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Cheap Portrait Lighting
1/14/2012 7:37:41 PM
So I was looking around for some interesting 3 point lighting interview setups. I stumbled across this site.
http://film-and-video.com/broadcastvideoexamples-30bucks.html
So I went to home depot and got one 23" undercabinet light and I got a smaller one that was 12" I think. Came out to $35 or so.
http://www.homedepot.com/GE/h_d1/N-5yc1vZlo/R-202024437/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
I just rubber banded them to a couple lightstands and got my son to stand for a couple pics.
You have to get your subject close because they aren't all that bright but I was impressed.
Eh not so impressed anymore.
http://film-and-video.com/broadcastvideoexamples-30bucks.html
So I went to home depot and got one 23" undercabinet light and I got a smaller one that was 12" I think. Came out to $35 or so.
http://www.homedepot.com/GE/h_d1/N-5yc1vZlo/R-202024437/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
I just rubber banded them to a couple lightstands and got my son to stand for a couple pics.
You have to get your subject close because they aren't all that bright but I was impressed.
Eh not so impressed anymore.
1/14/2012 7:45:51 PM
Yep. I've done this myself, but use the light on my PVC light box frame for product photography.
1/14/2012 7:48:28 PM
Originally Posted By QUIB:
Yep. I've done this myself, but use the light on my PVC light box frame for product photography.
Yep. I've done this myself, but use the light on my PVC light box frame for product photography.
Got any pics handy? I need to build one.
1/14/2012 7:53:07 PM
Originally Posted By Afterwork_Ninja:
Got any pics handy? I need to build one.
Originally Posted By QUIB:
Yep. I've done this myself, but use the light on my PVC light box frame for product photography.
Yep. I've done this myself, but use the light on my PVC light box frame for product photography.
Got any pics handy? I need to build one.
Here you go.....http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent
1/14/2012 7:57:54 PM
Originally Posted By QUIB:
Here you go.....http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent
Originally Posted By Afterwork_Ninja:
Got any pics handy? I need to build one.
Originally Posted By QUIB:
Yep. I've done this myself, but use the light on my PVC light box frame for product photography.
Yep. I've done this myself, but use the light on my PVC light box frame for product photography.
Got any pics handy? I need to build one.
Here you go.....http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent
Thanks.
1/14/2012 8:18:25 PM
Originally Posted By Afterwork_Ninja:
Thanks.
Thanks.
Not a problem.
1/14/2012 10:08:50 PM
Nice portrait. I like it a lot.
1/15/2012 12:30:02 AM
Originally Posted By FlashHole:
Nice portrait. I like it a lot.
Nice portrait. I like it a lot.
Thanks if you can get him in front of the camera, he is quite the ham.
1/15/2012 9:46:10 PM
Originally Posted By theskuh:
Thanks if you can get him in front of the camera, he is quite the ham.
Originally Posted By FlashHole:
Nice portrait. I like it a lot.
Nice portrait. I like it a lot.
Thanks if you can get him in front of the camera, he is quite the ham.
Happy to say it.
Everything about that portrait just works. It's the kind or portraiture that I like. Pictures about people are far more interesting than pictures of people....if you know what I mean by that.
1/15/2012 9:56:50 PM
Originally Posted By FlashHole:
Happy to say it.
Everything about that portrait just works. It's the kind or portraiture that I like. Pictures about people are far more interesting than pictures of people....if you know what I mean by that.
Originally Posted By theskuh:
Thanks if you can get him in front of the camera, he is quite the ham.
Originally Posted By FlashHole:
Nice portrait. I like it a lot.
Nice portrait. I like it a lot.
Thanks if you can get him in front of the camera, he is quite the ham.
Happy to say it.
Everything about that portrait just works. It's the kind or portraiture that I like. Pictures about people are far more interesting than pictures of people....if you know what I mean by that.
Yeah totally. I have been working really hard to make sure my backgrounds are really interesting as well as the subject. It is a game of inches and luck especially with kids. I have been following this guy on flickr. He has it down http://www.flickr.com/photos/tgkw/
WARNING for all the arf homophobes this guy is not straight and there are pictures of guys at the link. His photography is phenomenal regardless.
1/16/2012 11:13:17 AM
Originally Posted By theskuh:
Yeah totally. I have been working really hard to make sure my backgrounds are really interesting as well as the subject. It is a game of inches and luck especially with kids. I have been following this guy on flickr. He has it down http://www.flickr.com/photos/tgkw/
WARNING for all the arf homophobes this guy is not straight and there are pictures of guys at the link. His photography is phenomenal regardless.
Originally Posted By FlashHole:
Happy to say it.
Everything about that portrait just works. It's the kind or portraiture that I like. Pictures about people are far more interesting than pictures of people....if you know what I mean by that.
Originally Posted By theskuh:
Thanks if you can get him in front of the camera, he is quite the ham.
Originally Posted By FlashHole:
Nice portrait. I like it a lot.
Nice portrait. I like it a lot.
Thanks if you can get him in front of the camera, he is quite the ham.
Happy to say it.
Everything about that portrait just works. It's the kind or portraiture that I like. Pictures about people are far more interesting than pictures of people....if you know what I mean by that.
Yeah totally. I have been working really hard to make sure my backgrounds are really interesting as well as the subject. It is a game of inches and luck especially with kids. I have been following this guy on flickr. He has it down http://www.flickr.com/photos/tgkw/
WARNING for all the arf homophobes this guy is not straight and there are pictures of guys at the link. His photography is phenomenal regardless.
Inches can change the entire feel of the image.
The guy is definitely good. I will look through his images more closely when I get the time.
I've always been a fan of ARNOLD NEWMAN
1/16/2012 10:18:27 PM
bump
1/17/2012 10:19:10 AM
Well, unfortunately I can't see flikr at work for some reason so I can't comment on the portrait itself. But from what I gather you're basically making a stick light? Have you looked into these?
http://makingitasapro.blogspot.com/2011/05/diy-strip-light-using-speedlight.html
Super cheap and made for your speedlight so you can get lots-o'-power.
http://makingitasapro.blogspot.com/2011/05/diy-strip-light-using-speedlight.html
Super cheap and made for your speedlight so you can get lots-o'-power.
1/17/2012 3:34:13 PM
Originally Posted By toothlesrooster:
Well, unfortunately I can't see flikr at work for some reason so I can't comment on the portrait itself. But from what I gather you're basically making a stick light? Have you looked into these?
http://makingitasapro.blogspot.com/2011/05/diy-strip-light-using-speedlight.html
Super cheap and made for your speedlight so you can get lots-o'-power.
Well, unfortunately I can't see flikr at work for some reason so I can't comment on the portrait itself. But from what I gather you're basically making a stick light? Have you looked into these?
http://makingitasapro.blogspot.com/2011/05/diy-strip-light-using-speedlight.html
Super cheap and made for your speedlight so you can get lots-o'-power.
neat!
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1/18/2012 9:32:32 PM
Great idea about the lights.
I was using the 2 shop lights. You know the ones in the yellow metal cases.
Just to let you know, those suckers get hot to point where you start to sweat.
I was using the 2 shop lights. You know the ones in the yellow metal cases.
Just to let you know, those suckers get hot to point where you start to sweat.
1/19/2012 9:17:19 PM
Originally Posted By JThompson:
Great idea about the lights.
I was using the 2 shop lights. You know the ones in the yellow metal cases.
Just to let you know, those suckers get hot to point where you start to sweat.
Great idea about the lights.
I was using the 2 shop lights. You know the ones in the yellow metal cases.
Just to let you know, those suckers get hot to point where you start to sweat.
This has been my issue in the warm months (it was 71 today, so warm months are most of them). I need to work on my lighting setup
1/20/2012 10:44:10 AM
Another Home Depot light idea. Not as cheap, but a HELL of a lot cheaper than a KIno Flo.
http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=804278
He said materials cost about $160.00
http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=804278
He said materials cost about $160.00
2/20/2012 10:52:58 AM
I was going to pick a few of the lights up but was reading a thread on one of the camera boards and apparently these florescent lights aren't recommended.
One of the comments were:
Those types of tubes tend to cycle, meaning at various times in their cycle the color changes. You end up with some very strange color casts and even dark shading across the image if you catch the light at the wrong part of the cycle. No consistency from shot to shot. Save your money and buy a cheap YN flash.
One of the comments were:
Those types of tubes tend to cycle, meaning at various times in their cycle the color changes. You end up with some very strange color casts and even dark shading across the image if you catch the light at the wrong part of the cycle. No consistency from shot to shot. Save your money and buy a cheap YN flash.
2/20/2012 5:03:01 PM
Originally Posted By JThompson:
I was going to pick a few of the lights up but was reading a thread on one of the camera boards and apparently these florescent lights aren't recommended.
One of the comments were:
Those types of tubes tend to cycle, meaning at various times in their cycle the color changes. You end up with some very strange color casts and even dark shading across the image if you catch the light at the wrong part of the cycle. No consistency from shot to shot. Save your money and buy a cheap YN flash.
I was going to pick a few of the lights up but was reading a thread on one of the camera boards and apparently these florescent lights aren't recommended.
One of the comments were:
Those types of tubes tend to cycle, meaning at various times in their cycle the color changes. You end up with some very strange color casts and even dark shading across the image if you catch the light at the wrong part of the cycle. No consistency from shot to shot. Save your money and buy a cheap YN flash.
I tend to agree, but there is certainly no harm in experimenting. Pros of course need repeatable results.
2/20/2012 6:40:28 PM
Yeah,
I picked them up mostly just to try them out for a quick/cheap video light. And not really for my own stuff ether for a cheap alternative for students wanting to do vdslr interviews on the cheep.
I pulled them out just to try on a photoshoot but their coloring was way off compared to the ambient light that was coming through a skylight. They were very warm way warmer than I had expected or that showed when I first started to use them. I am not sure what was going on but I didn't take the time to try to gel them to match the lighting I just kept shooting with my strobes. This was just one strobe with a shoot through umbrella. there was window light coming from the right but it didn't do much for fill. So I have to go back in and do some work on dodging the shadow side of her face.
I tend to agree, but there is certainly no harm in experimenting. Pros of course need repeatable results.
Definitely not pro level lighting by any means, I do need to get a set of kinos or cool lights though to play around with.
I picked them up mostly just to try them out for a quick/cheap video light. And not really for my own stuff ether for a cheap alternative for students wanting to do vdslr interviews on the cheep.
I pulled them out just to try on a photoshoot but their coloring was way off compared to the ambient light that was coming through a skylight. They were very warm way warmer than I had expected or that showed when I first started to use them. I am not sure what was going on but I didn't take the time to try to gel them to match the lighting I just kept shooting with my strobes. This was just one strobe with a shoot through umbrella. there was window light coming from the right but it didn't do much for fill. So I have to go back in and do some work on dodging the shadow side of her face.
I tend to agree, but there is certainly no harm in experimenting. Pros of course need repeatable results.
Definitely not pro level lighting by any means, I do need to get a set of kinos or cool lights though to play around with.
