Introduction into using strobes

Professional studio light sources generally fall into one of two categories: you can get a kit with a flash head and a power pack, or you can get a monolight kit. A head and power pack kit consists of the flash head and a small power pack that acts as the generator that supplies energy to the flash head. The flash head contains flash tubes that emit light once supplied with high voltages. There are two kinds of power packs: symmetric power packs and assymetric power packs. Symmetric power packs split power equally between multiple flash heads. Asymmetric power packs allow the user to vary the power supply to different flash heads. Monolights, on the other hand, are compact substitutes for a power pack/flash head combinations. Their size limits their power, but they are often desired for their portability. Having all the controls on the power pack makes it easier to change the settings of multiple flash heads in one place quickly. Monolights come with the controls built directly into the light itself. So if you have multiple monolights, you’ll need to control and adjust the settings of each one separately. Head/power pack kits also offer faster flash durations than monolights, which can really come in handy when you want to freeze action during fast motion. They also have faster recycle times.

If you’re shooting outdoors or with complicated modifier setups, you are going to need a lot of power to overcome the sun or the light loss caused by the modifiers. Head/pack systems have a big advantage in the power department. Whereas, if you’re shooting indoors or inside your studio, monolights will probably be more than enough for regular work.With each option, you can find equipment prices that vary widely. Be sure to also check out used gear,  as you can often find good deals on lighting kits that can serve you well. Whichever your choose, keep in mind that the most durable equipment is made mainly of metal rather than plastic. Most lights, regardless of the brand or model, provide heads that come in the form of a strobe surrounded by a reflector. Some, like the Profoto Acute/D4 flash heads, come with a zoom reflector which slides and locks at your chosen position allowing you to further control the spread of light. Their zoom reflector, like many others, provides the ability to attach a honeycomb grid for an even more focused spread, or other kinds of light modifiers used for different effects.

The most common types of light modifers are umbrellas and softboxes. Reflecting umbrellas produce a diffused and soft light due to the larger size of the reflecting surface. They are mounted in such a way that the strobe light is actually facing away from the subject or model. Light flies from the strobe head hitting the inside of the umbrella and then bounces back towards the subject. There are silver-lined, white, and gold tinted umbrellas. Silver-lined umbrellas are the most efficient and can focus light more  narrowly than the other types. White umbrellas offer a wider spread of reflected light, and gold umbrellas produce a warm tone.

Why Photography is important

Photography is important because it allows people to see the world from different perspectives. Thanks to photography, you can admire the most diverse scenarios and situations captured in a frozen moment. Photography is so powerful that it enables you to bring meaningful experiences to others in the form of static images. It allows the diffusion of information about things as they are.

Photography is an excellent hobby because it’s a lot of fun, and you can start at any age. You are not pressured or challenged by anyone. In photography, you can grab a phone and start snapping away. Collect moments, and play with various techniques. The entry barrier is pretty much non-existent.  Photography helps you connect with like-minded people. You can join photography groups and share your experiences, go out and take photos together, challenge and learn from each other.

Pop art

  1. art based on modern popular culture and the mass media, especially as a critical or ironic comment on traditional fine art values.

2. It’s considered pop art because how it pops out and adds colors to it.

3. His work is very creative, that’s why I like his work, his work is mostly pop art

4. I picked him because he does pop art, and also he’s unique

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Andy Warhol Pop art

HDR Pictures and what it means

HDR stands for “high dynamic range.” For those who aren’t so acquainted with this high-tech shutterbug lingo, dynamic range is basically just the difference between the lightest light and darkest dark you can capture in a photo. Once your subject exceeds the camera’s dynamic range, the highlights tend to wash out to white, or the darks simply become big black blobs. It’s notoriously difficult to snap a photo that captures both ends of this spectrum, but with modern shooting techniques and advanced post-processing software, photographers have devised ways to make it happen. 

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My picture ^

My picture sort of good not as good as the others, like real HDR photos. I like how I did mine but it’s cool. The HDR was the assignment I didn’t like. I mean others like doing HDR but it’s not my type of way of doing it. My experience was not really exciting. That’s my opinion on this HDR, I rather do pop art that was a fun assignment to do. HDR is not my best interest. This HDR I did was not great I’d say, I don’t like it. I probably won’t do this again. I like how others do HDR in there own way, but this doesn’t suit me.

20 facts about lens

The cost of a lens depends on several things. Less expensive lenses will generally have variable apertures – so as you zoom, the maximum aperture gets smaller. More expensive lenses have a fixed aperture. Wide angles give an expansive view, and when used correctly, they can wrap you in the scene. Wide angles give an expansive view, and when used correctly, they can wrap you in the scene. Wide angles are also handy in tight areas, like small rooms, cars, caves. They can create volume and expansiveness in a limited space. Standard zoom lenses are great walkaround lenses. They are versatile, allowing you to do wide-angle landscape shooting, before zooming in to the telephoto end to take a great portrait.  standard zooms tend to cover moderate wide-angle focal lengths all the way down to a medium telephoto – they often start at 24mm to 35mm, then zoom to around 70mm or even 105mm. lenses that come as part of a camera package – are standard zooms.  prime lenses offer just one focal length, such as 35mm, 50mm, or 85mm. So a standard prime falls somewhere in that 35mm to 85mm standard range. back in the good old days of film, the most popular standard lens was a standard prime: the 50mm. Telephoto lenses get you close to a subject without actually approaching them. Working with a telephoto lens is like shooting through binoculars because they magnify distant subjects. The most popular telephotos seem to be various flavors of 70-300mm or 70-200mm. Telephoto lenses also compress distance, making everything appear closer together, as opposed to wide-angle lenses, which distort perspective and make things look separate. This can be useful for landscapes when you want the sun or moon to appear large in comparison to other objects in the image.

Shoot like Arron Siskind

Arron Siskind work

His work Is unique than most other photographers. He mostly shoots in black and white. His work is odd in my opinion because how he mostly shoots angles some other weird objects. So I decide to change that to in my work. innovations in abstract photography is what he does which I never heard of. I’d like to do this assignment again because I like doing this. His work is not bad, I know it’s odd but I like it in some way. This work is great, it pretty much blows people’s minds.