50d Studio Settings...?

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I am shooting a model as part of my class at the Glasow Met...and I just want to make sure I am on the right train of thought...and not going to make a donkey of myself...

Ill also say here that there will bw supervision at all times...who can help with info thru out...but like I say...I just dont want make a donkey of myself...

I 'll have a white background to allow the model to be isolated in PS for a layer...a rear flash will illuminate the white background (he said at 2 stops higher...? that what...?) and a flash softbox at the front left of the model...

I would imagine that I would be shooting in Aperture Priority...at a variety of focal lengths...for the differing model poses that I need...I have worked this bit out...

I dont know yet if it will only be sync lead or if a wireless trigger yet...

I wee bit of general help would be great...do I require to set up the lights at trigger speeds or do the sync lead.trigger do this automatically...?

THANKS to all who pass on their knowledge...!!!

STEVIER
 
Okies, studio stuff is a bit different :)

Your shutter speed will be the sync speed of the camera so stick it on 1/200.

ISO will be 100

That leaves aperture. Studio togs talk in apertures. You will soon get used to "Give me f8 on the main light!" talk.

What is going on there is that the lights are set up to give apertures at these given shutter/ISOs. The power output on the lights is measured in the studio using a light meter. The background you were asking about? That will be up to 2 stops brighter than the main light on the subject and is dependant on the amount of light on the subject and the distance between the subject and background (if it is too bright on the background and it can bounce back and is called spill)

So..... you will have one main light at perhaps f5.6 or f8 (at 1/200 ISO 100) and your background will be metered at f11 so it will overexpose.

It all seems a bit confusing at first until you get used to the idea that it's manual and once you set to 1/200 and ISO 100 then all you need to do is adjust those lights to the given aperture and off you go. The best thing is that once set, it does not have to change unless you want to go for a different look.

Hope that helps. Have fun!
 
CHEERS

Itll sure be interesting...look out for the photos...maybe Monday...As Ill be out the rest of the weekend...

STEVIER
 
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