I agree with Johann, and umbrellas can be folded up when you're done shooting.
I've got a couple I've had for close to 40 years. They and the stands, which
fold up too, take up almost no space over in the corner of the "toy room" when
not in use, and umbrellas do give good diffuse light, if positioned correctly.
http://home.att.net/~hiwayman/wsb/media/192375/site1146.jpg
And they provide an inexpensive setup, particularly if you've already got, or
can get at a reasonable price, the flashes.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Allen Coltrin" <hjlantern@xxxxxxx>
>
> I did some research for about 3-4 months and I couldn't find anything in
> that price range for something of 600 W/S or above. I don't have a lot of
> room and the umbrellas would be a large footprint.
>
> Allen
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Johann Thorsson" <johann@xxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: lighting
> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 11:37:49 -0700
>
>
> Unless you have some experience with studio lights and lighting in general,
> I would actually suggest to think this through before you start shelling out
> money. Of course this is your money but I would use another approach.
> Umbrellas (transparent and reflective) can be had for $1 on oBoy
> (+shipping). You can get good used flash units for $15-30 a piece (you may
> already have one or two) and you can get optical slaves, shoes with PC
> connectors, PC cords or radio slaves for perhaps $30. That is considerably
> less investment than buying lights for hundreds of dollars only to find out
> that they either don't live up to expectations or that you don't use them
> that much at all.
>
> J
>
==============================================
List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================
|
