Some Cheap Studio Equipment Alternatives

Some photographers have their own studio so they can completely control their working environment. Landscape photographers may have to wait a long time for the sun to peek out from behind a cloud or for mist to lift before pressing the shutter-release button, but studio photographers have no such problem. If something is not right, they can change it, and the thing they will most likely want to change is the lighting. The basic unit of studio lighting is the strobe, or flash, used either alone or in combination. Strobes work by giving off a short burst of light on a given signal that coincides with the press of the shutter-release button. Studio photographers have many different tools at their disposal ...

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