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Photography Studio Equipment: Soft Boxes
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Photography Studio Equipment: White Boards
Photography Studio Equipment: Gobos
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Photography Studio Equipment: Electronic Backgrounds
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Photography Studio Equipment: Strobes
Photography Studio Equipment: Power Packs
Photography Studio Equipment: Monolights
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Photography Studio Equipment: Grids
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Photography Studio Equipment: Louvers
Photography Studio Equipment: Barndoors
Photography Studio Equipment: Slaves
Photography Studio Equipment: Sync Cords
Photography Studio Equipment: Tripods
Photography Studio Equipment: Portrait Pre-test
Photography Studio Equipment: Portrait Lighting Patterns
Photography Studio Equipment: Background Stands
Photography Studio Equipment: Coves
Photography Studio Equipment: Gels
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Summary: When shooting portraits, do a pre-test before your subject arrives. Get your lighting set up based on an inexpensive wig head. Learn about portrait pre-test in this free video on studio equipment for photography.
Scott Vallance graduated from Brooks Institutes of Photography and had a commercial studio in San Diego. He shoots in San Antonio. Scott specializes in commercial photography but has...read more
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"In this clip I want to talk about just a simple way to make your life a little easier. If you shoot portraits, I personally like to set up my lights basically before my client gets there and so what I've done is I went out and bought a simple wig head made of styrofoam and then I can kind of set up my light patterns and stuff like that for, before the person gets there and it makes the job once they get there a lot simpler. I'm not a photographer that sets my lights up one way and always uses that type of light pattern. So a lot of times I've met with the person ahead of time. I know if I want a, what type of lighting pattern I want to do on them and I'll get my lights set up and then when they get there I'll fine tune them. It just makes everything a lot simpler and these wig heads can be purchased pretty simply and cheaply, and you just come in and set your lights for the type of pattern that you want to do."
eHow Article: Photography Studio Equipment: Portrait Pre-test
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