Shooting in a basic studio...tonight!

[norvic-boy]

Hey,

Tonight I have my first ever studio shoot, the daunting thing is that its a live shoot for the intake of my college.
As I won't have much time for prep before the shoot starts due to other things within the intake I have to take part in, I was wondering what the best settings would be for the camera.

On previous experiences of portrait I was planning on F/7.1, ISO 100, white balance on 'flash' and what ever shutter speed that hits the spot!

Would this be the right way to go about it?

 

[Danger_Mouse]

stick your camera on manual

shutter at 1/200
ISO at 100

then get your lights set up at about half power.

get a light meter and see what F stop your lights are working at.

set your camera to that F stop.

if you want to work at a different Fstop adjust the lighting power and take fresh light meter reading to make sure you are working at the lighting power for that Fstop.

hope that helps, but just stay relaxed and take your time. if its to get into college they wont want you knowing everything just a willingness to learn.

good luck

 

[norvic-boy]

I tend to work in M anyway. But around 1/200 sounds good. =)

I'll try metering the light, but the college doesn't actually have a decent light meter...!

Thankfully its not to get in to the college... I'm already in. But its more to prove my worthyness... haha.

 

[merv]

Normally you set your main light to f11 or f8 and the secondary light one stop less to either f8 or f5.6. Use a light meter to set these and alter the light power accordingly. Set your camera on manual using the f stop of the main light and a shutter speed which is dependent on the flash sync speed of the camera. 1/125 is a safe speed for general use. Use flash white balance

 

[norvic-boy]

Thanks very much... The shoot went really well. I will post the results within next week! =)

 

[EOS_JD]

Shutter speed should not matter in your exposure. The only thing you want your shutter speed to do is block out any ambient light. 1/125 up to your cameras synch speed generally does the job in a standard studio.

To set up your shot, you should use a light meter to set your subject exposure correctly. You can use the camera but it's trial and error.

Also the meter is useful for setting the exposurre to your background and fill lights/hair light etc. What 's the setup in the studio?

I always shoot RAW so no need to worry about the white balance.