Recent content by Wellie

Thanks for the replies The mother is a friend of ours, and she asked that we only share the photos with permission.... I don't want to risk it seeming she might be getting me clients in the future. Yeah... it was kind of an accidental photo.... mother was just finsihing the girls hair on the...

Ok ok, I am seriously about to go insane! I have these stunning photos of this girl, but she was standing to far over and off of my background.... this means she was standing in front of a colour which is almost the exact same colour as her hair, which is making it near impossible to cut out. I...

Hello again! So you are probably all getting very sick of my questions (Sorry!) I now have a shoot through umbrella, a soft box (square), 2 flash heads (200w), a standard reflector, and a reflector kit. I haven't got round to putting it all together yet though! Tomorrow I am planning to put...

I haven't got the money to buy more lights.... :( I have photoshop- and just wanted to know if I just dodged the background, would it create the same effect? Thanks

So I am looking at the lencarta 2 head (umbrella and soft box) kit at the moment... I know I won't be able to light up the background with only 2 lights, but if I use the two lights, will it still look ok if I just dodge the background to make it white on photoshop? Or will it look out of place...

Ah ok.. thanks- will make sure to shut all the blinds etc then.... that really helps- thanks :) Well, looking at some reviews I have changed my mind haha.. yeah.... that's just it I guess.... I am rubbish at making decisions as well, so I hate looking to buy something because I am always...

Yeah.. sorry.... should know that haha. Ok read the section of the article about W-s... would 180 be ok or not? I am not sure how much of a difference 20 W-s makes... it is generally a light room anyway (cream walls, white ceiling and of course I will have my white background etc set up)...

Thanks everyone.. you are all being very helpful :) Ok, so, here is another question! How many watts will I need my lights to be? I am planning on getting three... my urm.. studio (haha... I just convert my kitchen!) is only very small (but can just about fit the lights in correctly I think!)...

Hmmm ok... I just feel I am going to end up very lost in a lighting book! Yeah.... your photos are stunning by the way (looked on your website) Yeah haha! So I see from all these websites... my budget... haha... urrrrm... well, I had a budget, saw how much it all was and realised I would...

Yeah haha... wish there was somewhere I could just try a load of things out... would make life a whole lot easier! Thanks!

Ok thanks... think I understand now... Hmm.. now I am going to have to work out where to get the money from I guess... haha...

Thank you so much! You have been the most helpful person so far in my lighting research haha (been looking for some info for about 2 months!) Ok, so if I buy these softboxes, will I still need to take the flash off my camera? And the two lights to light the background- would these also be...

Hiya! I am new to this- so sorry if I ask some very stupid questions! I have been researching lighting for some time now, but different places are telling me different things, and I am not sure that what I am reading will suit what I want to do. I am looking into doing high key (hope that is...

Hi, I'm Ellie... I am fairly new to photography, and do it as a hobby, but know the basics with photoshop and stuff like that haha... I have a canon 500D, and a lens and flash unit (have no idea which ones they are though haha!) and am currently looking into getting some lighting for high key...