More on lighting…
I’ve been searching on ebay for what seems like days and think I have an idea. Ideally, my light kit would include the following:
2 – Softboxes (tungsten light with a cloth box diffuser)
2 – Key Lights (focusable tungsten with normal diffusion and gels)
2 – Accent Lights (non-focusable throws)
I think if I had all of these, I could make just about anything pop indoors. There are kits that use all softboxes, but the examples I have seen are very soft. I’m not a soft kinda guy. I don’t like using softboxes as key lights. I love them as front fills, though. The lowel Pro Light seems to be the ticket for keys. A lot of guys love the versatility of the Tota. With 2 of each of the softboxes and harder keys…the possible combinations become a lot larger that any 4 piece kit available.
I think that if I could buy the lights individually used…I could potentially cut my $1,000 light budget in half. So, the plan is to still buy quality equipment (cause remember: we are not skimping on camera, lighting, or sound), but find new or used deals on ebay individually to make up my ideal kit. I realize that this is not ingenious in itself, but I figured I should record the thoughts. Comments? Always appreciated.







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