rose_bud Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Can anyone tell me about strobe lighting...What kind of lighting effect it has on the model, where it is most used and what the set up is like etc.... Many Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timcorridan Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 this is like asking, "can anyone tell me about water?" its a little non specific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony_r Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Please be more vague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaglow Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Garry has a great tutorial on lighting in the Learning section. I don't know if non-members can see that or not, but it shows you how to set up lights, how they're used, etc. with a model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rose_bud Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 thanks micheal but there is nothing about strobe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giggles Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 All of my studio images in my portfolio are taken with strobe lighting. I use Alien Bees, reflectors, and large softboxes to create a softer portrait look when dealing with children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rose_bud Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 can you send me a link? I'm talking about the special calibrated strobe lights, capable of flashing up to hundreds of times per second. You sometimes see them in clubs where they are used to give an illusion of slow motion. Or shoots where you might want to capture something like water or powder falling etc... and normal flash is'nt fast enough... I wanted someone to be able to give me examples and see how you use it, it surely cant be as simple as switching it on and sync ing it to the camera ....i dont know i cant semm to find any samples on google easily and my local lighting depts hire them but dont really know how to use them.... so i thought i'd ask here :)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric v Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Strobe lights in clubs are different from photo strobes. I can't ever imagine using "club strobes" in a normal studio situation. Camera strobes should be perfectly capable of freezing just about any motion you want. The problem may be the sync speed of the camera. Some cameras fastest sync speed is 1/60th while others are 1/500th or faster. There are certain high-speed camera strobes that, when matched with the right camera, can sync at 1/3000th or something crazy like that. The only benefit to "club strobes" that I see is if you wanted recreate what you see in a club. Maybe having someone run across the frame while leaving the shutter open for 3 seconds. Then you would have like 15 "frozen" images of the runner at different parts of the frame. I highly doubt those club strobes are powerful enough for photo work (at least the ones you can buy in the store). You can also use camera strobes to achieve that "runner" effect by firing them multiple times. I don't really see any benefit to having a club strobe that is capable of firing many times in a second. Maybe an intersting special effect, but that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rose_bud Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 gosh i didnt actually mean using a club strobe... this is actually more difficult than i imagined :) does anyone know about using 'strobe' lighting at all... i mean its not the same as normal flash and its quite an old system as far as i have been told but gives a fantastic light source... lie capturing every partical of powder in make up when you splash it over a models face.. for example... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 in the contect of still photography, what is mostly likely meant by "strobe" is electronic flash. There are uses for stroboscopic lighting in still photography and generally stroboscopic lighting is iused to depict specific stages of movement over a period of time. Gjon Mili was an early master of this technique. Also see: http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/text-digital-stroboscopy.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helenbach Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Do you just want a single, very brief flash of light that is capable of freezing fast motion? This can be achieved by many flash units by using them on low power: as you turn the flash power down the duration of the flash gets shorter - typical flash durations at the minimum setting can be as short as 1/30,000 second. Is that what you want? Best, Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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