*This can be partially masked off so it doesn't shine on the subject but enough escapes to trigger the flash. the YN can still be used for syncro-sunlight to lighten harsh shadows when the weather warms up and you can go outside again. Once you know what you want, needs, and can use, that I suggest is the time to investigate perhaps Alien Bees and suchlike. the freight would have been a killer to the other side of the world for me I expect :-) After I made a recent purchase Amazon or maybe Ebay offered me 'other things I might be interested in' and I saw what looked like a two flash kit with stands for under $100. Ī light stand to put the flashgun on might take you above the $100 mark slightly. However you work I suggest you have some dummy runs with your cat or dog or hair wig stand until you feel you know how the system is working. if the flash-to-subject doesn't change you can move anywhere yourself and not need to change anything but focus. It sounds as if you usually work in manual by your comments and this is the way to go here and appreciate that every flash has a Guide Number into which you divide the flash-to-subject distance and the answer is the aperture to use. This would be an excellent way to introduce yourself to 'studio lighting' using one light at a time. The YN has a built in optical trigger so that you can work it off the camera and use your camera's flash* to trigger it in sync with the shutter. but there are cheap attachments made for the YN which will still have you under the half price. I suggest you could spend less half that price and get a YoungNuo YN560 flash and perhaps organise a wire frame, a metal coat hanger could provide the wire, to hold some facial tissue paper a few inches in front of the flash and get the soft results you are after. Which is what you will be doing it you go with the cheapy eBay option. And when you're ready for a second light, get another 800, and use the first for fill, a backdrop or hair light, etc.Truly, don't throw away $200. Even a single flash (say, an AB800 with a single modifier like a folding softbox, a stand, and a single collapsible reflector or piece of white foam core) is going to give you a lot to work with and learn about, and cost you much less than a thousand bucks, even if you buy a quality stand (don't buy cheap stands! you're working around babies!). Which means they are going to have a funny spectrum and not make the most of skin tones. the sort of thing that makes your subject's pupils contract and face wrinkle up.And, of course, those are fluorescent bulbs (cheap ones!). And the light that does produce is going to be continuous, bright light. Really.The rig you mention is going to be physically flimsy, and produce very little light. But from all the professional newborn pix I see, I prefer the look of the studio light.(not department store stuff)ĭon't do it. I really think I suck with the window newborn pix, and I want to get om newborn photographers, the main thing I hear is that studio light is consistent, even though natural light may be more flattering. ***I'm including 2 image examples of my outdoor portraits and 2 indoor with a baby.I am more more pleased with my outdoor pix than the indoor window light pix. I will admit I know *nothing* about studio lighting.this will merely be to play around with using some test subjects while I'm studying the book and getting more comfortable with a studio setup. So.for the purposes of practicing.what is wrong with this kit? For roughly $200, it seems like a good deal just to buy and play with, but I don't want to waste my time. I have seen the AB800s and Paul Buff softboxes recommended, but I'm not quite ready to drop nearly a grand on lighting. There is a book that has been recommended to me here about lighting, and I will be reading that, but I'd like to go ahead and get some lighting to practice with. I've done several shoots in the window in the past few weeks, but the light is never consistent at the window, so I find myself wasting time changing the aperture, ISO, and shutter speed when I could be getting shots. Since the weather is cold, I can't do newborn or small toddler stuff outdoors. I just got into photography about 6 months ago by chance, really.have kept getting referrals, so I have stuck with it as I have always enjoyed taking pictures and playing with Photoshop, etc. I'm trying to eventually get into studio lighting for newborn sessions.
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