by my very first client
Your client is an ax-murderer? What is that thing?
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 1:53 AM, Jason Davis <mohadib@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thak you all for the replies. Mark I read your article and found it
very informitive , thanks.
Im still feel very uninformed , so I'm going to hold off for a while.
I rented the lights
again for the weekend. Its rental fees and a little extra are coverd
by my very first client :)
Please take a look and give me any input you will :)
Thanks,
jd
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4853/smallhorzdn7.jpg
This one is for me , Im going to work on it to try to make it feel
a little more rich and less monochromatic
http://papernapkin.org/pastebin/resource/images/imageEntryId/181
But i would really like to do something with the shadows. Any pointers or ideas?
thanks again :)
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 2:29 AM, herschel <herschel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It is interesting to note how my flash-power requirements have changed with
> trends in photography.
>
> Now that shallow depth of field is trendy, I have a slew of f:1.4 and f:1.8
> lenses which I'm using on my D2X. (The 85mm f:1.4 is a honey!)
>
> With smaller sensor sizes/decreased magnification, and the resulting
> increase of DOF, you need very fast and expensive lenses to make your pics
> look like they were shot on a $5 Lomo.
>
> But I do love those natural light, backlit, lifestylish images with shallow
> DOF that are popular in commercial photography these days.
> Portraits by window-light at f:2.0 (Carefully focused) knock the spots off
> those f:22 old-fashioned studio images with perfect light ratios
>
> I find that my 2400WS pack is out of service and even my 500W Bowens heads
> are too powerful to get apertures of f:4 or wider... so I have now bought a
> collection of ND filters... mmm at 55 I'm a spendoid-trendoid!
>
> Still it's cheaper than going 4X5 digital.
>
> Before you tell me to shoot large format film and scan it etc...
> Here in Oman we don't have 4X5 E6 film processing available. Nor do I have a
> scanner which could handle it.
>
> That's all folks
>
> herschel
>
>
>
>
>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-
> >>photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jason Davis
> >>Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 5:10 AM
> >>To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
> >>Subject: Looking to buy some strobe flashes
> >>
> >>Hello,
> >> I'm a total newb at lighting. I have rented some strobes and I really
> >>like playing with them. But its costing me $125 a day for 2 lights ,
> >>umbrellas , stands , battery pack,
> >>wireless sync thing..
> >>
> >>I have no clue if thats a good price or not.. Anyway , I see lots of
> >>affordable lights for sale on the internet , and the owner of the
> >>store i rent from offerd me 2
> >>300w/s strobe heads for $700. I cant remember the brand name :\ To
> >>finaly get to the ponit... :p Can you guys point me at some
> >>information for beginners looking
> >>to buy lights? Stuff that can help me figure out what i want/need and
> >>information to help me know what kind of price I should look to pay.
> >>
> >>Thank You,
> >>Jason
>
>
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Alex Georgiadis
