Comments on: Studio Lighting tutorial movie by Damien Lovegrove

By: damien

damien — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:38:06 +0000

Hi Tania,
I hope you don’t mind me asking what make did you go for? Are you happy with it? I’m looking at Photoflex CoolStar and Wallimex at the moment.

Regards,

Damien.

By: Tania

Tania — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:17:49 +0000

Thanks for your advice Damien. I really appreciate it! That is exactly what I have bought (phew!) Keep up the amazing work. You are a real inspiration to those of us starting out.

Warm regards,
Tania

By: damien

damien — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:22:47 +0000

Thanks Tania,

These things happen. I would seriously consider cool running continuous light. You can get softboxes with the spiral type folded fluorescent lamps inside. Perfect for photographing families and children.

Damien.

By: Tania

Tania — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:14:30 +0000

Hi Damien,
I am really sorry to hear that. It is so unfair when you work really hard to share so much knowledge for free already. Buying your DVD’s or going on one of your courses is not much to ask if anyone needs more information. I certainly hope too one day!
I am torn between buying a continuous lighting setup or flash studio kit. As a beginner, which would you recommend for child and family portraits? I am leaning towards continuous, but if I do, is it necessary to use off camera flash with it? Thanks so much for your advice and really hope to meet you soon! Can’t wait for your new book!
Warm regards,
Tania

By: damien

damien — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:22:25 +0000

Hi Tania,

There won’t be a DVD this year because of the piracy issues I’ve had. Over 12,000 downloads on bit torrent of last year’s DVD has scuppered sales and made the process not worth while And that’s with very expensive copy protection software by Sony. So I decided to increase the number of workshop places this year instead, My big project this winter is my first art book. At least that can’t be ripped off. Sorry to disappoint.

Kindest regards, Damien.

Damien.

By: Tania

Tania — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:28:13 +0000

Hi Damien,

I usually shoot using natural light but over the winter I have a couple of indoor jobs lined up for which I will need some lighting. I am really keen to come to one of your workshops when funds allow, but in the meantime, I would be really interested in the Studio Lighting DVD you mention above. I note you were hoping to start shooting it in Aug and I was just wondering if it is available as yet? LOVE the way you teach and share your knowledge. I have your book and have found it a real inspiration for my work.

Kind regards,
Tania

By: damien

damien — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:30:52 +0000

Hi Ronny,

My Nikon delegates have ISO 200 as their base level and there is no real advantage to dropping to ISO 100 on my Canon either.

Cheers, Damien.

By: Ronny

Ronny — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:06:39 +0000

Hi Damien,
I’ve got a question, why do you use a 200 ISO instead of 100 as we could crank up the power of the lights. Thank you for your explanation.

By: damien

damien — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:23:34 +0000

Hi Vicky,

I sold my light meter years ago. You have the best light meter there is in your camera. What you see on your camera screen is what you’ve got in the file. No light meter can compare with that. My Studio Lighting DVD will be out in time for Christmas. We will start shooting it in August when everyone else is busy shooting Weddings. If you want to get ahead then come to my one day studio lighting workshop. It will change the way you think and you will be up and running in advanced studio lighting.

Regards, Damien.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:15:45 +0000

Hi Damien,

Great video………but completely different to any of the other tutorials I have seen. We are just moving into studio portraits and have mainly been shooting weddings up until this point. Completely new to studio lighting and first piece of advice from everyone so far has been to get a light meter. Would you not agree with this? Just wondered……..when will your studio lighting dvd be available? Keep up the great work……..you’re an inspiration to us all.

Thanks,

Vicky

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:41:25 +0000

Love your work. Very informative.
I know I’d look into your DVD once it’s ready.

By: damien

damien — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:41:53 +0000

Hi Joseph, I use the screen on the camera to determine the exposure. It’s more accurate than any lightmeter as it shows me exactly what I have got not what I should have. I can zoom in and see exactly what shadow detail and highlight detail is in the image and exactly how the contrast looks in the final image. It is also worth noting that our Nikon D700 has nearly a stop less exposure according to the numbers than my Canon 5D mk2 for the same image exposure. So the screen is the only shure fire way of knowing for sure. I sold my Minolta meters years ago. Regards, Damien.

By: Joseph Adams

Joseph Adams — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:02:29 +0000

Hi Damien,

just found this. You got me interested in a studio course in 2010 now.

I do have one question – I realise this is only 8 minutes, but not once do you mention using a lightmeter. It seems you do a lot of this “by eye” – would that be accurate? (just curious as a lot of other pros live and die by their lightmeter)

By: damien

damien — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:19:29 +0000

Hi Alec,

Better than diagrams, I encourage the delegates to zoom out to include the lights in the shots for each set up. There’s no better way of documenting a set up than to photograph it.

Regards, Damien.

By: Alec

Alec — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:52:24 +0000

Hi Damien,
Just because I’m nosey, do you provide diagrams of the various lighting set ups that you use for the tutorial? Nobody could remember all the different set ups.