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elrasho

elrasho

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I use flash, continuous lighting and studio strobs for a home lighting setup.

The continuous lighting i'd only recommend for product work, not people. Unless you get a monster amount of light it won't be strong enough to get everything well lit (at low ISOs, shutter from 125 - 200/sec and moderate apertures f5.6 - 10). If it's product work then it'll be fine as you can leave your shutter open longer.

A tripod i rarely use on people, its too restrictive unless you capture one shot or very similar looking shots constantly. Or want to be in the photo.

Flash or studio strobes are the way to go for people. Flashes are fine, the one you linked to is a manual flash (make sure it's compatible with your Samsung) so no TTL. That means your camera (if compatible) will just fire it when you press the shutter, you'll have to set the amount of light it produces which is fine and something i much prefer especially for controlled environments / shoots . The one you linked to also does not come with the trigger required to fire it off camera so budget that in as well (circa £10 - 15).

Studio strobes have the advantage of having modelling lights which give you an idea of how lighting will fall against your subject. They run on mains, generally recycle quicker and offer more control on the light.

Whether you go flash or s/strobes and depending on what look you're going for you'll need light modifiers such as umbrellas, softboxes, grids, snoots etc. Again these will start to bump up kit costs again.

It really does depending on what you're shooting and what look you're going for. Some stuff can be done very effectively using a one light setup e.g. off camera flash and a white wall, more complex shots will require lots of different lights and modifiers.
 
That flash is compatible with my NX1000 but in S2 mode only, I'm downloading the manual from the Honk Kong website but its taking ages. Is that lighting kit good enough for what I need it for?
 
elrasho said:
That flash is compatible with my NX1000 but in S2 mode only, I'm downloading the manual from the Honk Kong website but its taking ages. Is that lighting kit good enough for what I need it for?
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I use the same flashgun, you just need to play with it, for my D5200 and close (ish) portraits. 1/64 with the bounce card out and the gun bouncing off the ceiling does a pretty good job. If your shots are coming out yellow, check your white balance setting.
 
That means it'll work as an optical slave, so your Samsung will fire the built in flash which will then trigger the 560III. If i remember correctly for that flash, S1 means it fires first time, S2 means it'll ignore any 'pre' flash (red eye, focusing flash) and fire on the second flash of your Samsung.

As to whether it'll work for what you need, no one can answer that as you've only given very vague example of what you want to do and your expectations. My guess would be no, but that really is a guess and not an educated one either!
 
Sh4rkie said:
That means it'll work as an optical slave, so your Samsung will fire the built in flash which will then trigger the 560III. If i remember correctly for that flash, S1 means it fires first time, S2 means it'll ignore any 'pre' flash (red eye, focusing flash) and fire on the second flash of your Samsung.

As to whether it'll work for what you need, no one can answer that as you've only given very vague example of what you want to do and your expectations. My guess would be no, but that really is a guess and not an educated one either!
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I'll be taking pictures like these: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=v...SAhAfp5ICIAQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1129&bih=965
 
Have a look at some of Mark Wallace's videos on Youtube because he covers studio lighting very well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sKK_lvQiVA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cM96RDzMyM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I75ZwKeA9M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbd3lI36xjM

You'd be able to do a lot with a one light setup plus a modifier (umbrella or softbox, the latter generally giving you more control of your light) and a reflector or two. Two or three lights (inc modifiers) would be better so you can introduce a hair light and a kicker.

Some shots can be painfully simple in there setup (1 light) and look amazing, other shots look similarly simple then you find out it took 5 lights, 20 ft high ceiling and a crew of 20 to achieve the look!

I still for your usage wouldn't recommend that continuous lighting kit you linked to.
 
get a yn560 mark 3, and a yn wireless flash transmitter.
and a lambancy gary phong clone thing
you can get umbrellas too
mk3 has wireless built in, but you will need to use manual exposure on the camera with manual flash
 
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