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<blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 272647" data-attributes="member: 14443"><p>You can get away with 2 light sources. But personally id use 4 -</p><p>Key/fill/rim/kicker</p><p></p><p></p><p>U have one flash so u need 3 more. Look at any manual lash from yongnuo like the 560III. aBout 73 bucks shipped. If u want to try cls thEn ull need flashes that support it. I think the 565 do and the 568 do. Personally id use slaves. Way more reliable. And since the flashes will be in the softbox u dont want a hit/miss. Radio slaves cost very little today and its just the way to go Imo. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Anyways thing Ull need</p><p>-softbox/umbrella/ beauty dish. You can get a good cheap softbox that will give you a nice soft light as your main. No need to spemd so much for a good one. </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/60cm-x-90cm-24-x35-Umbrella-Softbox-Reflector-Brolly-Speedlite-Flash-Shooting-/111232376550?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19e5f75ee6" target="_blank">60cm x 90cm 24"x35" Umbrella Softbox Reflector Brolly Speedlite Flash Shooting | eBay</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ask fotojack as well where he buys his. I think he mentioned linkdelight</p><p></p><p></p><p>-for tHe main u can use the softbox or beauty dish and the other for fill. Me personally? Beauty dish for key and softbox for fill</p><p></p><p></p><p>-light stands. Cant help u. So many to choose from. Get one that can handle monolights if u decide down the line to get them</p><p></p><p></p><p>- cheap 2.4ghz slaves? Commlite g430. Ttl pass through hot shoe. Manual firing of of camera flash. Nice build locking pin and wheEl. Syn to 1/320. Best part, $25 shipped. Check ebay. </p><p></p><p></p><p>-get a short light stand for your kicker light or improvise. Not an issue. Get a box and use that behind your subject. </p><p></p><p></p><p>-get another light trio setup (stand/flash/slave) and that will go to the side behind the guinea pig, err subject and lift it up a bit and aim it down to the shoulder hair. it will give a Nice Edge/rim/hair light which make the image have an accent running across her shoulder/hair. You can also do a backlight setup instead or additionally. the light is lighting her hair from the back to give it a glow. Very nice also. Up to your personl taste. I use backlighting a lot for my wedding formals. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Just one thing u should watch for is spillage of the light. U should get a light meter. Theyre very cheap. Not because u cant shoot and then adjust, but because u should learn anD know how to use one. Its the basics. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Key light is the accurate/base exposure. all the rest of the lighting are over or hnder this main exposure. </p><p>Rim lighting is about 2 stops over your key light.</p><p>Kicker About 1 stop more but test it And see how you like it. </p><p>Fill light 1-2 stops under your key light. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Shutter? Does not matter because u wont be mixing ambient light with flashes. Your exposure is all from the flash setup. Keep it at 1/200 or 1/250. Aperture? Depends on you. I love shallowish depth of field but usually around 2.8-4 is nice. Stopping down makes everything really sharp but no body wants to see their pores and blemishes and imo photoshop work should always be a minimum. Get the picture to about 75% or more then tweak the rest </p><p></p><p></p><p>Backdrop? What will u use?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocketman122, post: 272647, member: 14443"] You can get away with 2 light sources. But personally id use 4 - Key/fill/rim/kicker U have one flash so u need 3 more. Look at any manual lash from yongnuo like the 560III. aBout 73 bucks shipped. If u want to try cls thEn ull need flashes that support it. I think the 565 do and the 568 do. Personally id use slaves. Way more reliable. And since the flashes will be in the softbox u dont want a hit/miss. Radio slaves cost very little today and its just the way to go Imo. Anyways thing Ull need -softbox/umbrella/ beauty dish. You can get a good cheap softbox that will give you a nice soft light as your main. No need to spemd so much for a good one. [URL="http://www.ebay.com/itm/60cm-x-90cm-24-x35-Umbrella-Softbox-Reflector-Brolly-Speedlite-Flash-Shooting-/111232376550?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19e5f75ee6"]60cm x 90cm 24"x35" Umbrella Softbox Reflector Brolly Speedlite Flash Shooting | eBay[/URL] Ask fotojack as well where he buys his. I think he mentioned linkdelight -for tHe main u can use the softbox or beauty dish and the other for fill. Me personally? Beauty dish for key and softbox for fill -light stands. Cant help u. So many to choose from. Get one that can handle monolights if u decide down the line to get them - cheap 2.4ghz slaves? Commlite g430. Ttl pass through hot shoe. Manual firing of of camera flash. Nice build locking pin and wheEl. Syn to 1/320. Best part, $25 shipped. Check ebay. -get a short light stand for your kicker light or improvise. Not an issue. Get a box and use that behind your subject. -get another light trio setup (stand/flash/slave) and that will go to the side behind the guinea pig, err subject and lift it up a bit and aim it down to the shoulder hair. it will give a Nice Edge/rim/hair light which make the image have an accent running across her shoulder/hair. You can also do a backlight setup instead or additionally. the light is lighting her hair from the back to give it a glow. Very nice also. Up to your personl taste. I use backlighting a lot for my wedding formals. Just one thing u should watch for is spillage of the light. U should get a light meter. Theyre very cheap. Not because u cant shoot and then adjust, but because u should learn anD know how to use one. Its the basics. Key light is the accurate/base exposure. all the rest of the lighting are over or hnder this main exposure. Rim lighting is about 2 stops over your key light. Kicker About 1 stop more but test it And see how you like it. Fill light 1-2 stops under your key light. Shutter? Does not matter because u wont be mixing ambient light with flashes. Your exposure is all from the flash setup. Keep it at 1/200 or 1/250. Aperture? Depends on you. I love shallowish depth of field but usually around 2.8-4 is nice. Stopping down makes everything really sharp but no body wants to see their pores and blemishes and imo photoshop work should always be a minimum. Get the picture to about 75% or more then tweak the rest Backdrop? What will u use? [/QUOTE]
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