beginner portrait lighting

[Rick Todd]

I would like to start doing some indoor portrait work, and know I need
some lighting equipment. Everything will be shot on film, not slides to
start with.

Whats a good starter set to begin with that won't break the bank? I have
some friends who are willing to sit for me while I try this, and a few
others have expressed interest in boudoir type photos as well. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Sherwood Veith]

Go to a hardware store and get three inexpensive clamp-on reflectors ($6.00
each) and three 100-watt light bulbs. Then, go to your camera store and get
some Kodak 400CN or Tri-X. You're ready to go !

If you want to shoot color, put a dark blue filter on the lens (80A, I
think).

Using B&W negates the need for expensive flash or color-compensating
filters. See how you do, and then decide if you want to move forward.

[philf...@my-deja.com]

In article <7s8jds$bf3$1...@Usenet.Logical.NET>,

In fact you don't need the 80a or 80b which would just cut your light
in B&W. I would add a book on portrait lighting, and perhaps a book on
boudoir photography. Get your MOST patient friend and spend a day
moving the lights around - don't even worry about the camera until you
have played with the lights. The most important thing you will learn is
if you are really interested in using lights - more than one photog has
sunk a couple grand into lights, stands, backdrops, and all the
accessories only to find he/she HATED the fuss. It is a fussy field,
you have to work hard to get it down. As to boudoir - maybe the same
rules don't apply here. I'm a old married man and stay out of boudoirs
so I wouldn't know.
--
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from Ol' Phil
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[B. Buckles]

Go to the camera store and rent a video on portrait lighting. My first
upset was a north window and a reflector. And there are pros today still
using this same system. A reflector can be as simple as a piece of
formcor or projection screen.
Good Luck,
Bob

[John or Jenn]

In article <7sa70r$tns$1...@nnrp1.deja.com> , philf...@my-deja.com writes:
>Get your MOST patient friend and spend a day
>moving the lights around - don't even worry about the camera until you
>have played with the lights.

Or use a wig head thing (those styro-heads your grandmother probably
kept a wig on back in the 60s when wigs were hip), or a bust of
Beethoven, or...theyąre infinitely more patient than your most
patient friend (unless theyąre wax and youąre using hot lights! ;-)

Then do an abbreviated version of the same with your most patient
friend...