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WHITE/BLACK
REFLECTION UMBRELLA: 44"
The White/Black umbrella
is made of the new P-Satin clothes-PU bonding with high denier
Satin. Their Black cover can achieve almost 100% light reflection
rate and provide soft almost shadowless light, which is suitable
for indirect and diffusive lighting. A wonderful method of softening
the light. You get one of these.
Technique:
Photographers use these umbrellas
to diffuse and soften light; in portraits, for example, this
soft lighting very effectively hides many of the lines and wrinkles
on the faces of our victims (umm, our "subjects" :),
making them look younger and more vital. It's also great for
photographing highly reflective surfaces, such as jewelry, glass,
and chrome (it avoids the bright reflections that mess up our
pictures). But don't let our clients know our little secrets,
just accept their appreciation (along with your quickly-escalating
fees), and let them believe it was your phenomenal photographic
skill that made them (or their products) look so damn good!
Look, you're spending a lot of time and money acquiring the
equipment, and learning the skills of the photographic arts;
you're becoming a skilled professional; your work is valuable
as well as beautiful. Don't price yourself out of the market,
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Here's a great little accessory
that all photographers always need more of: a panning light head with integral umbrella holder!
You get TWO of these with this great 3 Strobe Starter Kit. It's
hard to wax philosophic about a photographic accessory, but anyone
who's ever worked with lights knows that these little tools are
absolutely indispensable. For example, even a super-duper, antique,
$100,000.00 table lamp isn't going to do anyone much good without
a light bulb that works. It's hard to admire anything sitting
in the dark! But this little baby works, and keeps on working.
You'll need one of these for every standard e-27 Edison base
strobe or continuous light you'll ever work with (the E-27 is
the standard household light socket size, so you can use "regular"
lights with it too, if need be). Plus, this little baby has an
integral (built-in) umbrella holder, which saves you from having
to buy an additional umbrella adapter, whenever you might want
to "bounce" the light off of (or through) an umbrella.
You're getting TWO of these great Tilt/Swivel Bulb Holders with
this package (they're used with your AS-32B Bare Bulb Strobe,
and your AS-66 Mini-Strobe).
Specifications:
Single standard E-27 bulb socket
On / Off switch
10 foot power cord
3/8" Stud for attaching to light stands
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 You're
also getting a great new 9' x 12' Raw Muslin Background / Backdrop to start you off! This is a great starter
background for those of us who are just begining to realize the
importance of backdrops to good photography. Raw muslin is a
lovely cream color (sort of like this background color), and
has been used in its raw state as a favorite of photographers
for decades. Be advised that this is a brand new, top quality,
100% pure cotton muslin (unlike the cheap recycled and cotton
blend so-called "muslins" that others have been selling
online recently). Also, you can easily dye and/or paint raw muslin
to create beautiful custom backgrounds that sell for up to $450.00!
Of course, you can paint, sponge, or dye this great muslin, too,
if you like, but raw muslin is one of today's most popular background
colors. What IS a "Muslin" you may ask? Muslin is a
type of cotton material that is light weight, easily hung, draped,
stretched, folded, or rolled. It's easy to paint and dye, and
relatively inexpensive. Unlike paper rolls, it can be washed
whenever necessary (as with all 100% cotton items, you can expect
a 5% 10% shrinkage after the first wash); and unlike canvas,
it won't crack, peel, dent, or dry out.You'll likely acquire
several different color muslins as your photographic needs advance.
But if your budget won't stretch to buy additional backgrounds,
you add to your background creativity by using a bed sheet (iron
it first, so all the wrinkles are gone), or a wall, or buy some
cheap material at a local fabric store (use solid colors, or
mellow blends; avoid loud or busy patterns or designs - they
just detract from your subject. You want your background to compliment
your subject, not overpower it). Set your victim (um, your "subject,"
that is:) at least 4-6 feet in front of your background (whatever
it may be), and place your background strobe behind your subject
(hidden from the camera's view, of course). No need to spend
a fortune to get great pictures, just be imaginative and creative
with the equipment you have. Please note that this muslin does
not come hemmed or with a loop sewn across the top (however,
it's a simple matter to make a loop - to insert a background
cross bar through - with a few safety pins (real photographers
improvise:), or you can sew one yourself, if you're handy); it
really doesn't matter, though, because we never show the outside
edges of our backgrounds in our pictures, anyway.
Why, you may ask, do we need
a 12 foot muslin background when we'll rarely need to raise our
background support set above 7 to 8 feet high? Good question.
The answer? Because, as a photographer, I know that we often
want to curve a few feet of our background material onto the
floor under our subjects. This allows us to make full-length
shots of a (standing or sitting) subject, and have the background
continue under their feet. Also, it allows us to curve the background
material along the floor (also under our subjects) to eliminate
the horizon line (e.g., the line where the wall or background
meets the floor); it may sound a bit esoteric to you now, but
as soon as you start using background support sets, and discover
all the neat stuff we can do with it, it'll become clear to you.
Things like these are one of the reasons why you're better off
acquiring your photographic equipment from a photographer,
instead of from just someone trying to "sell" you photographic
equipment, because a photographer knows why something
is important (or NOT important) for you to have, and how
you can use it to improve your photography. Of course, "you
da boss," because it's your hard-earned money you're
spending - so you decide what to buy, and from whom to buy it
(however, since PhotoSource3 not only knows photography, is willing
to help you, and also has the best prices; it's really
a no-brainer:)!
Tell
me some more about backgrounds....
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