are you going to be uhh....photographing there?

portrait type of photgraphing LOL

[TheGrillMan]

portrait type of photgraphing LOL

that involves a bed huh

[quickdodge®]

that involves a bed huh

And not even a full one at that. Just a mattress on the floor. To give it that dingy, hood motel look with the models posing as female crack fiends. Ass crack and cocaine crack. Lolol.

Hey, Chad, when my car gets painted, I'll pull it into that "studio" and you can shoot pics of it. Since it did used to be a garage. Lolol. Later, QD.

[CHADbee]

And not even a full one at that. Just a mattress on the floor. To give it that dingy, hood motel look with the models posing as female crack fiends. Ass crack and cocaine crack. Lolol.

Hey, Chad, when my car gets painted, I'll pull it into that "studio" and you can shoot pics of it. Since it did used to be a garage. Lolol. Later, QD.

im sure we could fit it through the bay windows LOL

[TheGrillMan]

And not even a full one at that. Just a mattress on the floor. To give it that dingy, hood motel look with the models posing as female crack fiends. Ass crack and cocaine crack. Lolol.

. Later, QD.

i hear thats all the rage nowadays

[Sentra]

well experience/trial and error are the best ways. Your good at picture so i'm sure you'll learn quick.
If you get a mobile generator you will have LOTS of fun with those and cars as subjects.

[CHADbee]

that involves a bed huh

LOL nah, i still have to clean that room out

well experience/trial and error are the best ways. Your good at picture so i'm sure you'll learn quick.

yeah but im n00bish to this. what i dont understand is backlight is f5.6 and the main is f8 but this old school stuff isnt uh adjustable, they all flash the same

excuse me if im not using the right terminology im very new to flash, i have never really liked it and stuck to natural light. now that i have progressed more i really see the need to do this, off camera flash will take me to the next step i just have to wrap my brain around it

[TheGrillMan]

LOL nah, i still have to clean that room out

riiiightt whatever you need to tell everyone including yourself

but oh, how i am on to you


btw all i could find

i didnt retain that much knoweldge from highschool photo 1-ap


http://www.vividlight.com/articles/1916.htm

[Sentra]

yeah but im n00bish to this. what i dont understand is backlight is f5.6 and the main is f8 but this old school stuff isnt uh adjustable, they all flash the same

NON ADJUSTABLE?!

[CHADbee]

NON ADJUSTABLE?!

yeah i can choose 240 or 120 watts of flash but when i choose one setting they all flash with the same intensity

[boostedb16]

damn who are you shooting for "hustler" lol.

[CHADbee]

damn who are you shooting for "hustler" lol.

i wish

[boostedb16]

lol.......dont we all.

[DeutscheBAG!]

first thing
get a light meter stat..otherwise your gonna spend all day from trial and error getting a correct exposure..and your camere view screen will play tricks with you.
Shit you'll deal with w/o a lightmeter..

overexposed/finding what looks right even when your still off.
:metered and shot lighted correctly the first time/minus the de-saturation, but im sure u get the idea..

its saves ya a great headache and not having to deal with photoshop to fix your exposures

2nd. if u have the software..shoot tethered.so u know EXACTLY what your producing..hell.i'll even get it for you if you want it

i'll write ya up some examples for you tomorrow and show u some more examples of lighting like i did on Ran in the studio a few days ago. it mainly depends what kind of light u want,(like your subject harsh lit or soft lit) or what effect your looking for. if your really serious about portraits, i also recommend tracking down a softbox also.

for starters, one thing that will help you is the inverse square law.Next time i do something in the studio, i'll invite ya up if want to check it out firsthand.

he inverse square law says is that an object that is twice the distance from a point source of light will receive a quarter of the illumination. So what it means to us photographers is that if you move your subject from 3 metres away to six metres away, you will need four times the amount of light for the same exposure. This can most easily be achieved by opening the lens aperture two f-stops or using a flash that is four times as powerful

light diminishes so rapidly because it spreads and so a smaller and smaller proportion of the light hits the object

i can honestly say that your progressing faster than any other up and coming guys that are new to the dslr world...
keep up the good work

if u have any questions, pm me..i'll more than happy to help ya dude

[CHADbee]

first thing
get a light meter stat..otherwise your gonna spend all day from trial and error getting a correct exposure..and your camere view screen will play tricks with you.
Shit you'll deal with w/o a lightmeter..

overexposed/finding what looks right even when your still off.
:metered and shot lighted correctly the first time/minus the de-saturation, but im sure u get the idea..

its saves ya a great headache and not having to deal with photoshop to fix your exposures

2nd. if u have the software..shoot tethered.so u know EXACTLY what your producing..hell.i'll even get it for you if you want it

i'll write ya up some examples for you tomorrow and show u some more examples of lighting like i did on Ran in the studio a few days ago. it mainly depends what kind of light u want,(like your subject harsh lit or soft lit) or what effect your looking for. if your really serious about portraits, i also recommend tracking down a softbox also.

for starters, one thing that will help you is the inverse square law.Next time i do something in the studio, i'll invite ya up if want to check it out firsthand.

he inverse square law says is that an object that is twice the distance from a point source of light will receive a quarter of the illumination. So what it means to us photographers is that if you move your subject from 3 metres away to six metres away, you will need four times the amount of light for the same exposure. This can most easily be achieved by opening the lens aperture two f-stops or using a flash that is four times as powerful

light diminishes so rapidly because it spreads and so a smaller and smaller proportion of the light hits the object

i can honestly say that your progressing faster than any other up and coming guys that are new to the dslr world...
keep up the good work

if u have any questions, pm me..i'll more than happy to help ya dude

thank you, that has helped somewhat, im still trying to wrap my brain around this, i think im making it more complicated than it really is lol

i know shooting tether involves not burning the image to your card but instead transferring to your computer right? id love to get my hands on the software to do that because you are right, the test shots i did today looks totally different on my camera than what they did when i transfered them. i was disappointed greatly. i think the bi issue i will have is the fact that each of my flashes are non adjustable but ii am just going to have to make do with what i have, i cant really bitch cause everything was free!

thank you again.

[DeutscheBAG!]

thank you, that has helped somewhat, im still trying to wrap my brain around this, i think im making it more complicated than it really is lol

i know shooting tether involves not burning the image to your card but instead transferring to your computer right? id love to get my hands on the software to do that because you are right, the test shots i did today looks totally different on my camera than what they did when i transfered them. i was disappointed greatly. i think the bi issue i will have is the fact that each of my flashes are non adjustable but ii am just going to have to make do with what i have, i cant really bitch cause everything was free!

thank you again.

not a problem dude..keep practicing..it takes time but you'll get it down..Free equipment is always a good thing..

and your exactly right..shooting tethered skips the card and go straight to the computer( another tip! : get an external HD to store all your pics on if u haven't done so! trust me..your files will build up fast..and the last thing u want is to have all your pics slowing down your comp. If u have any of the CS programs, BRIDGE will be your best friend to shoot tethered in..and if your looking for a way to organize your digital workflow to keep your prints in order, i recommend trying out LightRoom..

but i'll go into further detail tomorrow about lighting .in the meantime..goodluck and enjoy your brand spanking used toys!

[Professor Swagger]

you said 80's.

i saw umbrella flashes and a mattress.


i IMMEDIATELY thought Ron Jeremy was gonna be in the next picture

[.blank cd]

Is that Nate?

[DeutscheBAG!]

Is that Nate?

it is

[A.P. Photography]

I see Walker has this under control. Chad, the Novatron system you are using is good but you have very little control over the amount of light going to each head. You will need to bounce the light or find some different modifiers to be able to step the light down to acheive the looks you want. Free equipment rocks

Oh Walker, be looking for a PM of that shot on my card. I forgot about it till just now. Sorry.

[CHADbee]

I see Walker has this under control. Chad, the Novatron system you are using is good but you have very little control over the amount of light going to each head. You will need to bounce the light or find some different modifiers to be able to step the light down to acheive the looks you want. Free equipment rocks

Oh Walker, be looking for a PM of that shot on my card. I forgot about it till just now. Sorry.

so some reflectors would be a good investment even with the use of the umbrellas? i assume i would use a reflector on the opposite side of my main flash but any where else?

[00CelicaGT]

looks like a low budget porn set! lol