Ghetto light setup

blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
edited February 13, 2005 in Holy Macro
Been messing around with some indoor setup's and a cheap ghetto light setup. Today I bought some GE Reveal 100 watt bulbs and wanted to see how they worked. Here are two of the shots I shot with it. Let me know what you think.

Settings were:
20D
f/14
ISO 100
Flash fired, Sigma super 500

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Pictures of the Ghetto light setup
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  • John MuellerJohn Mueller Registered Users Posts: 2,555 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2005
    Excellent.Thanks for sharing the behind the scenes.
    No matter the set-up,its the end results thumb.gif
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited February 8, 2005
    nothin wrong with ghetto... minus the camera equipment, what'd you spend, maybe $50 total? results look quite uniform and clean to me thumb.gif
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  • blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2005
    Thanks guys, I was told about these new bulbs called GE Reveal. They make a more pure white so I got to of them. They seem to work really well.

    Total I belive I have around $50 in the entire setup. I did a couple more last night tell me what you think, area's I can improve in.

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,938 moderator
    edited February 8, 2005
    Hey, I resemble that remark :D

    Seriously, HDB's (Home Depot Bees) work pretty well. I might have to
    upgrade bulbs though.

    Ian
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  • blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    Hey, I resemble that remark :D

    Seriously, HDB's (Home Depot Bees) work pretty well. I might have to
    upgrade bulbs though.

    Ian
    HAHA, but yea check those bulbs out they work great, one word of advise though, they seem to get very hot for some reason so be careful
  • lynnmalynnma Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 5,208 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2005
    ok now I'm confused.. when I did my calendar ladies last year I took a couple with "ghetto" lighting indoors and got a horrible orange cast in strange places.. (upper lip, upper arms, necks, under eyes and chins) and I was told that you can't really mix flash with regular indoor lighting.. because of precisely that.. the cast.. so I'd like to revisit that and hear some comments.. your shots look good by the way.. the back ground is very white.ne_nau.gif I've been paranoid about lighting ever since.. 1drink.gif
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  • blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2005
    lynnma wrote:
    ok now I'm confused.. when I did my calendar ladies last year I took a couple with "ghetto" lighting indoors and got a horrible orange cast in strange places.. (upper lip, upper arms, necks, under eyes and chins) and I was told that you can't really mix flash with regular indoor lighting.. because of precisely that.. the cast.. so I'd like to revisit that and hear some comments.. your shots look good by the way.. the back ground is very white.ne_nau.gif I've been paranoid about lighting ever since.. 1drink.gif
    Both those were taken with the lights and the flash. The flash was bounced off the ceiling and has a Omni bounce on it so that might be why it defusses alot of the light.

    I'm shooting -1 on exposure, and 0 on the flash.
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited February 8, 2005
    jdsphotography wrote:
    Total I belive I have around $50 in the entire setup. I did a couple more last night tell me what you think, area's I can improve in.
    I should be on the Price is Right :D
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,938 moderator
    edited February 8, 2005
    DoctorIt wrote:
    I should be on the Price is Right :D
    Yeah but they don't have the toys you're good at pricing :D

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  • blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2005
    DoctorIt wrote:
    I should be on the Price is Right :D
    That was a pretty good gues, give or take a few dollars :)
  • imaximax Registered Users Posts: 691 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2005
    Hey Jeremy,

    I appreciate the info on this setup. I went out today and attempted something similar and here is what happened.

    The setup for e-bay for a matchbox auction
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    70 Chevelle SS
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    The Gov'ner
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    The background piece of material was picked up today at the local flea market. $2.00 for a 6 x 8 backdrop. No white today but plenty of other colors. Thanks for the suggestion on the lights they seem to work great for these types of shots.
  • blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2005
    Looks good :) I need to get a dark background for some shots.
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited February 13, 2005
    jdsphotography wrote:
    Thanks guys, I was told about these new bulbs called GE Reveal. They make a more pure white so I got to of them. They seem to work really well.
    headscratch.gif I'm not understanding the "more pure white" bit. Sounds like expensive marketing hype to me. Soft light vs. harsh light I do understand, but whatever the color temperature of the bulbs used, can't one just WB for them? As Shay Stephens once said "light is light."
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  • blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2005
    David_S85 wrote:
    headscratch.gif I'm not understanding the "more pure white" bit. Sounds like expensive marketing hype to me. Soft light vs. harsh light I do understand, but whatever the color temperature of the bulbs used, can't one just WB for them? As Shay Stephens once said "light is light."
    I think what it means is the color temp is the same as daylight.
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