As you can see, if you check out my shop, I have been taking all my product pictures outside. Most of my items are larger and either sit on a small table or hang on a dress form.
While Santa Barbara has great weather for shooting outside year round, I am often trying to take photos after work around 5 or 6 pm, which does not work during winter and I would also really like to improve the quality of my photos. I would love to move my photography inside my rather dark apartment and don't know what kind of lights to purchase.
My apartment has white walls, which I think would work well as a backdrop, using the same small table and dress form. I just don't know what kind of continuous lights I should get. What is the difference between soft box lights and umbrella lights and which would work better in an apartment with very little natural light? How many lights do I need? Is an overhead boom light necessary?
Any recommendations on lighting kits and preferred brands would be helpful as well. Here are a few of the items I've been looking at:
http://www.amazon.com/LimoStudio-Photography-Portrait-Umbrella-Continuous-Lighting/dp/B005FHZ2SI/ref...http://www.amazon.com/CowboyStudio-Photography-Portrait-Continuous-Umbrellas/dp/B003WLY24O/ref=lp_31...http://www.amazon.com/CowboyStudio-Photography-Studio-Softbox-Lighting/dp/B008SC0DRW/ref=lp_31098920...Thank you very much for any input!
