http://tinyurl.com/2urz2
This looks like it could handle much of what she is planning on selling, without a huge expense.
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Frantisek Vlcek wrote:
Few counterpoints:
1) daylight balanced fluorescent - noone makes these in compact bulb version, AFAIK. And I looked hard at Osram,Phillips, others. They do produce D50 and D65 lights, but these are only in long tubes. The compact bulbs that say "daylight" are not daylight balanced, their spectrum is severely lacking in many colours and are totally unsuitable for product photography! Anyone using them will be for a nasty surprise. These are not _full spectrum_ light sources.
2) hot lights. For some setups, hotlights are quite more convenient than strobes. I know several highly paid product shooters who use hot lights. Of course fanned versions. They are also good for architecture, landscapes. And for a beginner, few fanned hotlights will be much easier to use because you see the proper ratio, unlike with strobes where the piloting lights do not tell you that much.
You can place an inexpensive CC filter on the lights to have proper daylight-like illumination.
Best regards, Frantisek Vlcek
