stephen_hayes1

I'm pretty dumb about this whole lighting thing. Up until now, I've never looked into lighting other than a camera mounted flash. Now I'm trying to figure out how lighting even works. Obviously I have no idea what the hell I'm talking about when I say I need a pack and a head for snowboarding photography. I didn't realize what that entailed.

 

I'm working with a Pentax K20D. I only have one flash that mounts to the hotshoe on my camera, other than that I'm starting at square one. I don't even know what my lighting options are. Is it pretty much a big pack and head setup which needs AC power, or speedlights which use portable power? Are those the two basic types of lighting setups? Or is there more?

 

In most cases I won't have available power, so I'm going to need portable power. Someone recommended a couple of Vivitar 285HV's and CyberSync transmitters and receivers from alien bees.

 

I'll visit strobist.com and get a better idea of what I need. I'm just looking for resources to research what I need, and looking for recommendations from other photographers.

 

Thanks!

I've been taking pictures for a few years now, but have never gotten serious about lighting. Now I want to start taking

some snowboarding/skateboarding pictures, some portraits, and just improving my overall photography by learning

and using artificial light. I don't have a huge amount of money to spend, but I really want to buy a decent lighting set.

I don't want to buy some cheap equipment, and a couple months down the road when I'm getting into it, realize that I

bought junk. Which pieces do I need to start? A pack and head, obviously. Also boxes, umbrellas, reflectors? What

are some quality brands that are realistically priced? I really appreciate any help you can give a young photographer

like me, even if all you have for me is a link. Thanks in advance!

I have a Pentax K20D and I'm looking at two different wide angle/fisheye lenses.<br><br>

1)Pentax 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5<br>

2)Pentax 14mm f/2.8<br><br>

I want the flexibility of fisheye and wide angle, but is f/3.5-4.5 too slow? I will definitely be using this lens for other

subjects as well, but I'm going to be taking a lot of pictures up on the slopes. Are there any other lenses that I

should be considering? Thanks for your help!

Thanks for the input, I'll try some work on photoshop and see how it turns out. I didn't have a tripod with me so I'll try it using a single raw. In the future though I really want to mess around with HDR.

Thanks for the input, I'll try some work on photoshop and see how it turns out.

I realized this might be a better forum to post this question to instead of the digital cameras forum.<br><br>I've been

shooting SLR for about 4 years now, and have just recently gone digital. I went on a camping trip up in the Cascade

Mountains the other day and tried to get a good shot of two of the peaks at sunrise. I had the problem of an

overexposed sky and a correctly exposed landscape, or an underexposed landscape and a correctly exposed sky.

Basically, my question is, would most of you who shoot digital fix this problem in photoshop? Or would you use

some sort of filter? Thanks for all your input.

I've been shooting SLR for about 4 years now, and have just recently gone digital. I went on a camping trip up in the

Cascade Mountains the other day and tried to get a good shot of two of the peaks at sunrise. I had the problem of an

overexposed sky and a correctly exposed landscape, or an underexposed landscape and a correctly exposed sky.

Basically, my question is, would most of you who shoot digital fix this problem in photoshop? Or would you use

some sort of filter? Thanks for all your input.