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By William Michael · Posted
Good question. Apropos Portraiture: we can broadly group Lighting Scenarios into two groups - 1. Available Light at the Scene, which includes all Continuous Photographic/Video Lighting 2. Flash Lighting whilst also accounting for all the Available Light (as per 1 above) at the Scene (also referred to as the Ambient Light at the Scene). The primary reason why, for Studio Portraiture, I will mostly always opt for Flash Lighting is because doing so gives me absolute control over Subject Movement Blur. For any Adult Portraiture in Available Light, where the Subject(s) are adult and healthy, I want to have available a Shutter Speed of 1/320s as my slowest option. If photographing Children or aged Subjects I want 1/500s. I also want to have available a relatively low ISO and a sufficient range of Apertures to allow a range of Artistic Interpretations. Additionally, consider a Group Portrait where a large DoF becomes more important, than for example, a simple Single Head Shot. In one simple sentence: I have not found any Continuous Studio Lighting Set which come close to allowing me to have the range of ISO/Aperture/Shutter Speed which I demand. Professional TV Studio Lighting and some Professional Cinematography and Stage Lighting Sets come close but still fall short. On the other hand, for Studio Portraiture, Flash allows for the Camera's Shutter to be set at the Flash Sync Speed, and by adjusting the Studio's Ambient Light (i.e. "my studio is essentially my living room with thick curtains drawn closed") the duration of the Flash remediates any Subject Motion Blur. (Powerful) Studio Flash Heads provide suitable power to allow a good range of Apertures to be available at reasonable low ISO. The Guide Number (at ISO100) of a the Flash Unit is a standard comparison which is often used. I began using Elinchrom Studio Flash in 1976, because the Studio which employed me then was set up with Elinchrom. I bought into that system and have built it and used Elinchrom ever since. My Elinchrom Flash Set has always been more than suitable for all the Product Photography I have done, which comprised smaller items: art (mainly paintings); jewellery; coin and stamp collections; and food. All of which were shot in a medium sized studio, essentially built for Portraiture. Other Members, especially those whose careers have been more skewed to Product Photography than has my journey, will have more to offer in guidance apropos Product work, having stated that, I concur with the comment about Colour Temperature variance of CFL Lighting (Compact Fluorescent Lamp), (made by Andrew, aka AJG, above). To expand - although the kit you referenced describes LED Lights (Light Emitting Diode) and not CFL, the description of the product states: "About this product Kit includes: (. . . The kit comes with four 24W LED bulbs, each equivalent to a regular 200W incandescent bulb. , with a color temperature of 5700 K. Ideal for photography lighting The 24" x 24" / 60cm x 60cm softboxes spread light effectively to give you even lighting for the best possible shots. Equipped with an E27 lamp holder, you can connect a bulb directly to each softbox or use them with other lights or flashes." Whilst having the knowledge that the Colour Temperature of these LED Lights is 5700K is important, equally as important is knowing the CRI of these LED Lights (Color Rendering Index). Mostly all LED Lighting historically has a low CRI, however technological development is improving the quality of LED for a range Photographic uses, noted mainly Videography. Even so, my gut tells me this particular set is not very good. The above issues are virtually not present in quality Studio Flash Lighting, hence my choice of Flash rather than Continuous Lighting for my Studio Portraiture. WW -
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May 1st. After my F3 deal fell through I acquired a fine looking Nikon FE. Lens is my Nikon ai 50 F2. Film is HP5 developed for 5 minutes in HC110. -
By ShunCheung · Posted
Somehow Nikon USA no longer discounts the flagship model, e.g. Z9, and they are using these trade-ins to discount it. I recall that the D5 and D6 have never been discounted either, but they used to do that for the D3 back in the days, e.g. around 2008/2009.
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