lights
Brigette
I have a few questions. I can't quite get what you are talking about on your lightening. I have an enclosed booth with black curtains and it is open on the top. I use a webcam also. I have been using the small rounded lights (kinda of like spotlights) clamped on each side. I feel like I am doing something wrong. I get shadows. Could you tell me in detail how you set yours up. I can't decide if I should leave the top open or not. Just need some advise. I keep seeing different booth details and not enough about the lights.
Thank you
Brigette Mottram
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2 Posted by zchurchz on 18 Jul, 2012 01:29 PM
A real photographer would probably have better advice for you but I can guess that your lights are not diffused (softened by material/film). Having reflective curtains helps some with back lighting and a top helps control ambient lighting.
3 Posted by jcastro89 on 20 Jul, 2012 07:11 PM
I use clamp lights in my booth too. I use three 10 inch lamp heads with 2 100 watt equivalent cfl bulbs in each head. I place one lamp head in the center above my monitor and webcam and the other two in the left and right corners of my booth. This helps to spread the light across the width of my booth instead of just having one light source in the center. The truth is that even with the 6 100 watt bulbs in my booth it is still under-lit. I also have to go into my preference settings for my webcam (MS LifeCam Cinema) and manually adjust the exposure/brightness/contrast and focus.
The big difference with my booth and most others is that I use white walls as well as a white background. White tends to bounce the lights I have set up around even more than black walls. Black tends to absorb the light.
Here's what my photos look like.
My biggest problem is when my customers stand too far back they aren't a lit up as I would like them to be, but it's the best I can do with what I have for now :)
4 Posted by Nana Mottram on 23 Jul, 2012 09:49 PM
Thanks for emailing me back. Do you have a cover over your booth or is it just opened? Also, you said you put the light clamps on the left and right. Are they in the middle on each side or in the back on each side of the booth?
Thanks for all your help!
Brigette Mottram
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5 Posted by brian on 24 Jul, 2012 05:33 AM
Just to throw another suggestion for potential purchasers of Sparkbooth. Great pictures do not require expensive or bulky lighting. We use logitech 9000 cameras with a 15 watt florescent light bar placed on top of structure($9). Adjustments are made in the logitech software.
www.showtimephotobooth.net
6 Posted by jcastro89 on 24 Jul, 2012 07:50 AM
My booth is open top. The clamp lights I use are placed at the front of my booth over the monitor and camera. One light head is in the middle, one on the left front corner and one on the right front corner of my booth.
Brian is correct, however I am also trying to light up about 7 feet of space in front of my camera. My clients stand anywhere in my booth from 1 foot away all the way to 7... so I have to ensure that I get acceptable lighting across that.
7 Posted by Nana Mottram on 28 Jul, 2012 12:13 PM
You have been so helpful! Is it anyway I could call you? I do better talking and understanding than reading emails. I would really appreciate it.
Thank you
Brigette Mottram
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