lighting on a budget

[RockstarPhotography]

My strobes are off in another state at the moments so I just wanted to show that you don't need fancy lights to learn lighting and get good results. I put this together using pvc pipe, tape, a shower curtain, old cymbal stands, and a yongnuo flash.

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[kundalini]

Nice DIY, but what's up with the blue tape? Doesn't it give off a color cast? Do you have any examples with this setup?

 

[RockstarPhotography]

Nice DIY, but what's up with the blue tape? Doesn't it give off a color cast? Do you have any examples with this setup?

It was just kinda a for fun project. that's why the blue tape. If I were really going to use this setup alot I would use some ripstop nylon and either sew or glue it with a transparent glue.

I'll post a few shots when the kid goes to bed

 

[RockstarPhotography]

Here are a few quick shots I took with it. converted from raw to jpeg, no post processing. not easy to get a good shot of a 11 month old by yourself. he wanted to play with the stand, had to give him a lenscap so he would sit for 30 seconds.

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[kundalini]

Some pretty severe light fall off in those. May I suggest to place the lighting setup closer to your subject and perhaps lowering the power output?

 

[RockstarPhotography]

Some pretty severe light fall off in those. May I suggest to place the lighting setup closer to your subject and perhaps lowering the power output?

ya. They were done in a hurry cause my boy was getting tired. the light was as close as I could get where he wouldn't be able to grab it and pull it on himself. Never really got it dialed in, he got crabby waiting for me!

Here are 2 of the pics after edits.

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[simonydes]

great editing what do you use? And by the way he is just too cute for words!

 

[RockstarPhotography]

great editing what do you use? And by the way he is just too cute for words!

I use a combination of lightroom and photoshop. Basically use lightroom for all the camera raw stuff and finalize it in photoshop.

and thanks!....he is a cutie

 

[Ryan L]

Did you delete half of your shots on Flickr? Most of them say deleted.

 

[RockstarPhotography]

Did you delete half of your shots on Flickr? Most of them say deleted.

I haven't deleted anything.....hmmm..

 

[RockstarPhotography]

should be back up now....i deleted them from my iphoto..forgot it was tied into flickr

 

[RockstarPhotography]

last one edited

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[martingundul]

really great DIY dude!! gotta try this for my own.
Thanks!