Cheap Photo Studio Lighting

I’ve always been a sucker for anything with a lens. Between shooting Digital Underground.tv and my amateur (and i mean amateur) photography hobby trying to get good at both costs both time and money. I can’t help you with the time factor, but this is a great money saver.

Lighting is always the get to any good shot. Professional lighting kits can easily cost you $1000′s and to boot most of us just can’t transform our houses or apartments into the photography studio of our dreams. So, what can you do about it? How about moving some furnature around when you need it (as a matter of fact, we completely empty out my living room when we shoot the show) and dig up some seriously cheap lights.

The guys at diyphotography.net have a great article on how to build a decent 3 light setup for about $100. They have some snaps of people where they used their cheap lights, and take it from me, they look great.

[Via DIYLife]

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