Printing General Question

[PopsPhotos]

Colin, exactly what in this blasted hobby IS straight-forward? I'm dying to find something. ANYTHING!!!!!

The only straight-forward constant in this hobby/business is that it will cost you 127.5% of what you can afford.

Pops

[sleist]

Sucks to be you

Not really, but I've heard it said, at times, that it sucks to be around me. Might have been my ex that said that so you may need to take that with a grain of salt.

The damn thing was working fine and then Windows developed a mind of it's own. I will see Bill Gates in hell and spend my eternity making his afterlife miserable.

[sleist]

The only straight-forward constant in this hobby/business is that it will cost you 127.5% of what you can afford.

Pops

So true, Pops. [sigh]
But it is fun as hell isn't it?

[Peter Ryan]

They say a yacht is a hole in the water in which you throw money.

I am sure you smart people can come up with a similar saying for photography.

[Colin Southern]

Not really, but I've heard it said, at times, that it sucks to be around me. Might have been my ex that said that so you may need to take that with a grain of salt.

Reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw ... "I still miss my ex, but my aim is improving"!

The damn thing was working fine and then Windows developed a mind of it's own. I will see Bill Gates in hell and spend my eternity making his afterlife miserable.

Unfortunately, Bill has been gone for a few years now.

[ScoutR]

Surely you mean studio lights? (as in plural). Seriously, plan on starting with AT LEAST 2, if not 3. You'll need 1 for key, 1 for background (I use 2 for this normally to get even lighting), and another for fill and/or hair.

Sometimes I'm using 5 AND a couple of reflectors!

Awwwww Colin, how you love to spend what little cash I have. I only want to do some humble florals and still lifes, I was hoping one studio light and a reflector would be an improvement on what I have now - No?

Wendy

[sleist]

They say a yacht is a hole in the water in which you throw money.

I am sure you smart people can come up with a similar saying for photography.

I bought a Nikon to shoot pictures, but I'm shooting holes in my bank account intstead.

[Colin Southern]

Awwwww Colin, how you love to spend what little cash I have. I only want to do some humble florals and still lifes, I was hoping one studio light and a reflector would be an improvement on what I have now - No?

Wendy

Hi Wendy,

Possibly - just depends on what you want to do with the backgrounds. Black you'll be fine - white you won't. Grey you'll probably be OK.

One of the biggest "gotchas" in portraiture is "why doesn't my white background look white" and the answer is "because the foreground light is falling away) ... ie you need to light it seperately. Having just said that however, you can often use an external speedlite type flash to do that (as can you use them in place of more expensive strobes if the subject isn't moving) (you just hit them with multiple shots and/or multiple flashes from the same flash unit, if you get what I mean).

[Colin Southern]

I bought a Nikon to shoot pictures, but I'm shooting holes in my bank account intstead.

I heard Nikon gear was really expensive!

[Captured]

No way am I ready to wrap my little brain around all this calibrating monitors and colors etc.,
Yikes! but I know I'll need to Especially since I do want to print my pictures!!...I'm going to have to come back to this thread!!

[Colin Southern]

No way am I ready to wrap my little brain around all this calibrating monitors and colors etc.,
Yikes! but I know I'll need to Especially since I do want to print my pictures!!...I'm going to have to come back to this thread!!

Just remember Krisztina, when it comes to photography, there's not problem that money can't cure ... so long as you have enough of it!

[Captured]

Just remember Krisztina, when it comes to photography, there's not problem that money can't cure ... so long as you have enough of it!

Do you know how many times I've wished I could win the Lotto lately??