Start up Lighting

glitterd · #1 (**permalink**) 04-19-2007, 01:52 PM

Hi all. I'm looking at getting my first lighting setup for indoor work. I don't need anything fancy and I couldn't afford it even if I wanted. Basically my budget is 0, but my trusty little credit card says I can spend about $300. My goal is to do some isolation shots and hopefully move up to basic portraits. I really think continuous lighting is the way for me to go, but I'm not really sure. I was looking at this setup:

http://www.adorama.com/PASTUSK.html

I would appreciate any hints/tips/comments/advice on both the above link and this subject in general.

Thanks,
Shannon

jonjon01 · #2 (**permalink**) 04-23-2007, 06:03 PM

Take a look at ebay and my recent post on the light tent, here.

I brought a 300 kit which includes three strobes, two at 120v with continous light and strobe, the third is a plain strobe at 40 watts. It comes with two softlight tents and one barndoor with gels and a honeycomb, and three stands for the lights.

Additional items were wire kit for lights, and a wireless kit for wire free shooting!

I also got a gold/silver reflector.

rustyphil · #3 (**permalink**) 04-24-2007, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by glitterd

Hi all. I'm looking at getting my first lighting setup for indoor work. I don't need anything fancy and I couldn't afford it even if I wanted. Basically my budget is 0, but my trusty little credit card says I can spend about $300. My goal is to do some isolation shots and hopefully move up to basic portraits. I really think continuous lighting is the way for me to go, but I'm not really sure. I was looking at this setup:

http://www.adorama.com/PASTUSK.html

I would appreciate any hints/tips/comments/advice on both the above link and this subject in general.

Thanks,
Shannon

Hi, could also be worth a look at strobist (and assoc. forum) http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/

phil

Peiling · #4 (**permalink**) 04-25-2007, 01:53 AM

I dont know a lot and I am learning but like you I have been looking for a cheap alternative to experiment. I was given some infor on lighting and setup the cheap way and I have put it on my website site below, look under "Stock Photos elearning".

http://www.freewebs.com/mygardenofeden/

Have not got it yet, but I have decided to just go to local store and get the table lamps and lights and experiment as suggested by many people. Its a cheap option to experiment. They suggest doing that and then when you are better, to go for the better lighting eg Alien Bees.

Cheers
Peiling

glitterd · #5 (**permalink**) 04-25-2007, 02:31 AM

Thanks for the replies guys. Ok, so for now, I'll continue to work on the cheap lighting setup I have and see if I can figure things out. Practice makes perfect I guess

Thanks again.