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inexpensive lighting for portrait photos
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Anthony Soares |
Jennifer,I am not a pro nor am I familiar with Kodak Cameras.But I would check to see if you can adjust the white balance. you may even have a w/b setting for flourescent.I'll leave the lighting? to those more knowledgable......Tony
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robert G. Fately |
Jennifer, flourescent is probably the worst type of lighting for portraiture. First of all, while almost all artificial light sources have color casts to them (like incandescents are reddish or mercury vapors are greenish), flourescents are all over the map. Some are greenish, some purplish, some bluish, etc ad nauseum. And, since the human eye is most used to the "correct" color of skin tones, an off-cast skin coloration is more noticeable than, say, a greenish tinge to a blue dress in a photo. So number one - I'd suggest killing the flourescent lights. Now, as for the shadows on the backdrop - the first thing to do is move the subject further in front of the backdrop, if that's possible. If not, then you'll need to use a backlight - that is, a small light source, perhaps positioned on the floor, aimed up and to the back so as to illuminate the background and eliminate or reduce shadows. For mose studio installations, that backlight would be the third light, the first two being the main and fill. The main light is generally placed in front of and to the side, and somewhat above, the subject. Theh fill is placed on the other side, and uses a bulb with less output to allow for some shadow. These are very much generalities, and you can probably search threads on this site as well as find phtography books at the library or Amazon or wherever that are specifically about the art of lighting, which really is a subject all to itself. You can find lighting kits that arent' terribly expensive at most camera stores, B&H, Calumet, etc. Incandensent lights are cheaper, but of course get rather hot after a while. Flash sets are more costly, but your subjects are less prone to wilt during a photo session. Hope that helps get you started...
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Debby A. Tabb |
jennifer, I would like to rnvite you to join us on the Studio Photography Thread. I beleive you will really enjoy it. If you would like to email me and tell me a bit about what you would like to do, I will help as much as possible. I have helped many people here start thier studios and their businesses. You can also check my gallery for more help. Wishing you the very best in this venture, Debby Tabb
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anonymous |
Jen Not sure what your camera can do, but you need to be able to set it to manual. There is no way you will be able to take studio/flash shots, if you can't manual adjust your apperture/shutter and white balance.
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