[ashkumar]

I'm looking for more advise from experts.

thanks.

[santajuana]

ok, If you dont want to search yourself I can tell you.... you need this....

1 Main light, it can be an octodome, an umbrella or softbox
1 Fill light, umbrella, softbox with/without grid, or reflectors
1 Hair light, with snot or barndoors
1 Back light
1 Background light
Stands for each light
Lightning filter holders plus filters for different colors or effects for background
Background support plus seamless papers or collapsible backgrounds, or a chromakey background (this's helpfull if you want to put your background on Photoshop).
1 light meter for incident and reflected, flash and ambient light.

The lightning must be slaves and you can buy two radio pulsars for the comunication of camera and lights (this avoid the use of sync cords).

The lighning can be monolights, tungsten or fluorescent, I prefer monolights.

If you want more that's up to you, that depends on the photographer and its preferences.

Hope this helps!!

Silvia.

P.S: I'm a photographer!!!

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by ashkumar

I don't have much experience of phtography, so I want to start initially. Please help me to decide what euipments I should purchase first.
1. I want to shoot my customer to different-different backgrounds.
2. I want to shoot with different lightings with different moods.
3. I want to shoot kids, girls with different-different objects.
4. I want to shoot 6-8 persons group not more than 8 persons.
5. I want to produce very high quality results.

....
Finally I want the list of prodoucts which should I purchase first. Also suggest me camera model which will appropriate for me.

Now, I've started to read photography lessons on the web.

I'm looking to hear all of u.

thanks.

Ashkumar - setting a goal for yourself is good. Reading, studying, and asking questions is also good. You might want to think about starting slowly and learning as you go rather than buying a lot of equipment that some professionals use -- you need to discover what your own situation requires, what your customers will want, as well as what you are able to do now. You will make some changes as your knowledge and skills grow and your interests may change as far as what type of photography you want to do.

What camera do you use now? Have you used it for portrait photography? Have you found locations in your town that could be used for backgrounds for outdoor/indoor photography - some portrait photographers do not use a studio, but use the customers' home and outdoor scenic areas for "environmental" portraits.

Here are some more links for reading:

http://photo.net/learn/studio/primer

http://www.lightingmagic.com/equipumb.htm

http://www.lightingmagic.com/sgalgen.htm

Strobist.com - Lighting 101

Strobist.com - Lighting 102

Strobist - Home Depot week - Backgrounds

[2Lpix]

ashkumar..
okay, before you spend$$ on space make sure to get a grip on what it is you'll be doing..
Check out the "One Light Set Up" thread on Fredmiranda (started by yours truly) ;-)CLICK HERE (you will be amazed what some really great pro's do with just one light!! When you are done with that.. Read What I like to call THE MOTHER OF ALL STUDIO THREADS.
"Show us your Studio"

oh and BTW... Here is another shoot I did in my small space using a "huge" 30"x60" soft box as keylight (camera Right) and a 35" umbrella for fill. just used some real cheap Seamless paper for the background. The plexi on the floor will cost you.. so I'd wait on something like thath and get your camera and lenses first. :-) CLICK HERE

Happy Reading! and GOOD LUCK !
Larry

[ashkumar]

Hello Larry,

It's great !!!! It is very good starting point to understand what exactly I should use.

I'm very happy. I'll read all and will let u know. please give ur email address so I can contact u after reading.

thanks a lot.

[garibaldi]

Originally Posted by Peer K

It depends so much on what exactly it is that you want to do. I'm not quite sure what you mean with "modeling photography".. Fashion? Portraits? Fashion can be so many things - and so can portraits.

Also - you sound like money is not an issue? If that's the case I'd go for a Hasselblad H2 with a Phase One P45+ digital back or a H3D, then a bunch of Broncolor lights and generators with an assorted range of softboxes, "dishes" and so on and/or probably a range of Chimera stuff as well. Then a Mac Pro for shooting tethered and of course an Eizo ColorEdge monitor. And of course a wide range of booms, and other lighting supports. Then you can start worrying about various stuff - backgrounds, stuff to help posing (chairs, boxes etc.), effects and so on and so on. That it just off the top of my head and just to make it clear that you'll have to prioritize what you really want to do - otherwise you'll spend what could've bought you a small country instead.

Yep!!!! What he said.....there's about well over $150K right there. And your gonna do local girls and people right, for what, a few hundred buck a sitting....yeah, your be off the ground in no time

[TreesOfMyTime]

Play nice! Encourage and REALLY help him as a few have done!

[garibaldi]

I was joking, ypou may want to look into the Paul Buff equipment, its very affordable and I have heard people really like it

[TreesOfMyTime]

Yes. Paul Buff has two lines. The Alien Bees and the White Lightning line. Alien Bees is their entry level stuff and you get a lot of output for the money.

These days, if I were looking for a lighting set up for a studio, I definitely would look at the continuous source lights and soft boxes from Westcott. The Spider Lights like the TD5's are very flexible. Can be adjusted easily and you can get to know what good lighting looks like.

[DiamondsDr47]

I think you should buy this dvd "The Best of Dean Collins on Lighting" worth every penny.
Best regards,
Edgar
.............................................
www.edgarmaivel.com

[TreesOfMyTime]

Originally Posted by DiamondsDr47

I think you should buy this dvd "The Best of Dean Collins on Lighting" worth every penny.
Best regards,
Edgar
.............................................
www.edgarmaivel.com

I was looking for a link? Not one I guess. I love DVD's and now online video classes at annual subscription prices (NAPP, Smart Shooter, Lydia.com etc,). Same stuff over and over, but after 50 + years I still love to hear the different approaches to the same and changing "rules".

[TreesOfMyTime]

http://www.learningbydvd.com/the-bes...SD&language=en

$200 shipped is a lot for 6 hours of instruction. But never having seen this one, I won't say any more. Any other reviewer opinions on this DVD series for those looking to learn? You can rent them here!

http://smartflix.com/cart/

Here is a pretty honest review from the Strobist site:
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/08...ollins-on.html

[TreesOfMyTime]

Here is a short course on the Kelby Training site. I think that you can get one month access to all their courses for $19.99 or $199 for a year. I have a one year and I do get a lot out of it. If you are a NAPP member, you get a further discount (about 10%). http://www.kelbytraining.com/?page=o...all-classes&id


Setting up a studio is the TITLE

Lesson 01 Introduction (1:03)
Lesson 02 Setting Up a Seamless Background (5:51)
Lesson 03 Introduction to Studio Flash (3:51)
Lesson 04 Softening the Light From Your Strobe (5:08)
Lesson 05 Trigger Your Flash (3:13)
Lesson 06 Positioning Your Light (5:23)
Lesson 07 Using a Light Meter (3:15)
Lesson 08 Composing Portraits (4:37)
Lesson 09 Using a Reflector as Your Second Light (3:52)
Lesson 10 Positioning the Hairlight, and Reflector (6:15)
Lesson 11 Using a Beauty Dish and a Fan (5:02)
Lesson 12 Dramatic Lighting for Portraits of Men (5:56)
Lesson 13 Creating a Custom White Balance and the Final Image (3:28)
Lesson 14 Adding a Background Grid Spot and Class Wrap-Up (6:13)
Lesson 15 Andy's Quick Tips: Picking Your Lights (0:36)
Lesson 16 Andy's Quick Tips: Making Your Own Lightstand (0:44)
Lesson 17 Andy's Quick Tips: Safety Chains (0:37)
Lesson 18 Andy's Quick Tips: Using Grid Spots (0:20)
Lesson 19 Andy's Quick Tips: Three Rules of Using C-Stand Booms (0:31)