Any suggestions on affordable photography lighting kits?
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 at
10:06 pm
I’m looking to shoot some portraits at home of my wife and baby. I want to buy at portable studio kit, but I’m not sure which one. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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What is "affordable" to you?
For the price and quality, you can’t go wrong with these:
http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/CF0502K1/
I have the 400 kit and have been very pleased. The reason I would suggest the 200 to you is the fact that the 400′s, even at the lowest output, are sometimes too much for indoor shots. This kit can grow with you as they have an array of modifiers for them, and they can also accept the Elinchrom modifiers as well which is a great quality line of products. They also have single light kits as well, but the two light kits are a bargain after you see the price of the singles. Get the kit and sell one if you only need one.
If you go to B&H website, http://www.bhphotovideo.com , look at the lighting category, find the link for kits, then sort the pages by price low to high, you will get a good idea of what is available at what price range.
LIke this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=sort&A=search&Q=&sortDrop=Price%3A+Low+to+High&bl=&atl=&pn=1&st=categoryNavigation&mnp=0.0&mxp=0.0&sv=2251&bhs=t&shs=&ac=&fi=all&pn=1&ci=2251&cmpsrch=&cltp=&clsgr=
For $200 plus shipping you can get a 2 light kit with softboxes and stands. The lights are 100 watt second, which is low powered by pro standards, but plenty for your living room.
If you want to spend more… there are kits ranging into the thousands of dollars.
As far as "affordable" lighting kits are concerned, there is so much variation as to equipment and what is meant by "affordable" that your question is difficult to answer.
The previous answers were both good ones. I have an additional piece of information for you to consider.
The following site is very specific as to how to purchase and use what amounts to a fairly inexpensive lighting kit. It it a veritable course on lighting. It may prove beneficial to you in your quest.
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/02/welcome-to-strobist.html
Hope that this helps you.
GlixPix