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product photography lighting
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hi, I’m a graphic designer, some of my clients need products shot from time to time.
I need to get a budget lighting system up and running in my studio.Ive bee looking on ebay and found two systems.
1 continous lighting found here,
http://cgi.ebay.ie/Studio-Light-Set-5400K-Soft-Box-Background-Lighting-UK_W0QQitemZ140261316530QQihZ004QQcategoryZ3860QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem2 Flash system found here
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(the girls are not included)
Anyway i need some good advice, i have a canon 450d and mostly shoot products for the cosmetic industry (lipstick to handbags)
Many thanks
Ger
Now I am no expert but if you are always going to be photographing smallish things that might have a reflective surface a light tent would be a good idea as it would diffuse the light and prevent the room from showing up in the reflections
Just a thought :)
Oh and I meant to say thats cheap flash gear you appear to get a lot for your money but is it any good? discuss?
I dont want to limit myself to the size of a light tent, but the products will fit on an A0 size drawing table.
I’m not sure which style of lighting is better suited to my needs continous or flash.My Mac is near by and i will be viewing and shooting from screen, so the continous light source seems to make more sense to me.
But this is what i am trying to assertain.I am on quite a tight budget so no point in discussing products above 250 euro.
thanks
ger
has anyone on the forum purchced any on the above light kits?
Any help on achieving the best budget set-up would be much appreciated
ger
Just a note on your third item here. They are based in Hong Kong so you may incur duty and VAT when bringing it in. Items from UK or other parts of EU won’t incur this. I don’t know what the rate of duty is on this kind of stuff but VAT will add another 21%.
Fergus
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