building a studio at school

[trevor cunningham <tr_cunningham@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, once again, the photographer with the fancy equipment won the bid but showed no real professional ability.  The newest idea is for the school to buy its own equipment and let the yearbook and photography students do the pictures (this, versus finding a real professional, is the mentality I've dealt with for the past five years).  We have a budget of about $5000 to buy a digital SLR (I'm aiming at a D70, but this might be overkill for the kids), software packages (site licenses don't apply here as ethics don't really exist to justify them), backdrop and lighting system. 

 

My interest in this pursuit is the light system and software.  We use Photoshop at the school, but should we be considering something else for: 1) large shooting volume 2) training resources for studio lighting techniques 3) a few good books for the library on the subject ?

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Also, what are some durable, though reasonabley priced, lighting systems (thinking back, side/crown, and two umbrella flashes (or would tents be better?))...what about a good flash meter?

 

Any feedback?

 

 

Thanks...Trevor

"The optimist believes this is the best of all possible worlds.

 The pessimist fears it's true"  - J Robert Oppenheimer

 

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