Digital Photography One On One E005 - Buying Lighting Equipment : Basic Three Light Setup

In this episode of Digital Photography One on One, Mark Wallace [SnapFactory.com] discusses purchasing the right lighting equipment by focusing on what equipment is needed for the basic three light setup.

Question Answered:
1) What kind of studio lighting equipment should I buy?

Books:

• Photographing People: Portraits, Fashion, Glamour
• Lighting for Portrait: Photography
• Rotovision Books

Equipment in the first setup:

• 3 Mathews C-stands.
• 2 Large Photoflex softboxes
• 1 Small Photoflex softbox
• Profoto Acute2R 1200 Generator
• 3 Profoto Acute D4 heads
• Westcott muslin backgrounds
• Background support system
• 3 15-pound sandbags

Equipment in the second setup:

• 3 Mathews C-stands.
• 1 Small Photoflex softbox
• Profoto 5 degree honeycomb grid
• Profoto Standard Reflector
• Profoto Acute2R 1200 Generator
• 2 Profoto Acute D4 heads
• standard 18×24 flag
• 2 Calumet 42×78 Panels with silver/black fabric
• 4 15-pound sandbags

Model: Megan Accordino

Assistant: Paul Sebring

Special thanks to Craig Bolton who filmed this episode and to Diane Wallace who makes every episode happen.

Digital Photography One on One is a video question and answer tutorial format from SnapFactory.com and StudioLighting.net. You can submit questions for us to tackle on the show by emailing us at studiolighting @gmail.com.

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Digital Photography One on One Episode 005 (Video Tutorial)

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