Need (maybe a lot!) of help! in Lighting Equipment Posted December 20, 2003 Hi everyone! I'm a beginner photographer and one of my friend asked me to take artistic nudes of her as a gift for her boyfriend. I always wanted to do nudes, but I realise now, more than ever, that it's gonna be a great challenge!!(Please don't look at my portfolio since it sucks, I improved my skills since these pictures!). Now my big problem is lightning. I have a good ideas of the shots I want to take, like a single source of light to create strong shadows on her body. I'll go B&W, and since I have access to 'Stage lights'(I mean these spots they use at shows and concerts) I was wondering if it was a good idea to use them with a controller for the intensity... Or maybe I could use just a normal bulb light with a reflector to direct the light since I had good results with this so-much-basic technique on others types of B&W... So, what should I do? Oh, and what type of film should I use?? and what ISO since i'll go studio?? 200 ISO?Anyway, sorry if my questions sounds a lot crappy but since I virtually don't have any budget.... Thanks! Etienne
Need (maybe a lot!) of help!
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Posted
Hi everyone!
I'm a beginner photographer and one of my friend asked
me to take artistic nudes of her as a gift for her boyfriend. I
always wanted to do nudes, but I realise now, more than ever, that
it's gonna be a great challenge!!(Please don't look at my portfolio
since it sucks, I improved my skills since these pictures!). Now my
big problem is lightning. I have a good ideas of the shots I want to
take, like a single source of light to create strong shadows on her
body. I'll go B&W, and since I have access to 'Stage lights'(I mean
these spots they use at shows and concerts) I was wondering if it
was a good idea to use them with a controller for the intensity...
Or maybe I could use just a normal bulb light with a reflector to
direct the light since I had good results with this so-much-basic
technique on others types of B&W... So, what should I do? Oh, and
what type of film should I use?? and what ISO since i'll go studio??
200 ISO?
Anyway, sorry if my questions sounds a lot crappy but since I
virtually don't have any budget....
Thanks! Etienne