Need help. How to setup my Lighting Kit?
Jan 2, 2014 17:45:36 #
I recently received a lighting kit for Christmas and I am having some difficulty setting it up. I searched the web briefly for a guide or step by step instruction on how to set it up. I wish they would have come with directions. If anyone can find instructions or knows how it can be setup please comment. Here is the link to the product I bought.
http://www.amazon.com/ePhoto-Photography-Supporting-Background-H4045/dp/B0054K8YC2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388702258&sr=8-1&keywords=ePhoto+Premium+Portrait+Photography+Studio+Video+Lighting+Kit+with+3+Chromakey+Black%2C+White%2C+Green+Muslin+Supporting+Background+Stand+System+Case+by+ePhotoInc+H4045
http://www.amazon.com/ePhoto-Photography-Supporting-Background-H4045/dp/B0054K8YC2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388702258&sr=8-1&keywords=ePhoto+Premium+Portrait+Photography+Studio+Video+Lighting+Kit+with+3+Chromakey+Black%2C+White%2C+Green+Muslin+Supporting+Background+Stand+System+Case+by+ePhotoInc+H4045
Jan 2, 2014 18:09:10 #
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Jan 3, 2014 10:38:55 #
Jan 3, 2014 11:53:59 #
James F. wrote:
I recently received a lighting kit for Christmas and I am having some difficulty setting it up. If anyone can find instructions or knows how it can be setup please comment.
What do you mean by setup? Do you need to know how to put the umbrellas together or the backdrop together? Maybe you need to know how to put the lights on the light stands?
Or, are you looking for instruction on how to setup the lights and camera settings for your photography session.
Jan 3, 2014 12:37:10 #
Personally, for a beginner, I think the green background is the worst choice you could have made. If you are going to do extractions, gray is FAR superior and for general portrait work a solid gray will be quite versatile. Ditch that green and get something more practical.
As to setups, there is no one setup - you need to buy some books on studio lighting, search the web for tutorials, and do some experimenting. No one answer on a forum will be the best for you. I could sit here and type to three days and still not cover all you need to know for just the basics.
Have fun with this and play, experiment and study. And get rid of that crap green.
As to setups, there is no one setup - you need to buy some books on studio lighting, search the web for tutorials, and do some experimenting. No one answer on a forum will be the best for you. I could sit here and type to three days and still not cover all you need to know for just the basics.
Have fun with this and play, experiment and study. And get rid of that crap green.
Jan 3, 2014 13:53:17 #
CaptainC wrote:
Personally, for a beginner, I think the green bac... (show quote)
I think the OP is looking for advice on how to actually put the set together and not for lighting setups as these beginner kits do not come with instructions on how to do it. However I really got a chuckle from your candid advice to get rid of the "green crap" :lol:
Jan 3, 2014 14:41:10 #
CHAP GREEN SCREEN BULL...
You have two or three backdrops, I have millons to play with, and it makes me 1,000s.
Some shoots with the green screen.
You have two or three backdrops, I have millons to play with, and it makes me 1,000s.
Some shoots with the green screen.
Jan 3, 2014 14:49:42 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
billybob40 wrote:
CHAP GREEN SCREEN BULL...
You have two or three backdrops, I have millons to play with, and it makes me 1,000s.
Some shoots with the green screen.
You have two or three backdrops, I have millons to play with, and it makes me 1,000s.
Some shoots with the green screen.
Context, sir, context. The OP is having trouble setting up the studio lighting kit. He's not ready to produce professional quality ads. The green screen in a picture is crap. You replace it with the background you've carefully chosen, to make a real photo, but that's an additional layer of skill on top of just taking the picture. The OP does not appear to be there.
Jan 3, 2014 15:08:08 #
billybob40 wrote:
CHAP GREEN SCREEN BULL...
You have two or three backdrops, I have millons to play with, and it makes me 1,000s.
Some shoots with the green screen.
You have two or three backdrops, I have millons to play with, and it makes me 1,000s.
Some shoots with the green screen.
I rest my case.
Jan 3, 2014 15:14:18 #
Jan 3, 2014 16:33:12 #
James F. wrote:
I recently received a lighting kit for Christmas and I am having some difficulty setting it up. I searched the web briefly for a guide or step by step instruction on how to set it up. I wish they would have come with directions. If anyone can find instructions or knows how it can be setup please comment.
James, you have four lights. If the have the power you can do "high key", my fav!
Just look on uTubes for different set-ups. For example, google High key portraits, or three light portraits, or butterfly/Rembrandt lighting etc. etc.
There are millions of uTubes to watch and study. Also Google, Adorama TV, their stuff is great.
If you want the ultimate inspiration, get Joey L's book, Shadow and Light.
Then get to work and stop wasting time with stuffy old men! ;-)
SS
Jan 3, 2014 16:54:14 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
SharpShooter wrote:
Then get to work and stop wasting time with stuffy old men! ;-)SS
I take offense at that! I'm not old! But I guess I'm extra-stuffy, to make up for it. ;-)
Jan 3, 2014 17:44:17 #
amehta wrote:
I take offense at that! I'm not old! But I guess I'm extra-stuffy, to make up for it. ;-)
I meant everybody except Amehta!
Amehta is a spry, young chicken. Well maybe not spry, and maybe not young either, but chicken for sure. I mean, look at those legs!! :lol:
SS
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