Equipment for indoor close up pictures
Equipment for indoor close up pictures | ||
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If you're shooting indoors, you'll want supports for your background and lighting equipment, if you plan to use them. Like a tripod, these are all once-in-a-lifetime expenditures. Go ahead and splurge, because tripods and stands are not the sort of equipment that quickly becomes outmoded by advancing technology. Of course, that doesn't mean you need to spend a fortune. You can even make some of the supports yourself. Light stands, for example, are basically simple telescoping aluminum tripod-like affairs can hold any auxiliary lighting you plan to use, whether it's incandescent or electronic. You can buy 7-foot light stands, or the 9-foot tall variety because they have a larger, steadier base and a little extra height so they can be used as a background support. Background supports themselves can be light stands or something you make yourself, depending on what kind of background you're using. Cloth backgrounds are light in weight and can be supported by just about anything you care to set up, including duct tape applied to nearby furniture. If you're tearing down your "studio" often, you might want to use light stands. You can set one stand on either side of your shooting area, place a wood dowel between them as a horizontal support, and drape your cloth over that. Paper rolls are more challenging, because they can weigh 20 to 30 pounds each. Good-quality light stands may be able to support them if you use a metal pipe or thick wood closet pole as your horizontal support. Or, build something out of 2 x 4 lumber if you're handy. | ||