Professional Photography Equipment?
I am a semi-professional photographer.. looking where to find out more about lighting equipment, flash equipment ect.. I currently own a Nixon D60 camera and am wanting to take my pictures to that really professional looking level. I also own photoshop for Mac but need some help figuring it out..so any one there know where to find out more or know more from professional experience.. it would be greatly appreciated to help me start out! Thank you!
Where is a good website to look at equipment? Im looking at folding reflector discs and I dont even know where to start between gold, silver, sunlight, white ect.. what are each for and what are the best brands and types to go with for outside model and wedding shots?
As others have suggested a class can go a long way. In the amount of time it takes me to type this you could have 5 or 6 questions answered in person with visuals.
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101.html Read this, then sleep on it, then read it again.
Many reflectors have all those colors to them. 3-in-1s or 5-in-1s are common.
The center disk is usually covered in difuser material that you can use to soften light.
Gold gives a warm tone to skin colors.
Silver makes specular highlights sparkle more.
Sunlight is a duller gold that reflects more of the sunsets golden tones for when you want to get rid of some shadows.
White reflects the most, and is pretty much neutral.
The size of the reflector probably matters more than the make of it. The shape also has an affect, but round is very common.
Hope this helps
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