TECHNIQUES

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Permalink Reply by Bruno Tavares e Silva on January 8, 2008 at 12:11pm

Which sites do you can offer to me?!?!?!?

Permalink Reply by soulminer on February 7, 2008 at 2:51pm

The key to working with a Studio set up is to really understand exposure and how light works. These two things are everything in the studio. Fancy backdrops and gels and equipment are nice but if you don't know how to read light and how to make your camera adjust to your light then all that doesn't matter.

With lighting, being able to really SEE it is huge. you need to start off by understanding how light falls and how it is reflected. When working with lights you also need to know how to control those lights and how your subjects will be affected by that light. Key light vs. fill light is also hugely important. Make sure you have a spot meter so you can start to understand what ratios are and how they affect your subject.

"Rembrandt" lighting is, essentially, when you have your main light set up so that it is 45degrees from your camera and falling at a 45 degree angle to your subject. you are wanting to create a "triangle" of light that falls so that the triangle runs down the side of the nose to the corner of the mouth and back up to the outside corner of the eye. A reflector is frequently used to soften the overall shadows that fall across the side of the face that is in shadow. There are quite a few combinations that can create really beautiful and dramatic effects. I think one of the best ways to figure out all of this is to take a book and then to run test shots and label everything so that you can start to have a visual dictionary of what you are doing.

Equipment - wise, any sort of fabric can create backdrops, and to get started, something simple and inexpensive like an alien bee lighting set-up is a good place to start. Alien Bee is a company here in Nashville and they have a good product for an affordable price i think. You can check it out at www.alienbees.com

-candace

Permalink Reply by Jim on April 25, 2008 at 9:17pm

Hi all,
I started studio photography two years ago. Until then, I had worked totally different field from photography.
The reason why I did this job was because my father who ran the studio passed away. I had no experience, no skills,
and no knowledgement. But people around me who have run their studio adviced me just a fwe thing.
That was to know the difference between a light and couple lights, day light and tungsten light, or flash light and continuous light and so on. Next thing was to meter aperture in each situations. At that time, I din't have any digital cameras, I was using Film camera like Nikon F4, Fujifilm GX680II, or Mamiya RB. I was suffering from adjusting pints.
Now, I get use to them, anyway. But right now, I need to think composions at any situations like indoors or outdoors.
I referes you to visit . I hope it helps you.

good luck!