donrisi wrote:
John,
Absolutely great photos.
What exactly is this "5-in-1 pop up thing?" Who makes it?
Thanks, I've learned so much from this thread, and you in particular.
Don
Thanks for the kind words Don. Here's a link on OMP where the 5-in-1, reflector, changing booth can be purchased...
kluken wrote:
[Any particular curtains your used or any black material based curtains? I am using a small 11x14 room now, but wan tot move into the basement and finish a 14 x 18 area, I am very concerned about bounced and spill light and seeing your setup had me thinking to hang black fabric on all the walls and such. I was thinking of getting Duvetyne which is a black non refective fabric. (Home Theater buffs have the inside of their rear projection sets covered in it to prevent all the reflections). I would then hang it on all the walls and even am considering tacking it to sceialing, shoudl give me very much the type of control you have....Show more →
Kluken,
I'm not quite sure what Duvetyne is. I was able to purchase 2, 20ft x 10ft lengths of the material from the studio/props section unders cameras on Ebay. The material is incredibly heavy, almost like a very, very think felt, and boy, does it suck up the light. I then picked up a brass, grommet set from Home Depot to allow me to hang the curtain. (Its a pain to put in the grommets.)
Griffitg, I use Auto Poles..I like it... but if you dont take your paper rolls off at the end of the day they will start to bow in middle, just happened to me.
For those of you who take your studio with you on location, and use multiple soft boxes . . . how do you deal with the logistics of it? I mean, I hate taking mine down, so I just leave it up the entire time, regardless if I go anywhere or not. So it's quite fun really, carrying two fully set up softboxes. lol
And here's an odd question, do you prefer a car, truck, SUV, or van to haul your equipment in? I drive a Ford Ranger, and honestly, without a toolbox or something safe to put my equipment in, I'm pretty stuffed, especially if someone is riding with me. How do you deal with it?
BlueEyesPhoto wrote:
For those of you who take your studio with you on location, and use multiple soft boxes . . . how do you deal with the logistics of it? I mean, I hate taking mine down, so I just leave it up the entire time, regardless if I go anywhere or not. So it's quite fun really, carrying two fully set up softboxes. lol
And here's an odd question, do you prefer a car, truck, SUV, or van to haul your equipment in? I drive a Ford Ranger, and honestly, without a toolbox or something safe to put my equipment in, I'm pretty stuffed, especially if someone is riding with me. How do you deal with it?...Show more →
As my wife refers to it, our "honkin' huge, gas-guzzlin' " Suburban. Which gets better mileage than our son's Ranger!
Because I wanted to have maximum heigth I decided to take away the softbox from my overhead light, the light throught the umbrella however was way to direct and harsch. That had to be better.
I bought some material from a kitchen "airsuck device " the ones you place above the cooking plates.... and taped this to the umbrella folded in two, some smaller sheet was taped over that for stability.
I now have the same effect as with the softbox but I won 30cm's space.
Two examples with this setup.
One overhead flash, one softbox in front for the model,(no reflector used) and one gridded flash on the backdrop.
And one where the softbox is replaced for a second grid.
BlueEyesPhoto wrote:
For those of you who take your studio with you on location, and use multiple soft boxes . . . how do you deal with the logistics of it? I mean, I hate taking mine down, so I just leave it up the entire time, regardless if I go anywhere or not. So it's quite fun really, carrying two fully set up softboxes. lol
I use FJ Westcott Apollo softboxes, that open like umbrellas and don't need speedrings. I use 16-inch, 28-inch, and 50-inch Apollo sizes. They just mount like umbrellas. Lastolight makes a spring-open soft box. Chimera has a folding speedring setup that allows the softbox to close like a flower.
And here's an odd question, do you prefer a car, truck, SUV, or van to haul your equipment in? I drive a Ford Ranger, and honestly, without a toolbox or something safe to put my equipment in, I'm pretty stuffed, especially if someone is riding with me. How do you deal with it?
At the moment I'm driving a pickup with a tonneau cover. My equipment is in ATA-qualified shipping cases onto which I've riveted D-rings. When necessary, I lock them down to the bed with Kryptonite bike cables (but it's rare for me to leave equipment in the truck.
My boxes won't all fit into any sedan. I'm looking at getting a small stationwagon...or a Chrysler PT Cruiser. I rented one of those for a trip, and found that I liked it a lot. Very cheap to buy and drive, holds a ton of equipment when you fold down the seats, allows you access to everything from inside the vehicle, and looks very cool (which is important in an artistic line of work).
@Matt1975,
No I don't use gels over my mainlights, sometimes on the backgrounds but that is also almost never.
The warm tones are a combination of the model and the background.
When using for example the blue backdrop the tones are a bit toned down.
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" the ones you place above the cooking plates.... and taped this to the umbrella folded in two, some smaller sheet was taped over that for stability.
