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About Steve Meltzer
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I am a professional photographer and I've been shooting for newspapers, magazines, commercial clients and artists for over 30 years.
I have shot stock photography for dozens of years and in 1977 created West Stock (Seattle, WA) which was one of the first to produce stock photo CDs and later one of the first to establish an online stock photo slaes site.
I have a new book on digital photography "PHOTOGRAPHING ARTS, CRAFTS AND COLLECTIBLES (Lark Books, 2007)which is available at Amazon.com, eBay.com and in bookstores like Barnes & Noble and Borders. I have another book, CAPTURE THE LIGHT which will be puiblished in November, 2008.
I write 20-30 feature articles and columns for regional and national publications a year.
My education includes studying with photographers like Cornell Capa, Duane Michels and Oliver Gagliani (from the Ansel Adams Center.)
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You are here: Experts > Arts/Humanities > Visual Arts > Photography > I'm about to buy my first lights- HELP!
Expert: Steve Meltzer
Date: 12/11/2007
Subject: I'm about to buy my first lights- HELP!
Question
"I am about to purchase my 1st set of professional lights for use in my new photography business. I will operate out of my garage studio an am ready to take my photography to the next level and hopefully be able to charge for my photography service in the near future. I have been looking on e-bay at a few studio lighting kits. Usually consisting of something like 2 tripod supports, two white shoot through umbrellas, and 2 "perfect daylight" compact florescent light bulbs all for about $89.00 What do I need to be looking for when buying a light kit (size/Watts), any brand names to stay away from?"
Thanks in advance,
Mally
Answer
Mally
Sorry to say that a pair of $89 cool fluorescents are not going to get you to the next level of anything. While they work well for small scale table top pictures, they are barely usable for portraiture. And forget fashion, group, interior or location work.
You need at least a pair of 300watt/second electronic strobes (and a meter) if you are going to be able to perform on a profesional level.
The cool fluorescents are going to just be a frustration.
Steve
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