I want to get a simple studio and practice portrait photography

1) Induce flash I have chosen.

For the flash of this connection, you can add a receiver to achieve multi-directional lighting in the future. Because I haven't received it yet, it's not good to comment, but the online review is good. The owner is a professional, able to give some advice on professional photography equipment, very patient, I asked four questions for the first time, I didn't buy after answering them one by one, and the second time I asked some questions before shooting.

The shopkeeper is called Xu Yiyong, and netizens are generally called Mr. Xu or Xu DX, which shows that he is more influential, and the shopkeeper has a post on the Hummingbird forum, which can be referred to.

2) The function of the flash is to use the photographic light without power supply when the power supply is inconvenient (for example, the light in the wild forest is relatively dark, and the photographic light cannot be used without power supply; For example, in the deep valley, there is an unknown and beautiful flower; For example, when the outing is approaching dusk, take a group photo, if you use the body flash, the three-dimensional sense is not strong), at a relatively low cost (compared to the cost of professional indoor photography lights), use the wireless flash system and flash (Yinyan, Yongnuo and other flashes are cheaper than the original flash) to achieve the purpose of free lighting.

A wireless trigger system consists of a transmitter (which can be mounted on a flash shoe on a DSLR body), a receiver (which can be mounted on a light stand or a tripod, depending on whether the receiver for the stand or the receiver for the tripod is selected), and a flash mounted on the receiver (you need to pay attention to whether the receiver supports a photographic light).

When setting up the light, all the lights are not on, take a picture to know the lighting effect, this is the benefit of digital cameras. After more experience, I will know how many flashing lights need to be placed in different shooting situations, and where to put the flashing lights.

3) External flash is relative to the built-in flash of the fuselage, such as the trigger system, the main light, and the auxiliary light. Because the brightness of the flash is sufficient, the light can be changed through the use of reflector umbrellas and the placement of the light stand, the distance of the light stand, and the height of the light stand, and the light can be freely distributed according to the shooting needs.

I've also just started playing DSLR, and I've just ordered a copy of the DSLR Digital SLR Photography Bible (with 1***+ Lens Manual).

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I'm also using the D60, and I'm a newbie, but I don't know if it's right, I understand that the trigger is the synchronization of the light of the studio light with the camera.

At the moment when the shutter of the camera is pressed, light enters through the lens.

Of course, there is also the shutter speed of the camera, the speed of the lamp, the intensity of the lamp are all related, the lighting I understand is to play the side light, the backlight is generally a large flat light.

The main light is the light that is relatively strong.

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The steps to set up an indoor studio are as follows:

1. Find a studio of the right size, the proportion of the studio can be 7 4 3 (meters) in length, width and height, and the studio is best to be relatively closed, which can reduce the intrusion of ambient light. The four sides of the wall are required to be non-reflective, not shiny materials, and vents.

2. The specifications of the background paper are mainly blue (sapphire blue) and green (whiskey green), supplemented by black and white. And don't have a wrinkled potato size, don't have a large area of dirty spots. (And the soles of the shoes should be wiped clean when shooting) Note:

Be sure that the color of the background paper is pure, and it is strictly forbidden to replace it with other colors of background paper. When shooting, it is important to ensure that the person is in the background paper.

3. The selection of lights and lamps should be able to meet the conditions of high color temperature, high illumination, low energy consumption and low heat at the same time.

Studio Portrait Photography Tutorial:

1. Studio portraits need to add props according to the needs of shooting, but some basic standing things in the studio need to have, flash, continuous light, background wall, reflector, knives, real scene wall, etc.

2. The studio portrait first determines the style and theme of the shooting, and considers the application of the portrait, which is extremely important and the direction of shooting, because the studio is different from the outdoor.

3. After determining the direction of shooting, choose the appropriate clothes and props for the portrait, etc., these elements are for the purpose of serving the characters and reflecting the theme of the shooting.

4. When you start shooting, try to take a few photos first, observe whether the lighting is in place, pay attention to the expressions and movements of the characters when shooting, and pose for appropriate actions according to the needs of shooting.

5. When shooting, you can chat more with the subject and learn more about the characters, so that you will find or capture surprise pictures, so that the characters can relax, focus their attention on other places, and behave more naturally.

6. Pay attention to the observation of the characters when shooting people, everyone has something special, find and shoot this is excellent, even if it is a picture in a local or other tidbits, it is a success to capture, know yourself and know that you are invincible, and communicate with the characters, rather than making the characters feel that they are taking pictures, you can shoot women a little more, and shoot a little more from the side.

The construction of the studio, the selection of camera equipment and lighting, and the basic operations and steps of portrait photography in the studio, so that everyone can complete the basic studio portrait photography work independently.

When you want to take portrait photography, the light, background, shadows, highlights and other conditions meet the requirements of the photographer, and you can only shoot in the studio, and in order to reduce the cost of the studio, it is best to be able to shoot in the portrait studio, how to make yourself? Prepare props in advance, i.e. white foam boards, a black backdrop, a tripod, two ladders to build the backdrop, and bamboo poles to put on them. The next step is to prepare some load-bearing objects at the top or on both sides of the ladder so that the ladder can be fixed even in the windy outside.

The reason why the black flannel cloth was chosen as the background cloth is because it can absorb light, so you should be careful when shooting, and it is also relatively cheap. But when choosing the fabric, be careful not to have wrinkles, and it must be clean, so that you can make the necessary adjustments in the post-processing software. Find an open space for the studio so that there is no place to block the sun.

Side-lit sunlight of 45 degrees was used as the main light source for the shot, and the prepared white foam was used as the reflector, so that the shadows produced by the characters could be reduced. Of course, the outdoor sunlight value is constantly changing, so you need to do a metering job in advance to determine it. When you want to take portrait photography, the light, background, shadows, highlights and other conditions meet the requirements of the photographer, and you can only shoot in the studio, and in order to reduce the cost of the studio, it is best to be able to shoot in the portrait studio, how to make yourself?

Prepare props in advance, i.e. white foam boards, a black backdrop, a tripod, two ladders to build the backdrop, and bamboo poles to put on them. The next step is to prepare some load-bearing objects at the top or on both sides of the ladder so that the ladder can be fixed even in the windy outside. The reason why the black flannel cloth was chosen as the background cloth is because it can absorb light, so you should be careful when shooting, and it is also relatively cheap.

But when choosing the fabric, be careful not to have wrinkles, and it must be clean, so that you can make the necessary adjustments in the post-processing software. Find an open space for the studio so that there is no place to block the sun. Side-lit sunlight of 45 degrees was used as the main light source for the shot, and the prepared white foam was used as the reflector, so that the shadows produced by the characters could be reduced.

Of course, the outdoor sunlight value is constantly changing, so you need to do a metering job in advance to determine it.

First of all, don't seal all the windows in the studio. The windows in the south, east and west can have different light effects. East-west windows can have a low color temperature effect.

The north-south windows are white, and the north-facing windows will also have a strong directionality when it is cloudy. Build your own lighting system and don't have to buy special lights. You can use your own flash.

Just get the flash out of your camera. Connect the camera with the flash with a sync cable. If you want to use two flashes, you need to connect a flash synchronizer to the flash all the time from one of them.

This ensures that the two flashes are synchronized. For ease of use, both lights and cameras need to have shelves. And I can adjust it.

We can also make some small accessories to perfect our own fixtures. As; In front of the lamp, add diffuse reflective white cloth, transparent drawing paper. Turns the hard light of the flash into scattered light and soft light.

You can also add a barrel-shaped hood in front of the lamp to turn the light from the flash into a spotlight. Strengthens the directionality and directivity of light. The intensity of the flash, which we can control by the distance from the luminaire to the subject, can also be controlled by controlling the intensity of the luminous light.

Make one flash glow full light while the other light only glows 2 3 light or 1 3 light. Controls the light ratio of the main light to the fill light.