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Category: studio

Studio flash power usage

By GarfPosted on 2022-05-062022-05-10Cat Journal, Photography, studioLeave a comment
Another question I saw on on a photography forum recently... "I run 300w strobes how do I work out the kWh on them? Do I use 300 watts of electric each time I fire them?" Firstly, you should have paid more attention in physics class. :-) Your studio flash is not 300 watts. It is… Read More »

Home made light modifier

By GarfPosted on 2020-05-012022-05-11Cat Journal, Photography, studio, Technology
OK, so we are still in coronavirus lockdown here in the UK and I have spent the afternoon playing! :-) I saw the basic idea on a web forum on a photography site, and decided to look around my garage and see if there was any thing suitable to produce something similar. I also took… Read More »

Safer modelling lights for Chinese flash head units

By GarfPosted on 2019-11-202022-05-10Cat Journal, Photography, studio, Technology2 Comments
An interesting question came up a little while back on one of the photography fora to which I belong "I'd be interested in knowing how you swapped the halogen bulbs for LEDs  because I have the same problem and as you say those bulbs are hotter than hell, makes using modelling lights with a grid… Read More »

Cheap but effective continuous studio lighting

By GarfPosted on 2017-02-112022-05-10Cat Journal, Photography, studio, TechnologyLeave a comment
For continuous lighting, one needs a light source that has good colour balance, uses power efficiently, is reasonably robust and does not present a health or fire risk. I am also a tightwad - interested primarily in "bangs per buck". Whilst I love new technology, I am not prepared to pay silly money for it.… Read More »

Setting up a home studio

By GarfPosted on 2017-01-252022-05-10Cat FAQ, Journal, Photography, studio1 Comment
When we moved home a few years back, one of the most significant parts of our specification was a detached property with enough space for a reasonable sized home studio. We were looking for a place with a rectangular downstairs room, with no internal obstructions, roughly 6.0m x 4.0m, c/w a cloakroom on the same… Read More »

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