Studio Lighting Tips, Techniques, Tutorials and Equipment Information
As the Digital SLR wars are in full swing Olympus announces that they will be unveiling the successor to there E-1 system. DPreview reports that there have been internet leaks of specs (unconfirmed by Olympus). The leaks say the new system will be called the “E-3” and will feature “…ten megapixels, Liveview, in-body image stabilization …
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Once again, the Prince of Cheap is here to save you from the dollar! The following is a list of studio lighting items that will help you save dollars and help you grab some quick and effective lighting that will allow to you create better photographs! #1) The first one is my all time favorite: the Light …
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Prince Cheap here again! Okay this is going to educate you on the “rubberband” property of light! You’ll be able to use lit like you’ve never used it before! Take a look at these images and evaluate their lighting. How do you think they were lit? All Natural Light Outdoors. Homemade Hand held Reflector (Prince …
Friday September 7th, 2007 will be the first of the Monster Lighting Tactics lighting workshop Presented by David Griffin, A.K.A. “The Prince of Cheap”! The workshop is free! There will be: live demonstrations, Lightpanels (The Smartmans Softbox), one light setups, the right way to use umbrellas, beauty lighting, how to use a softbox, a live …
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“I’m starting out and I don’t know how much power I need,” someone recently said to me. So I just asked them a question right back, “What type of images are you creating?” The person said, “Headshots, family portraits, actors, models, my teacher, mars and my mother …everything!” I responded, “Ooooooookaaaaay, you gotta figure out …
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The Prince of Cheap is here again! In my pursuit of (cheapness) one light perfection, I am about to give you a gem or two that will keep you from complaining about having only one light. In fact, if you fully understand this… you may even come to prefer one light images! Why on earth …
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Just when you thought the Innovatronix Tronix Explorer 1200 was the most affordable portable power in town… here comes Paul Buff storming back with the Vagabond II – a portable power system said to be 3x’s as powerful as the original Vagabond 150 unit but for only $300 – the same price as the Tronix …
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Have you ever ventured outdoors to photograph someone or something and thought to yourself… “I wish I could bring my strobes” Then you think… “I wonder how much those power supplies for my studio strobes would cost”. Then you realize that most of the portable power options cost between $700 and $2000! After hoping and …
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I call the sun my outdoor studio because it offers unlimited backgrounds, unlimited lighting patterns and near unlimited possibilities! I love it! This article will show you a great way to get the high key studio look using the sun as your light source. The tools needed: A camera which allows you to manually control …
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This tutorial only requires one light! Hey here’s one for the ages! For some time I’ve wanted to own a beauty dish. While searching the web I found that the most respected beauty dish seems to be the Mola brand. However, when I went to the web site I was shocked by the price (www.mola-light.com/htm/samples.html). …