I've finally pinched enough pennys to buy a lighting set!!! Yay for me, however, I only have a budget of 300 to 500. Not much I know but it's hard to scrape on a cashier job. If you have any suggestions on what is good please help. Also what is the difference of a constant on and a shutter release lighting set. I know the obvious differences I want to know what people prefer and for beginners what is best.
Not to be rude, Angel, but there is a LOT of info about studio lighting and brand comparisons in the forums already. Using the search feature at the bottom of the forum page, type: Studio Lighting. Huge amounts of invaluable info there.
Not to be rude, Angel, but there is a LOT of info about studio lighting and brand comparisons in the forums already. Using the search feature at the bottom of the forum page, type: Studio Lighting. Huge amounts of invaluable info there.
Your not rude. I know of the others, but their burried and it takes time to shuffle through. I don't have that time, so I was taking a shortcut. But, to others I guess it looks lazy. Oh well to each their own.
I prefer my 3 light flash set up. Its a generic I got off ebay for about 350, came with 3 lights, 2 soft boxes, and an umbrella. Also included back up light bulbs, ir trigger, and a wired trigger.
I know what I want, but its expensive, so I went with this to get me by till I can muster up the money for a bigger "nicer" lighting set.
I prefer my 3 light flash set up. Its a generic I got off ebay for about 350, came with 3 lights, 2 soft boxes, and an umbrella. Also included back up light bulbs, ir trigger, and a wired trigger.
I know what I want, but its expensive, so I went with this to get me by till I can muster up the money for a bigger "nicer" lighting set.
I've finally pinched enough pennys to buy a lighting set!!! Yay for me, however, I only have a budget of 300 to 500. Not much I know but it's hard to scrape on a cashier job. If you have any suggestions on what is good please help. Also what is the difference of a constant on and a shutter release lighting set. I know the obvious differences I want to know what people prefer and for beginners what is best.
Might not be the way you want to go but...........
The guy is a first class cheap skate.
I've finally pinched enough pennys to buy a lighting set!!! Yay for me, however, I only have a budget of 300 to 500. Not much I know but it's hard to scrape on a cashier job. If you have any suggestions on what is good please help. Also what is the difference of a constant on and a shutter release lighting set. I know the obvious differences I want to know what people prefer and for beginners what is best.
Might not be the way you want to go but...........
The guy is a first class cheap skate.
If you look at my latest portfolio additions, they were taken using one Alien Bee AB400 with a medium softbox as the key, a reflector as fill and a second AB400 as background light. You want to get the best lighting equipment you can afford and if you just get one AB400, you can use almost anything as a hair light. One AB400 is $224 but they also offer packages with a lightstand, umbrella, and case.
I have used a continuous light as a hair light by taping a color correction filter to it and it worked great.
I started out buying a continuous lighting setup -- I didn't even know what a strobe was at that time. Now my original equipment hasn't been used for at least two years. I recommend strobes, the learning curve is greater but you'll be happier in the end, I believe.
If you look at my latest portfolio additions, they were taken using one Alien Bee AB400 with a medium softbox as the key, a reflector as fill and a second AB400 as background light. You want to get the best lighting equipment you can afford and if you just get one AB400, you can use almost anything as a hair light. One AB400 is $224 but they also offer packages with a lightstand, umbrella, and case.
I have used a continuous light as a hair light by taping a color correction filter to it and it worked great.
I started out buying a continuous lighting setup -- I didn't even know what a strobe was at that time. Now my original equipment hasn't been used for at least two years. I recommend strobes, the learning curve is greater but you'll be happier in the end, I believe.
Thank-you so much for this. I was wanting someones opinion on stobes too and yours helped a lot.
