Beginner Studio light set up newb and questions

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ive not taken any photos in a while and i think i have lost all forms of ideas i ever had.
Alas im going to e taking some photos of my mates band. Ive got a lastolite pop up screen and hopefully if my grey cover arrives a grey background rather than just a white one.
Im going to be taking the photos in my house or if its dry i figured out side could be good no ambient light at all then. (night time).
Now i have two studio lights lastolite lumens either 200 0r 400. Now i will try fill and key light with them i have a big octobox i can try for it as well. There is only four of them. I wanted to illuminate the background but i dont have another light just a strobe. Can i get that to work off my camera with my existing rf unit? i dont have a spare trigger i have some rf 125 thing.
I also wanted to try a top and bottom light set up for each of them with a smoke machine. Anyways thoughts ideas and opinions.
 
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First tip would be to get grasp of the inverse square law.
Second, you can illuminate the BG from behind.
Third, a white BG may also look dark grey… see first tip.
Fourth, smoke can be illuminate from behind too.

See if you could achieve a light setup to use with all and
direct them so to get different pauses.

Have a good time!
 
Going to try some stuff at the weekend and get it all out! See how I can get on with the kids and then take it from there.
 
Nuzik said:
Cheers dude. some good stuff in there. What I'm finding is that everyone has their own way of doing stuff. Light here light there etc etc
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Yep, and long may it continue too :)

The thing I find is that I need to understand the effect of each light. I often have a good idea of how I want the shot to look, but lack both the vocabulary to describe ot, and the knowledge to execute it! So I usually start with one light and build from there. I am also happy to switch the key light off to see the effect the other light/lights are having too.

I think it is Phil (@Phil V) that always reminds us there is only one sun!! And whilst it may seem like a cliche, it is a really valid point imo.
 
PaulButler said:
Yep, and long may it continue too :)

The thing I find is that I need to understand the effect of each light. I often have a good idea of how I want the shot to look, but lack both the vocabulary to describe ot, and the knowledge to execute it! So I usually start with one light and build from there. I am also happy to switch the key light off to see the effect the other light/lights are having too.

I think it is Phil (@Phil V) that always reminds us there is only one sun!! And whilst it may seem like a cliche, it is a really valid point imo.
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Surely in the vast expanse that is space there is going to be more than one sun ;)
I'll bear it in mind when I'm shooting next. I'd love to be a pro studio photographer. But alas. I'm a million miles away. I'll report back on my findings hopefully next week.
 
If the speedlight has optical slave mode it could be made to work that way. Or maybe put one of the monolights into optical and use a trigger on the speedlight... I'm not familiar with any of the kit described.

It sounds like you might be short on lights/modifiers. Keep in mind that it is possible to light parts of the final image separately and composite the image together in post. This will allow you to simulate having much larger light modifiers, and more of them.
 
sk66 said:
If the speedlight has optical slave mode it could be made to work that way. Or maybe put one of the monolights into optical and use a trigger on the speedlight... I'm not familiar with any of the kit described.

It sounds like you might be short on lights/modifiers. Keep in mind that it is possible to light parts of the final image separately and composite the image together in post. This will allow you to simulate having much larger light modifiers, and more of them.
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I've got about five umbrellas three soft boxes and a snood! Not sure what else I need. Other than the extra studio light.
 
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