Please Suggest Home Lighting Kit

[Fleetwood271]

Could someone please help me choose a home studio lighting kit? I have looked at several on Amazon and at Adorama. Just a small room at home (13 X 14) with sloping ceiling (7ft on one end X 9ft on other).

I do not have any lights, stands, extra flashes, etc. Saw several kits from $199 to $600.

Or if you have set up your own home studio, as I know some of you have, and can suggest individual pieces and parts, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks!

 

[Derrel]

Quite a few threads on this subject have come up in the past 10-30 days. Lots of suggestions...Alien Bees, Calumet Genesis, Adorama Flashpoints,etc.etc.

 

[kentlydee]

You can get your home lighting Ideas at "Home lighting advice"? Maybe it will help.

 

[HelenOster]

Could someone please help me choose a home studio lighting kit? I have looked at several on Amazon and at Adorama. Just a small room at home (13 X 14) with sloping ceiling (7ft on one end X 9ft on other).

I had a hunt around in the Adorama Learning Center, for you, and came up with a video and a couple of articles to start you off.

There is heaps more stuff in the learning center - written by some really inspirational photographers so I hope you will find something useful.


Setting up simple studio lighting ? Adorama TV from Adorama Learning Center

What are Continuous Lighting Sources? from Adorama Learning Center

Single-light portraits from Adorama Learning Center


If you are looking at Flashpoint, we have an in-house expert, so for questions on that range (or on any other aspect of your new project) please don't hesitate to drop me an email: HelenO@adorama.com.
If I can't help you myself, I'll do my best to find you someone who can!

 

[SLRJoe]

I recently purchased 2 ex pro studio lights (linked to below)
Ex-Pro Continuous Dual Lighting kit including 105w: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

I'm relatively happy with them, I'd say that they're not the brightest in the world, and would probably suggest to get a more powerful bulb than the 750W ones.

 

[HelenOster]

Could someone please help me choose a home studio lighting kit?

One of my colleagues just came up with a few more videos which might be useful to you.

YouTube - adoramaTV's Channel


YouTube - adoramaTV's Channel





Also this article: Portraits Without a Studio from Adorama Learning Center

 

[Fleetwood271]

Could someone please help me choose a home studio lighting kit? I have looked at several on Amazon and at Adorama. Just a small room at home (13 X 14) with sloping ceiling (7ft on one end X 9ft on other).

I had a hunt around in the Adorama Learning Center, for you, and came up with a video and a couple of articles to start you off.

There is heaps more stuff in the learning center - written by some really inspirational photographers so I hope you will find something useful.


Setting up simple studio lighting ? Adorama TV from Adorama Learning Center

What are Continuous Lighting Sources? from Adorama Learning Center

Single-light portraits from Adorama Learning Center


If you are looking at Flashpoint, we have an in-house expert, so for questions on that range (or on any other aspect of your new project) please don't hesitate to drop me an email: HelenO@adorama.com.
If I can't help you myself, I'll do my best to find you someone who can!

Thank you very much for the info and for the video links!