Macro Lighting Best Practices II - in the studio - the equipment

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Macro Lighting - Best Practices in the Studio - Equipment - Show Notes
Hello all! Welcome back to Allan Walls Photography!
Before I forget, if you want information about the equipment that I use and/or discuss throughout all three chapters of this video, you can find all that, with links, in the accompanying article, published on my website and available right here:
www.allanwallsphotography.com...
This is the final part of the never-ending (that’s a contradiction - but I like it) Lighting for Photography Series, AKA - Part VII - “My Best Practices for Lighting in Macro Photography”. And this was a monster of a video to put together. By the time I was finished it topped out at one hour and forty minutes! Obviously, I wouldn’t do that to you! So I went back and split the material up into three separate chapters (clearly what I should have done in the first place).
Surprisingly, the edited content broke down into three, roughly equal, standalone videos:
1. Macro Lighting - Best Practices in the Field
2. Macro Lighting - Best Practices in the Studio - Equipment (this video)
3. Macro Lighting - Best Practices in the Studio - Technique
This is the second of those chapters. But before I go further, my sincere thanks to my wonderful Patreon supporters and to the marvelous human beings who have made donations through my donation page (www.allanwallsphotography.com.... None of this would be possible without your support!
If you are not among these fine individuals, but would like to support my efforts and help keep the videos coming, please consider signing up as a Patreon patron, which can be done by going to / allanwallsphotography . I could certainly use your help!
In Chapter Two - this one - we focus our attention on lighting for macro photography in the studio. I discuss the various options for macro lighting and explain why they may, or may not, be a good choice for studio macro. I compare continuous LED lighting with flash and try to demystify the process of selecting the best light source for your project. I explain why some LED lights may be better than others, and why flash is my go-to weapon of choice. Finally I share some important tips for making a wise choice when purchasing lights of either kind. And, of course, there is a lot more. I only wander off the reservation a couple of times, but amuse myself both times, so that’s OK.
Just in case there is anybody who actually would have have watched the entire video, prior to my dismembering it, I am releasing all three chapters at the same time, so you still can. Chapters One and Three should be available right now. You’ll need to pack a lunch.
Have fun, and if you learn something new, consider subscribing to the channel.
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All the best!
Allan

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@waynehohn7258 3 года назад

You can avoid flickering in LED lights by plugging them into an Uninterupible Power Supply (UPS), which is then plugged in to house current. A small unit is good enough because you are using the constant voltage battery to power the lights. A small unit may not have enough receptacles for all the lights you need, but you can plug a power bar into one of the receptacles to expand the system and still be flicker free.

@AllanWallsPhotography 3 года назад

Thanks Wayne - very useful information and advice that I will follow!

@lekhasuraweera7924 2 года назад

Thank you Allan. Your talk is very informative.

@barryt09 3 года назад

Caught up a bit and watched this one. Informative as ever and well worth seeing. I haven't done enough extreme close up macro to have put it all into practice yet so I am refreshing my memory which seems to have forgotten a lot of what I watched last year. Looking forward to giving it all another go. Thanks again Allan. :)

@EdgarWongBaxterJr 3 года назад

so insightful, thanks for sharing Allan!

@wassim2364 3 года назад

Ty ☕️👍

@waldenkirsch 3 года назад

allan: quick question on flash vs LED continuous on your macro work. with deep stacks (100-200) shots, how concerned are you with one or more of your flash batteries dying on you mid-stack? or do you bite the bullet and always start with an entirely new set of batteries for all units? (which can get slightly spendy). i’ve got 3 SB900s i can use w/ my Z7 and stackshot rig and candidly i’ve never tested to see how many flashes they’re good for at, say, 1/64th or lower power. for this reason alone i’ve been using LED continuous with multiple units, all on wall power (with its own set of issues, which i had not appreciated, but you’ve pointed out). your video has convinced me to move to flash. but i also don’t want one of my flashes to fizzle out 180 shots into a 200 shot stack:( thanks very much for any guidance you can offer.

@AllanWallsPhotography 3 года назад

Great question Walden. I do prefer flash, for a lot of reasons, but the battery issue is a real concern. At low power (you will seldom need more that 1/32) a fresh set of batteries will easily get me through four or five 200-image stacks. But there is always a risk of missing frames as the recycle time increases as the battery drains. But if you have SB900s, you can use the SD-9 external battery pack ($200) to add a lot more mAHs. The SB900 is rated for 190 full power flashes on a single charge, if using NiMH batteries. That is more than enough. The next set of speedlights that I buy will have the option of powering them from a wall plug.

@messylaura 3 года назад

Allan have you got a link to the 11 inch articulating arms and clamps cheers. (edit, found them)

@AllanWallsPhotography 3 года назад

Sorry I didn't get to this message in time. They are on my blog, with a link.

@My.channel253 3 года назад

Thank you can I put low shutter like 1 second to overcome lightining setup ?

@AllanWallsPhotography 3 года назад

Yes. If you have a clean environment with no unwanted ambient light, you can use as slow a shutter speed as you need for the lighting you have chosen. Just be aware that at a shutter speed as slow as 1 second, any unwanted ambient light will probably show up in your image and may interfere with your strategy.