Kim wrote: I am trying to get my lights set up. I want to take photos with the auto settings of my digital camera. I am getting blurred pictures. I know if my shutter setting is too slow it will blur the picture. I am using 2 soft box lights and an umbrella (gold). The …
Monthly Archives: March 2006
Lighting Setup for photographing sheepskin boots
Tracey wrote: Hello, I am new to light equipment and need some advice on which light equipment to buy for my home studio. I will be taking photos using my 8 megapixel pixel Canon digital camera. I will be taking photos of sheepskin boots. Click here to view the answer to this question
Using a sync cord to fire strobe lights
Jason wrote: I recently was given 1 White Lighting 10,000 and 2 White Lighting 5,000 to start my studio photography. I am in the process of getting my sync cord connector for my digital camera. Do I need more cords to plug the lights into one another for the 2 to fire? What is the …
Calibrating my flash meter
Anne wrote: I’ve been using a Polaris flash meter in the studio. I’m having problems getting the correct exposure. It seems to be about two f-stops under exposed. I have both my camera and meter set for ISO 80, shutter speed 1/60, and it is giving me a 5.6 f-stop reading which is way underexposed. …
Using my camera’s built-in flash for fill
Mike wrote: What settings need to be adjusted on my camera when I’m taking indoor photos where the built in flash drowns out my picture? I’m not taking portraits but more of the random family get together shots. If I turn off the flash the blur factor comes in to play since I’m not using …
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E012 Bruce Livingstone
In this edition of LightSource, Bill and Ed talk with CEO of iStockphoto Bruce Livingston about the history of his company and about how you can start making money selling your photography through this rapidly growing site.
E011 Joseph Cartright
Joseph Cartright, New York City fashion and beauty photographer, shares his hard-earned insight about lighting and photographing models for fashion shoots with Bill and Ed in this episode of LightSource.
Great simple Photoshop plug-in for photographers
by: Gary Lowell [Flickr], Studio Lighting Contributor Oh yeah, and did I mention it’s free….. I just recently discovered the OptikVerve Labs plug-in called virtualPhotographer. What virtualPhotographer does is allow you to quickly sample and then apply common effect templates to your photos. For example if you have a flat boring photo that you want …
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Hasselblad builds 16MP commemorative 503CWD
In honor of the 100th birthday of the company’s founder, Victor Hasselblad, a commemorative 503CWD camera has been built after a classic Hasselblad camera known as the Hasselblad 503. The camera features a 2.2 inch display, Firewire 800, a 16MP sensor and a Carl Zeiss CFE 2.8/80mm lens. Only 500 of these beauties are being …
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Joby Gorillapod – attach your camera to anything
The Gorillapod by Joby sure looks like a cool way to secure a camera to unconventional objects. The device sports bendable grippable legs that can be twisted on to just about anything according to its manufacturer. Might this have application in the studio? For $24 you can give it a shot. Keep in mind, this …
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