Elinchrom D-Lite RX 4/4 Softbox Kit This week saw the opening session of this years studio lighting workshop series and it was the time to unveil the newly acquired club studio lights. We have added an Elinchrom D-Lite RX 4/4 twin softbox kit to our lighting equipment. A few members who have used the older …
Start with just one light The second session of the studio workshop challenged all the photographers to take photos with just the one studio light. Thanks to the range of kit present there were single lights with softboxes, beauty dishes, umbrellas, simple reflectors, reflectors with grids and some more specialist high performance reflectors with added …
Begin at the beginning This week was the first of the studio lighting workshops, and once again the numbers of folks taking part proves the desire to learn a little about lighting in a studio environment. Whilst some of the more experienced members set up sets and shot their own pictures the group of folks …
If you have access to a studio, an unlimited amount of playtime and more lights than you can count on one hand don’t worry too much about checking out this site… http://www.zvork.fr/vls/ For the rest of us this might just be a good way to practice positioning lights, in a consistent manner, just to see what …
Often the key driver of the aperture is the power from the studio lights. Whilst some lights have power settings that can be adjusted over a wide range – 5 or more stops – some only have full, half and quarter power settings or 2-stops. As the studio lights are generally more powerful than the …
With the studio workshops running I thought I’d share a few links to some interesting websites that show not only great pictures, but also explain a little about how the effects are achieved. Light an outdoor scene with classical lighting – Joey L / popphoto.com Beers with the Old Masters – Rembrandt & Vermeer – …
There are a couple of model + studio days available in the local area in the next few weeks. Often models book a whole day at a studio and then with the studio promote the day long event. It’s a good way to explore new studios, work with some good models and get some great …