Friday, June 28, 2013

3 Most Power Lighting Kits That You Must Own

In the field of photography, lighting is the most important aspect to be considered. Thus, for your photography business, you need to buy high quality lighting equipment. Nowadays, high quality and easy to use lighting kits are available which are complete, portable and affordable. Let’s discuss about 3 lighting kits which you must own for your photography business.
  1. Complete Portrait Studio Kit – This is a comprehensive kit which includes everything to light up the subjects in a photo shoot. It includes 2 strobes, 2 soft boxes of 50cm X 70cm, umbrellas, 4 color gels (yellow, white, red and blue), snoot, barndoor of 4.5X5 inch, 1 sync flash B, 3 aluminum light stands (1 small and 2 big), 3 backdrops and a carrying case. The 3 backdrops will be of grey, white and black color with measurements 10X20, 6X9 and 6X9 respectively. The soft boxes and strobes will help to light up the subject. The remaining accessories will help to play with lighting and achieving unique results.
  1. Continuous Soft Box Lighting Kit 2275 W – This kit is available to provide the subject with soft and even lighting to obtain evenly illuminated and bright photos. It contains – 2 light stands, 2 soft boxes of 20X28 inch, 1 support boom stand, 2 power cord, 2 light sockets, a 60 W 5000 K compact fluorescent day light balanced photo bulb, 10 compact and fluorescent daylight balanced photo bulbs of 45 W energy output and 5000K color temperature, 1 soft box quick set up with AC socket, 3 carrying cases for soft boxes, 1 sandbag, 1 two section boom kit with grip head and 1 carrying case. The kit is ideal for making high quality videos.
  1. 4 Mono Light Strobe Photo Studio Flash Kits With Soft Box, Boom & Case – This lighting kit is suitable for your photography business, whether you are setting up a new business or revamping your old business. This is a strobe flash kit which includes all equipments to light up the background as well as foreground. The kit includes 4 mono lights, 4 light stands / tripods, 1 boom kit along with sandbag, 1 wireless trigger, 3 softbox with spring ring, 1 sync cord of 13 feet, 4 color gels, 1 barndoor having 4 leaf and a carrying case.
These 3 kits are easy to set up and use. These are very powerful and are must to have in the professional photography business to achieve great results.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

5 Awesome Father’s Day Gift Ideas For Photographers

Father’s day is almost here and it’s time to show him some love and appreciation by presenting him a gift. He is an exceptional man in your life and therefore, deserves an exceptional gift that he would love to use and treasure for life. Choosing the right gifts can help you appropriately express your love towards him. Your gifts should be tailored for him, mostly based on his likings and requirements. In case you have a photographer dad in your life, here are 5 awesome father’s day gift suggestions by PhotoStudioSupplies
 

Muslin Backdrops

 

 

Whether he is a professional photographer or simply likes to take pictures of your family, muslin backdrops are a good option for him. If he is into green screen photography or you want him to learn trick photography, consider gifting green screen or blue screen backdrops. Also, there are endless varieties of printed muslin backdrops that are sure to help him click amazing pictures. If he is a senior dad and is enjoying his retirement, encourage him to learn trick photography. This will keep him busy and entertained. 
 

A Camera Remote Control

 

Your dad will not enjoy photography if he cannot capture good photographs and one of the best ways to increase the sharpness and quality of photographs is to minimize camera shakes. A photography tripod will be difficult for him to carry, so buy him a camera remote control. This will give them flexibility to shoot from any distance he wants. Shooting self portraits and including himself in family pictures will be much easier with this photography equipment. 
 

Battery Grips

 

 

 


At his age, he might forget charging his camera battery or may not be able to charge them in case he is on vacations. So why not gift him a battery grip that will let him shoot for a longer duration. Battery grips also give you a better grip on your camera. 
 

 
 

Shutter Release

 

Even pressing the shutter button can cause shakes and the best way to avoid unwanted camera movements is to minimize human contact. Let him shoot with more flexibility by using a shutter release cable or a wireless shutter release button. It can be used for most DSLRs and point and shoot cameras. Along with serious shutterbugs, casual photographers like your dad can also use this equipment to capture great everyday shots. 

 

Reflector Kit

 

 

Playing with light is something that your dad would enjoy the most, so buy him a 5 in one reflector kit that has 5 different panels to shoot in 5 different ways. Such kits are lightweight and very useful. Whether he is shooting indoors or outdoors, reflector kit will help him manipulate the way his subject is illuminated.

This father’s day you could also consider enrolling him for a hobby photography class so that he can enjoy his post-retirement life shooting nature, himself, his friends, his life and even his children like you. To celebrate this father-children relationship, PhotoStudioSupplies is offering up to 30% discount on all these and many other photography supplies available on our online store. So don’t miss this opportunity; order now!