Studio equipment

[Chumpy]

Hi
I am a novice photographer.

My family and I recently visited a professional photographer, for a portrait session.

The results were quite good, but I'm sure I could get somewhere close to the results myself, with a little bit of knowledge, practice and effort.

The studio was white walled and floored, and had a couple of lighting umbrellas.... and obviously an expensive camera & lenses.

I want to know what would be the best budget type of equipment I could buy to get this type of equipment. I have seen the white background sheets for sale, but unsure which umbrellas, and wattage / temperature of lighting....

I'm planning to get a Sony A100, and hope to get some decent results.

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Big Mike]

By 'best budget type' do you mean something cheap?

Check out Alien Bees, they are an 'entry level' studio lighting system. People who own them, really seem to like them.