Nightshoot Lighting?

[Kielan]

Ok so my friends and I really really want to do a night shoot but our budgets don't really allow for real photo lights so we want to get some work lights from home depot but we have no idea how to power them when we are no where near an outlet. So with that said what do you guys use for your night shoots and do you have any suggestions for us?

[the dingo]

you could use a power inverter for power if it's work lights, but I have no recommendation as to which type of lights to use.

[RD408]

You can get some vivitar flash's for cheap. Most likely cheaper than the worklights.

[Kielan]

The work lights are $30...

And in terms of a power inverter I don't know how well that would work because the work lights are like 1000 watts. (I know its INSANE).

[Pswirley]

Honestly, the portable power source most of us use is a Vagabond 2 or something similiar and typically costs as much as a set of strobes.

350ish IIRC.


So your best bet is still going to be Vivitars.

[Kielan]

Definitely will do the Vivitars then, if I can't get a good power source for the work lights.

[mad325is]

yea id go with the Vivitar 285's aswell @ about $90 a piece (B&H) you can hardly complain...

[Dane]

285's are cool because you can trigger them manually. my 430ex i dont know if i can.

[JOMON-C]

mercury lights from home depot. friend used it.

[RD408]

yea id go with the Vivitar 285's aswell @ about $90 a piece (B&H) you can hardly complain...

I got mine used for $30 shipped in great condition.

[Kielan]

I will definitely look around some to see what I can find. If I can get one for $30 I will for sure, at that price I can say F*CK work lights, (seeing as they are the same price).

[TimeAtk]

Why not rent some speedlights?

[Kielan]

I have no idea where I would rent some speedlights around here. If anyone the Fairfield County area knows where I can rent some please do let me know.

[DFRESH]

Check if there is a Calumet Photo store in your area? You can probably rent a generator, but that's probably too much to haul around.

[tivs31]

ok, so here's another idea...

Me and 3-4 friends went out shooting, each had a cam, we setup the car in a darkish corner, and using my friends other digi rebels, we shot the flashes at the car as much as we could...

here is one of the results:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2193/2159744731_d310402492_o.jpg

you could also use some wide beamed flashlights as well...

lotta cheapo ways to do it, just have to be creative, and keep working on the shots, it might not happen exactley on the first shot, but after a while you'll get a hang of it.

[FreshLikeSushi]

RENT
dont always have to own everything

[Kielan]

Well I know that, but I don't know where to go around here to rent.. That's why I am looking into some cheaper alternatives or used equipment.

[sixspeedthree]

ok, so here's another idea...

Me and 3-4 friends went out shooting, each had a cam, we setup the car in a darkish corner, and using my friends other digi rebels, we shot the flashes at the car as much as we could...

here is one of the results:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2193/2159744731_d310402492_o.jpg

you could also use some wide beamed flashlights as well...

lotta cheapo ways to do it, just have to be creative, and keep working on the shots, it might not happen exactley on the first shot, but after a while you'll get a hang of it.

im loving this pic!

[DFRESH]

You can definitely do what tivs31 did. There's a youtube video of a guy that shoots classic cars like that. I did this older shot of my car using one ex430 that I popped over and over around the car. It was really dark and I had the shutter open for about 5 secs. Then I used the repair tool in lightroom to take away the reflection of the flash on the car.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/3232861238_ca9c2bf160_b.jpg

[Kielan]

I will definitely try this the next time I do a shoot. I am still gunna look into getting some strobes though.

[chino]

well what u can do is strip light the car. set up ur tripod.. and light up one pannel real good.. then using a cable shutter release take the pic.. then move ur lights to a different pannel and take the pic... after u stitch it all together in PS. i personally refrain from shooting at night, its too much of a hassle

[NikonJonWtf]

Save and buy a sb-24 for 60 bucks off ebay and you're good for a lot of dope shoots.

[Kielan]

I would... If I used Nikons... :rolleyes