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I am doing a project over the next couple of weeks hooting models in the studio with green screen and then compositing into screens shot outside. Can anyone offer any tips that would help with the process. I know the basics like ensuring that the light direction is consistent.

That is a really excellent video.

I can give you a personal recommendation. I bought a set of elinchrom D-Lites about a year ago and have not had any issue with me and have run sessions lasting up to 5 hours and over a 1000 photos without missing a beat. I have never had an issue with the stand, however in terms of what you are...

I would check with your local hardware store because you may be able to get white halogen bulbs that will not cause as much problems with the white balance

Generally you flash will be the brightest light so unless you are using longer exposures to mix in some ambient you should not encounter too much of an issue.

best to get something with a daylight bulb in it

I bought an Elinchrom D-Lite 4 about a year ago and absolutely love it. I looked at cheaper light sets but I wanted something that had a reputation to last. One of my friends bought a cheap chinese set and the housing melted at the first session. Bowens are also excellant products and do have...

I have a D90 and this was the most confusing thing I ran into because the manual seems to imply that you turn the flash off, yet it still fires. Don't be worried. As has already been mentioned these are preflashes designed to sync up the off camera flashes. When the actual shutter trips the on...

Just another note. Make sure you have some sandbags to weight the light stands down.

Jessops have a carbon fibre tripod for 79 quid at present which is pretty reasonable.

I suggest that you see if there is a camera club close to you as they may be a great source of information and there may be people there willing to tutor you.

I googled the issue and this is what came up as a comment from the manual. if using a non-canon flash set the silent shooting mode to "Disabled" otherwise the flash will not fire

Sounds really strange. Do you get the same results with the built in flash when using live veiw

No that will give you quite a versatile unit that can go anywhere. The only thing I would question would be the need for the light meter.