Studio lens quesion.

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First day in the studio learning how to set up lighting yesterday.
We paired up and shot each other to see the effects of moving the lighting and using umbrellas, snoots and reflectors.

I found it hard esp with my 15-85 Canon lens to have a small enough aperture 5.6 to shoot a high enough shutter speed without boosting the ISO.

Do the 1.8 fifty primes act as a good staple for studio work?

I have a project on it this term and don't want what I'm planning to be spoilt by lens choice.

When constructing an environment within the studio do you have any tips?
 
Genuinely there seems to be a distinct lack of understanding here, in the politest possible way i'd ask your tutors to explain it all for you otherwise you're being ripped off :/

(even if it's free)
 
Was it flash or continuous light?

LARGE apertures allow you to shoot at faster shutter speeds. bigger fnumber = smaller aperture size.

the nifty is a great studio lens but no reason why the 15-85 is any different?! longer focal lengths are usually considered better for portraiture - anything around 100mm would be great.

Why do you need to boost the ISO? Most studio lighting will allow you to shoot at f8, 1/125th and ISO100

You need to set the camera to Manual!

When constructing it depends what yuo mean?

Alex is right - you first off need to know and understand the basics.
 
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I do know and understand the basics, :)
I have been using manual for a while now,

Back to the original question :)
It was continuous lighting, with single point to learn the basics.
I was shooting 1/30, f5, ISO 1600 and getting okay exposures but obviously the shutter speed is too slow. Why I was enquiring regarding a lens with a LARGER aperture.
 
Yeah f/5.6 ISO 1600 1/30 is way too dark for any decent studio. At that point I'd just say screw it and bring in my own speedlight set as studio lighting should ALWAYS let you shoot at ISO 100 if you want to.
 
Well the next stage is two and three point lighting so there'll be more light available then.

Then after that it'll be flash studio photography so I won't have to worry then.
Maybe it's just something I need to include in the evaluation and not worry about this weeks images. Thanks for the help.
 
jpay said:
I do know and understand the basics, :)
I have been using manual for a while now
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jpay said:
I found it hard esp with my 15-85 Canon lens to have a small enough aperture 5.6 to shoot a high enough shutter speed without boosting the ISO.
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THis is what threw the question of doubt. You are getting the size of the aperturte the wrong way round. Large apertures like f2.8 allow faster shutter speeds than smaller apertures like f5.6, f8 etc.

jpay said:
It was continuous lighting, with single point to learn the basics.
I was shooting 1/30, f5, ISO 1600 and getting okay exposures but obviously the shutter speed is too slow.
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I get that kind of speed from my modelling lights I think! You really need better lights.

Getting the lights as close to the models as possible will give a little faster speeds too and the only other option is to get a tripod for the camera and ask the model to sit still.

To use these a larger aperture lens would also help but to be honest the issue is the lights!
 
Something really doesn't sound right here. Any basic flash fired through a softbox would give you enough light to shoot at 100 ISO. Also with 1/30s shutter, whats happening to the background?
 
hsuffyan said:
Something really doesn't sound right here. Any basic flash fired through a softbox would give you enough light to shoot at 100 ISO. Also with 1/30s shutter, whats happening to the background?
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I think he said they have continuous light there but still it is extremely dark there :)
 
Haven't tried it but I would have thought I could shoot at ISO 100 with a 60w light bulb and a kit lens

I really cant see why you would need that sort of ISO in a studio
 
MnM said:
Haven't tried it but I would have thought I could shoot at ISO 100 with a 60w light bulb and a kit lens

I really cant see why you would need that sort of ISO in a studio
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You can but with a shutter speed likely to be over 1 second (taking it that you have no ambient light to affect exposure)! So not much use for portraits either.
 
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Sound like, as others have said, the lights aren't up to the job. I generally shoot at ISO 100, F9 & 1/160 in the studio.
 
Dave Stone said:
Sound like, as others have said, the lights aren't up to the job. I generally shoot at ISO 100, F9 & 1/160 in the studio.
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I can get faster shutter speeds using gthe modelling lights from my flash than the OP is getting Dave. Your settings are pretty ballpark for most shooting flash. I'm ISO100, f8 and 1/125th
 
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