Lighting studio

[DoubleT]

Hey peeps,

Looking for a little advice on this as a "start up" studio.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Photograp...graphy_StudioEquipment_RL&hash=item5d39a94ac9

Just mainly looking at using it for product photography.

Ive made a light tent and used day light bulbs with a fairly good end result but its a little limiting for what size of products i can sensibly shoot in it.

so now im looking at taking over my shed and turning it into a little studio. do you this this set up will be ok or possible need more light that just those 135w bulbs?
also was thinking i can use the umbrellas on a location portrait shoot which would be inside, and also for weddings?

thanks in advance.

 

[HoppyUK]

No.

Sorry to be blunt but that kit is totally inadequate. Scroll down the forum for ways of getting started in studio photography - you'll need flash and spend a bit more than that, and then start learning about light and how to use it.

 

[bywhacky]

I was looking at the same kit. lucky I saw this post first.

So much to consider

 

[HoppyUK]

I was looking at the same kit. lucky I saw this post first.

So much to consider

There's a lot to consider if you want to go into all the options and prices and the strengths and weaknesses of each, but there is some good advice to be had here on getting started in home portraits. To cut to the chase, try this thread http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=455817 and get going in the right direction for professional style work for a couple of hundred quid.

More than any other aspect of photography, studio work is less about the gear and much more about how you use it, understanding light. Within reason, light is light and a flash is a flash and the important bits are the modifiers/attachments - softboxes and brollies etc - how they work and what they're doing.

It's certainly not about throwing loads of money at expensive kit, though that's easily done too. In fact, I'd strongly advise against that for starters - you'll almost certainly buy at least a few things that aren't quite right for your purpose and get in a right pickle with too many lights. Less is more with lighting