Possible, and Simple Studio Set-up

Hi!

Can anyone help me if I can make a studio set up using only curtains as back ground and no external flash or any lightings?Can I only use my built-in flash and available lighting in a Room?

pls give me some ideas or opinion on this guys!

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Gary Vernon on October 22, 2011 at 2:50am

This is not a studio set up,

it's just shooting indoors and hoping for the best?

External strobes / reflectors / flags and diffusers are there to enable you to control the light - shooting only with your built in on-axis flash will produce unflattering results.

Using a curtain as a backdrop is fine, watch for folds in the material and neutrality of colour contrast against your subjects clothing for example turquoise against black is always cool, orange against purple tends to clash obviously.

Make sure you have enough distance between subject and backdrop etc

Another suggestion perhaps is to use a north facing window diffused with a light net curtain for better light than normal indoor artificial fluorescent's.

There are loads of material and textures you can get from DIY centres that are relatively cheap as an alternative - i use a lot of painted foam core in various sizes.

Really you should be thinking in the direction of external off cam diffused flash and a bunch of reflectors just to off start with.

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Permalink Reply by Royce Costuna on October 24, 2011 at 9:28am

Thanks Gary for the reply and suggestions, Ill keep that in mind, well I think I really have to invest for the softboxes, etc..for studio set-up..hehe!!thanks again gary! :)

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Permalink Reply by CameraClicker on October 22, 2011 at 5:00am

One method is shown in the video: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4084030/photo_recipes_live_w_scott_ke...

For not too much money, you can get lights from the hardware store. You can sometimes get daylight bulbs, if not, you can adjust the colour balance. It is not something a professional should be doing but should work reasonably well for a beginner.

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Permalink Reply by Royce Costuna on October 24, 2011 at 9:29am

thanks for the reply camera clicker!ill try to adjust with the colour balance..or maybe use some of my lamp..and put umbrellaas on it...

it might help right?!thanks again for the reply!:)

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Permalink Reply by Jeffery Pyke on October 22, 2011 at 10:06am

The trick is your white balance. If you are indoors, and there is no natural light source use the lights that are in the room, and skip the on camera flash. The camera flash and the lights that are in the room have different qualities and clashing the two colors of light will produce strange results. Hopefully the room you are using has all incandescent or all floruescent lights. Make sure there is a lot of light, and make sure your camera's white-balance is set accordingly. Best of luck!