Cheap lighting equipment?

[transformed]

Two words. Alien Bees.

Start small and build up as you can afford it. Studio lighting is an investment and you'll get what you pay for.

 

[Olympus E300]

To shed a little insight (if I may). I am working on my portrait photography right now and I am currently using 2 28"x20" softboxes. Each soft box has 5 bulbs in it which can be lit individually. Each bulb is a 45W daylight bulb. Furthermore I am also using my FL50R flash. TO be honest, I am looking for MORE light yet. I have to get these darn softboxes right up close to the subject which isn't such a big deal but it pretty much limits my shots to single person portraits and not group shots!

Just something to think about...
Cheers!
- Dan

 

[TylerF]

I am going to get a few of the vivitars for my on the go band promos and portraits. They work pretty darn well for their price. For band shots, often a soft box placed high right in front of the band works if there is available light from the sun. But 2 or 3 flashes will cover almost everything u will need for a while as you learn. But if you plan to shoot live shows, a sb600 is something you will want.
Im still a newbie, so I could be wrong tho lol

 

[zeto88]

Way for everyone to spoil my hopes and dreams.
I thought I found a bargain! Ahaha.

 

[tresguey]

Speaking of cheep lighting, I have been researching DIY strobes. Not a lot of info out there but it's an option.

 

[zeto88]

Any links to tutorials dude?

 

[TylerF]

There was a book at borders about it. I was gonna try it lol. But in the end, I would probably not be happy with diy stuff

 

[tresguey]

Try diyphotography.net and do a search. That was the site I started at.

 

[KmH]

Any links to tutorials dude?

There is always the more immediate method of using an Internet search engine and you can also check Youtube while you're at it.

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