Suggestions!

[Casey carson]

I got a studio set up for Christmas! 4 umbrella lights and backdrop. Any suggestion where to go to learn how to set up the lighting?

 

[Vtec44]

Try Strobist

Why umbrellas over soft boxes?

 

[Casey carson]

I already have a a couple soft boxes

 

[tirediron]

Strobes or continuous lights?

 

[Casey carson]

Strobes or continuous lights?

continuous lights

 

[Designer]

Strobes or continuous lights?

continuous lights

Are you planning to do portraiture with those lights?

 

[tirediron]

Strobes or continuous lights?

continuous lights

Any chance you could exchange them for, say, Flashpoint strobes? You can do a lot of work with continuous lights, but for some things, especially portraiture, it's actually a LOT harder to use continuous lights than it is strobes. You can get entry-level strobes in the 150 w/s range for <$100/head. Two strobes will be far more useful and allow your work to improve much more than four continuous lights, so, unless they were Kino Flo lights, start working on the puppy-dog eyes!

 

[Village Idiot]

Flaaaaaashessss!