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It may not be exactly what you are looking for, but a lot of the principles may apply, as well as some learing tools (if you are not experienced with lighting already). Russ On 4/18/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy, gang! The wife and I have been talking about doing a little > studio portraiture and were wondering if we could solicit a few opinions > from the sanitari......PDML. > > We need to be able to set it up and take it down quickly. We also need > to be able to store it as compactly as possible. Our initial thoughts > were to start simple - a 53" roll of white seamless, stands for the > roll, and a couple lights with either umbrellas or soft boxes. A single > light and a reflector may suit our needs, too. I'd rather not deal with > the heat from tungsten lights, so it's either fluorescent continuous > lighting or monoblocks. Current plans are to photograph the kids a lot, > guests when they'll allow it, and a few "models" for some projects I'm > considering. One or two people in the frame should be typical. > > As far as environment goes, we have 9 foot ceilings and enough space to > move the camera up to about 20 feet from the sitter. Our house is > almost a shotgun style, so width of the backdrop is an issue. Anything > wider than 6' would be problematic unless I moved a lot of furniture > around. Windows face northeast and northwest > > Anyone care to offer an opinion about brands, continuous vs. strobe, > watt seconds, etc? > > Thanks! > > -- > Scott Loveless > www.twosixteen.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Legacy Air, Inc. 11900 Airport Way Broomfield Colorado 80021 (303) 404-0277 fax (303) 404-0280 www.legacy-air.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
