When everyone says "careful lighting" for this product, what do they mean? Will work if I have subjects in front, and want to use digital backdrops?
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I'm not sure exactly what they mean, but there is spill over onto subjects. You want them to be at least 6 ft away from it. 8 ft is better. Lighting needs to be placed where the back shadows are off of the backdrop for easy removal. And reflections in glasses will be green too. Hope that helps!
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It will work exactly for that purpose. However you need to be very careful that there are no shadows or bright spots on the paper when you photograph your subject or it will be difficult to mask out the green without accidentally removing some of your subject. Imaging and 'dark green' shadows or 'light green / white' spots caused by lighting wont actually be 'green' when you try to chromakey the photograph
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Not really, you can move the lighting anywhere you like to give the effect you want on any particular photo you're going to take.
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Definitely ProGray if you have some ambient light. It will help improve contrast ratio, by giving you deeper black color. With some room lighting it will prevent the picture from looking washed out. Also the ProGray one is a heavier material, so it doesn't really need to be tension mounted, you can easily get away with just hanging it.
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I'm not sure this is what you want, I bought it for my son to make videos where he can then add in a different background. Not sure if this is what you want to do with your pictures. It needs extra lighting.
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Dump the crappy CFL's and use proper photo-floods. I use 500w photo floods and make sure the umbrellas are not super close. This is a really good-value-for-money setup. It won't last a million years but if you are doing casual shooting, occasionally, it is just fine.
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I didn't have a problem with the lights. I don't do a ton of photography with them anyways. And honestly, most photography lights are going to be hot anyways. They worked great for me, just keep in mind that they do get hot and you'll need to handle them with oven mits. I also tried to turn them off when i wasn't using them to help keep them cooler.
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Hi, I use it for the makeup shoots . But you need to know that it's not enought if you stand as far as a foot from you client. Better use some really good lighting
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I did think that the backdrop should have been more substantial. I actually put something behind it so that it was not transparent. But I did have it set up in front of my living room window. I also had an addition problem. One of the lighting units does not work properly. Sometimes it will come on when I flip the switch then other times it won't. There appears to be some sort of circuit problem. Is it too late for me to exchange that lighting unit for another one.
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Thank you so much for answering my question. I'm just begenning and the only backdrop I have is a blue one and I want to try this digital backgrounds collection to see how it works out for me. How has it worked for you?
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The price is right for that application but the lights glow red while taking a picture. You are looking for no glow or black led's. There are lots of models to choose from but you will pay a little more to get that.
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I don't know why not. You won't have a hair light or background light, but you'll have a main and a fill. I have two pair, so I could use my second pair to light a distant background. If your clothes rack & makeup case are close enough, the fall-off of your main and fill should light the background fine. For a hair light, I got a ePhoto 600 LED Professional Studio Video Light Panel - ePhoto 600 LED Professional Studio Video Light Panel Photography Lighting Sony V Mount by ePhotoinc CN600SD which I put on a large boom I already own.
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It will work fine under regular circumstances, to the best of my knowledge. Unless you work with studio strobes, like me. Then there are problems. So it's just gathering dust on my shelf...
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The ePhoto is quite flexible but the backdrops are not very big. They are big enough for the work that I am doing, but if you had to include several people in a scene the backdrop would not be large enough. Did I answer your question?
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Its on the front so aiming might be kinda hard , umm just make sure you have the proper lighting and it will get the job done. No flash either so yeah lighting is important.
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This light certainly works while recording or still shots. it also has a little knob to adjust the brightness. In my opinion very inexpensive and definitely worth the buy. You might want to buy a bracket for you camera because the light isn't small. If you camera is bracket ready then this is certainly the light for you. I own a Nikon p500 so our cameras are both similar In style but not the actual same camera. This is why I suggest making sure your camera would support the light either by bracket or your camera may even have something to already support the light on top. Sorry I could not help on the last portion of your question. But I would certainly recommend this light. This light certainly works while recording or still shots. it also has a little knob to adjust the brightness. In my opinion very inexpensive and definitely worth the buy. You might want to buy a bracket for you camera because the light isn't small. If you camera is bracket ready then this is certainly the light for you. I own a Nikon p500 so our cameras are both similar In style but not the actual same camera. This is why I suggest making sure your camera would support the light either by bracket or your camera may even have something to already support the light on top. Sorry I could not... » Read More This light certainly works while recording or still shots. it also has a little knob to adjust the brightness. In my opinion very inexpensive and definitely worth the buy. You might want to buy a bracket for you camera because the light isn't small. If you camera is bracket ready then this is certainly the light for you. I own a Nikon p500 so our cameras are both similar In style but not the actual same camera. This is why I suggest making sure your camera would support the light either by bracket or your camera may even have something to already support the light on top. Sorry I could not help on the last portion of your question. But I would certainly recommend this light. « Show Less
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I was making an outdoor backdrop. When it was early morning and in the shade with no back lighting it worked fine. But assoon as the sun would hit something bright in the background or the sun came out and hit the back it showed real bad. I did not test to see how it work if the sun was hitting the front.
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In that kind of environment, where you're standing in the dark but the kids on stage are lit, it performs very well. In fact, we had a concert at my church a couple weeks ago and I shot in those precise conditions... and the pictures turned out great! Oh... don't be afraid to bump your ISO, even up to 3200, and you should be fine. ヅ