Mystery
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This is my first post on the forum. I am a total beginner with photography. My Dad was an amateur photographer and he taught me ho to shoot on a Minolta SRT 101 many years ago. I don't have the Minolta any more, and I never really kept up with practicing when digital cameras became popular because everything was all about point and shoot. Anyway, long story short..... I am starting to learn more photo skills because I want to do product photography for my website. I am learning from the ground up and my first problem lies in learning the equipment like lights. I purchased a low end lighting kit from Cowboy Studio. It came with 3 softboxes, 2 stands and a boom stand. The softboxes are 20"x28". My first issue is that I am trying to use the softboxes where I probably should be using a tent, I know that. I will probably get a tent too, but for now I am using the 3 softboxes. I have a softbox on each side and the boom over the top. My issue is that I need the softboxes on the sides to be close to the product and since they are 28" tall, much of the box is either lower than the table or blocked by the softbox over the top on the boom. I was wondering if anyone makes something that I can use to mount the softbox sideways so its dimensions would be longer instead of taller.
In hindsight, I should have bought 3 small lights and a tent instead of 3 softboxes for small up-close work; but I was hoping to be able to use the lights for small work and larger items like portraits too. If there are no options for rotating the softbox, I guess I might have to buy some more equipment.
In hindsight, I should have bought 3 small lights and a tent instead of 3 softboxes for small up-close work; but I was hoping to be able to use the lights for small work and larger items like portraits too. If there are no options for rotating the softbox, I guess I might have to buy some more equipment.