Hi ho, I'm Julie. I'm trying to get some advice on lighting. Please let me know if this is not the appropriate place to ask this. Here's the deal. At work I take pictures of co-workers for marketing purposes. The camera I use is a basic Sony digital camera (2.1 megapixel) with a simple flash. Needless to say, indoor pictures stink with this set-up. The pictures come out dark, the digital color information isn't there, and the light diffusion is virtually non-existent. I recently borrowed a Canon digital camera with a nicer flash. One that I could tilt towards the ceiling to bounce the flash to diffuse the light. The lighting in these pics was fantastic compared to the Sony set-up. Unfortunately, our budget is limited so the Canon w/nice flash is out (~$1,200). And I cannot buy the flash only because the Sony doesn't support external flashes. For reference, here's a pic from each camera - don't laugh ;) Sony: http://www.precisionind.com/pic1.png Canon: http://www.precisionind.com/pic2.png So my (long winded) question is, assuming the Sony CAN take good pictures w/appropriate lighting, what kind of indoor lighting solution would anyone recommend? I've thought of the nice big, round diffusing lights you see at the photography studio. Would that do the trick? Are these affordable (around $300-400)? Anyway, sorry for my lack of proper terminology. Thanks for any advice! Julie __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/
