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I need to take pictures of jewelry, primarily sliver, gold, and white

gold rings, bracelets, and earrings. I am using a Canon 10D SLR

digital camera with a 100mm 2.8 Canon lens. What lights and

intensities should I use, and what light source is best, strobe or

tungsten? or soemthign else? Thank you. Oh yea, I want my pictures to

look similar to www.mondera.com

-Kristopher

Thank you for all of your answers. I hope the people who wrote here visit again to see this message. Thank you for everyone that helped. Many of you assumed that I wasnt a professional photographer, some assumed that I was digital and some assumed that I was working with 35mm. I know it is mainly my fault because maybe i didnt give enough background information. I am a professional photographer with professional equipment (6x7 kits and a few 4x5's) and have graduated with a BFA in Photo. I kinda know what I am doing with this whole thing.

I dont have an abundance of money to spend on equipment and was just looking for a way to do it for maybe under $1000, and the best equipment to get. Again, I ask my main question. What are the preffered light to use when doing editorial portraits, and when doing architecture. Also, what light modifiers are the best to use and how big should they be for each, with umbrellas or softboxes. Thank you for your responses. Have a nice day.

Hello, I want to start shooting for magazines, maybe like Home and

Garden, Architecture Digest and those types of magazines that display

all the expensive furniture and all. I know they used flash lights,

but I dont know much more than that. I need to buy the lights and I

was wondering what are the preferred lights to use, and

softboxes/umbrellas etc. I dont have professional money, so is there

an alternative where I will not have to spend a fortune?

Thanks for the help everyone. All the information was useful an will be an important factor in which lights I decide to buy. Thanks again.

-Kristopher

Hello all,

I want to take full body portraits of people in a studio and

also in working enviroments; such as factories and offices. I need

lights with the versatility to do both. I need the lights to be

powerful and also had a question if I should choose strobes or hot

lights? I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion about what to get,

I hear the Alienbees lights are a good choice? Thank you

-Kristopher