New Studio lighting for photos.............

[tucker85]

I still have a lot to learn about taking pictures of orchids but these new studio lights with umbrella diffusers have really helped. I never got the right colors with a flash and shadows were always a problem with a single light source. Now I just wish I could buy some talent.

[Paul Mc]

Oh wow!!! Have fun playing with that, and be sure to show us your results!

[billc]

You're getting pretty high tech there Tucker. It's amazing how these orchids can change your life!
You do need to work on getting something more high tech than those books though.

Bill

[silken]

Looks great! You can also use those umbrellas to bounce some light from different directions as well, including daylight which gives pretty natural light and colours.

[Connie Star]

Wow! I wish I had a set-up like that!

[WhiteRabbit]

wow - awesome!

[Discus]

heh that is awesome
Extremely harsh self-critique is a fairly good way of learning, along with trying to figure out why it is you like particular photos other people have taken.

p.s. sometimes one finds sticking a camera on a tripod restricts your "vision". Find the angle you want first, and then finagle the tripod into holding the camera there.

I've recently become a fan of just hand-holding and using total flash, but you definitely get better results by doing it right.

[camille1585]

Nice set up!! I still do everything the improvised way, so I need to take a zillion photos to get the good one. No tripod (I use various pieces of furniture for support), no lights (mirrors to reflect natural light) and an old point and shoot camera. I think that I need to start investing in some better stuff..

[tucker85]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Nice set up!! I still do everything the improvised way, so I need to take a zillion photos to get the good one. No tripod (I use various pieces of furniture for support), no lights (mirrors to reflect natural light) and an old point and shoot camera. I think that I need to start investing in some better stuff..

After using these for a couple of weeks I realize that I get better colors in natural light. I'm a little disappointed in the colors I'm getting with the studio lights. I may try using them for fill-in along with natural light.

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by tucker85

After using these for a couple of weeks I realize that I get better colors in natural light. I'm a little disappointed in the colors I'm getting with the studio lights. I may try using them for fill-in along with natural light.

I know nothing on these lights, but maybe it depends on the lightbulbs? If they aren't daylight spectrum then the colors might be a little off. Good idea though of trying to use natural light as your primary light source, that might help somewhat.