Re: building a studio at school

Herschel Mair <herschelmair@xxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:10:38 -0800 (PST)

This also will not work. See my other mail.

lea murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  There's a little module that fits on a hot shoe which has a pc socket which would let you tie in to the studio flashes. Or you could use something like Freewire which would fire the flashes via remote control. This sits on the hot shoe as well.  
  Lea
         On Jan 25, 2006, at 8:37 AM, Herschel Mair wrote:

    very important:
  the D70 has no place to plug a studio flash in. We have 25 of them and now have took at something else to use in the studio!

trevor cunningham <tr_cunningham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
       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 ?
   < /DIV>   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

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