Any photographer who works in a studio has more than once faced with a problematic choice of photo studio equipment, or accessories for it. A few tips for those who have not yet decided on the choice.
In order to successfully choose equipment for your photo studio and accessories to it, you need to adhere to the following criteria: stability and consistency of work, reliability in use.
Many budding photographers take advantage of cheap Chinese lighting when choosing equipment for their studio. In principle, to some extent, the right choice can also be, because in order to get used to, gain experience and practice, such equipment may be quite enough.
However, if you need a high-quality final product (photographs) and if you constantly use lighting fixtures and studio accessories, Chinese cheap lighting will suit you perfectly, due to the fact that its technical parameters are not as stable as it would be. we didn't want that. From the rich experience of using such equipment, it is known that cheap light has a very short operational life.
Many professional photographers emphasize that such devices lack stability of color temperature and power. A significant difference can be seen during burst shooting, at which point exactly the same flashes can work in different ways. You can also remember about Chinese light discs, which crumble when folded. It's better to pay once for normal equipment than pay twice for bad equipment!
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Studio accessories.
In addition to lighting fixtures, studio accessories play a very important functional role in photo studio equipment:
- reflector holders, which fix the reflectors in the desired position for you;
- wind blowers, allowing you to create a wind effect in the studio;
- radio synchronizers that allow you to synchronize all studio equipment for maximum automation of processes. It will save you from a huge amount of wires in the studio, increase the comfort and efficiency of work.
- reflectors, will help you to evenly reflect the light throughout the studio, and get a professional studio light treatment.
- softboxes will help you create a directed diffused stream of light from a light source in the studio.
- boxes for macro photography, with such an accessory you will achieve softness, uniformity and volume of the photographed object during macro photography.
- pencils for removing "red-eye", will help you to avoid "red-eye" in photographs.
- exposure meters (flash meters), in order to measure pulsed and continuous lighting. With their help, you can determine the photographic exposure from the incident light.
- background clamps, with their help you can achieve a full stretch of the background. They can also be used when attaching other accessories in the studio.
- Diffuser holders, fix diffusers in any position for perfect studio lighting.
- holders on the stand, thanks to them you can fix any necessary accessory in the studio at any angle you want.
As much technology is in the world, there are as many accessories to it. It is very difficult to list all the existing photo accessories.
Without them, we will not achieve the desired professional results in photographic work.
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Studio backgrounds.
To make your photos look professional, you can't do without studio backdrops in your studio. The most optimal studio backgrounds for modeling, advertising, portrait shooting are plain backgrounds made of thick paper 2.7x11m, there are many different colors in the assortment.
Every good professional should have a variety of backgrounds in different colors in their arsenal.
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Studio photo umbrellas.
In a photo studio, it is very difficult to do without a studio umbrella. Since in order for the photos to be of high quality, well-saturated with color, you need good lighting of the subject. For this, umbrellas are needed that scatter light and prevent the light beam from hitting one point, thereby not creating glare in photographs.
There are several types of umbrellas: photo-umbrella reflector, which is also designed to diffuse light.
Photo umbrellas allow you to create a soft, uniform flow of light that provides in photographs.
In the studio, photo umbrellas play a very important role, because without them you will not be able to achieve the kind of lighting that will make your photos truly attractive and undoubtedly professional.
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Studio flash units
Flash is photo-illuminator of impulse action. It is a lamp that instantly illuminates the subject for shooting while taking photographs.
There are automatic and non-automatic flashes.
Pulsed gas discharge lamps are the main element of modern photographic flashes. It is a sealed glass tube that can be straight, spiral, arcuate, or circular. At the end of the tube there are soldered electrodes, and on the other side there is an ignition electrode, in the form of a strip of mastic, which has a potential for current passage. The spark in the lamp is obtained by connecting the electrodes to a sufficiently powerful voltage source (more than one hundred volts).
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