{"id":39294,"date":"2017-05-15T22:48:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T02:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=39294"},"modified":"2021-01-25T13:43:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T17:43:47","slug":"home-studio-setup-with-speedlites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/home-studio-setup-with-speedlites\/","title":{"rendered":"A home-studio setup with speedlites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/217593625?byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>A\u00a0home-studio setup with speedlites<\/h1>\n<p>With the article on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/lighting-a-white-seamless-studio-backdrop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lighting a white seamless studio backdrop<\/a>\u00a0in the studio, the question came up how you would do that in a home-based studio where there is less space. The answer? In pretty much the same way. This tutorial video on how to set up a small home studio using speedlites, will show you that the techniques remain the same, whether it is a speedlite, or a powerful studio light.<\/p>\n<p>A few notes about this video:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For this video, I ended up going with B&amp;W images only of our subject, Matt. I liked the result. It worked very well with the white backdrop. However, the skin tones and colors looked fantastic in the color images. You can see two examples further down in this article.<\/li>\n<li>I used a white paper backdrop here to show how I would make sure it is white with no detail. You could as easily use a color backdrop, or a grey one.<\/li>\n<li>As I explained in that previous tutorial, I like to start with the white background, getting my exposure for that, and building up from there. You could as easily (and sensibly) start by lighting your subject first. There is no specific single way of doing this. What matters are the results. So adapt from this what you need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the end, this video\u00a0hopefully shows that getting nice,\u00a0elegant results is easy, and well within anyone&#8217;s reach. It takes two speedlites and a few accessories. You\u00a0can do this!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/photo-session\/matt-locker\/Tangents-banner_036_BW.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Photo gear mentioned in the\u00a0tutorial video<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the background<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/savage-seamless-background-paper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Savage seamless background paper<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/savage-seamless-background-paper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/manfrotto-2983-background-crossbar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manfrotto 2983 Adjustable Background Crossbar<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/manfrotto-2983-background-crossbar-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/manfrotto-2983-background-crossbar-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Any two light-stands would work to hold up the backdrop. I use Manfrotto.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The reflector<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Here I used the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sunbounce-mini-bounce-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunbounce mini bounce kit<\/a> (white \/ gold)\u00a0\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sunbounce-mini-bounce-kit-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sunbounce-mini-bounce-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>),<\/li>\n<li>however, in the studio where I have space, I prefer the\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/westcott-eyelighter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eye-lighter<\/a> (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/westcott-eyelighter-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B&amp;H<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/westcott-eyelighter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Ultimately, any reflector or white board would work. It might not even be necessary in a smaller space where the walls are white.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The light modifiers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To get a fairly even splash of light on the white paper backdrop, I used the <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/magmod-magsphere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MagSphere<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/magmod-magsphere-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/magmod-magsphere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Shoot-through umbrella: Here I used the <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-umbrella-41-shallow-translucent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto Umbrella 41&#8243; Shallow Translucent<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-umbrella-41-shallow-translucent-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-umbrella-41-shallow-translucent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>), but there are numerous choices available to you, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/westcott-2005-45-inch-white-satin-umbrella\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Westcott 45&#8243; white satin umbrella<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/westcott-2005-45-inch-white-satin-umbrella-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/westcott-2005-45-inch-white-satin-umbrella\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Bounce umbrella: <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/westcott-2016-45-inch-white-satin-umbrella-removable-black-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Westcott 45&#8243; Bounce\u00a0Umbrella<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/westcott-2016-45-inch-white-satin-umbrella-removable-black-cover-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/westcott-2016-45-inch-white-satin-umbrella-removable-black-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>), Again, there is a wide range of choices available to you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The lens<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/canon-ef-100mm-f28-macro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canon 100mm f\/2.8 IS macro<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\/equivalent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/nikon-105mm-f28-vr-macro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikon 105mm f\/2.8 VR\u00a0macro<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Color\u00a0calibration tool \/ Color checker chart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class='one_half'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/datacolor-spyder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/studio\/Datacolor_DC_SCK100_SpyderCheckr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='one_half last'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/datacolor-spyder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DataColor Spyder Colorimeter<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/datacolor-spyder-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B&amp;H<\/a><\/em> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/datacolor-spyder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"top-section-list\" data-selenium=\"highlightList\">\n<li class=\"top-section-list-item\">Consistent Color Control for RAW Imaging<\/li>\n<li class=\"top-section-list-item\">White, Gray, and Gray Ramp Patches<\/li>\n<li class=\"top-section-list-item\">Color Target Includes Skintone Samples<\/li>\n<li class=\"top-section-list-item\">Works with Adobe Camera RAW (ACR)<\/li>\n<li class=\"top-section-list-item\">Includes Software for Mac and Windows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='clear'><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><div class='one_half'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/photo-session\/matt-locker\/Matt-L_010_600px.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='one_half last'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/photo-session\/matt-locker\/Matt-L_064_600px.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='clear'><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Camera settings for all images<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/160 \u00a0@ \u00a0f\/5.6 \u00a0@ \u00a0100 ISO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Credits<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MattLockerTV\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Locker<\/a> &#8211; actor \/ voice over artist<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colonese.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erik Colonese<\/a> &#8211; videographer<\/li>\n<li>music &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/triplescoopmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Triple Scoop Music<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/NeilvanNiekerk\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/banners\/youtube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Related articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/gear-list-starting-out-with-off-camera-flash\/\">Gear list \u2013 Starting out with off-camera flash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/best-photo-umbrella-for-a-home-studio-indoor-headshots\/\">Best photo umbrella for a home-studio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/lighting-a-white-seamless-studio-backdrop\/\">Lighting a white seamless studio backdrop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/simple-lighting-setup-with-speedlights-white-seamless-backdrop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lighting setup with speedlights &amp; white seamless backdrop<\/a>\u00a0 (model: Anastasia)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/simple-lighting-setup-for-home-studio-photography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simple lighting setup for home studio photography<\/a>\u00a0 (models: Anelisa &amp; Aleona)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/easy-lighting-setup-for-headshot-photography\/\">Easy lighting setup for headshot photography<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For more videos, follow me on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/neilvn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vimeo<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/NeilvanNiekerk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0home-studio setup with speedlites With the article on\u00a0lighting a white seamless studio backdrop\u00a0in the studio, the question came up how you would do that in a home-based studio where there is less space. The answer? In pretty much the same way. This tutorial video on how to set up a small home studio using speedlites,&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/home-studio-setup-with-speedlites\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read more inside&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,43,630],"tags":[528,286,178],"yst_prominent_words":[1116,1568,1115,1021,4433,4430,4427,4426,1656,4431,4429,4432,4422,4444,4404,1970,1961,2877,4428,2891],"class_list":{"0":"post-39294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-flash-photography","8":"category-video-clip","9":"category-video-tutorial","10":"tag-home-studio-lighting-setup","11":"tag-home-studio-photography-lighting-setup","12":"tag-home-studio-setup","13":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39294"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50138,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39294\/revisions\/50138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39294"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=39294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}