Comments on: Light can make or break a photo

By: Prescott

Prescott — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:42:26 +0000

Lighting is key and no it does not need to cost a great deal. I have seen great images made with a couple of 14.95 reflectors from the nearest farm and ranch store. They were clipped to an upright 1X2 cemented into a gallon coffee can for stands and diffused with a remnant of white rip-stop nylon. A few pieces of white foam core provided fill. Spend under a hundred bucks and start shooting.

By: sandro

sandro — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:11:19 +0000

well, I personally trust the source of the video.

I’ve iphone 3gs myself and photos come out okay… that said, I never tried using strobes to push the limits of a little phone camera.

By: AbuAbdullah

AbuAbdullah — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:27:45 +0000

Thanks for sharing.
I do have both professional SLR cameras and lucky me, I do have iPhone 4. Well, I would say, not the camera nor the lighting equipments make the photo looks nice!!! You guess!! That’s right, it’s the photographer. I wouldn’t believe that the photos you have shown us were taken with an iPhone without having seen it in actioin!!!!
Thanks

By: Michele Haro

Michele Haro — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:59:53 +0000

I heard it’s not about the “equipment” but yet, to shoot those kinds of shots even with a crappy camera, you STILL have to invest in expensive lighting. So even though you use a cheap camera, the lights are still going to set you back a pretty penny. I myself prefer natural lighting.

By: TeoS

TeoS — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:15:36 +0000

Sandro, I agree with you on the point. Light is important.

But those guyz in the video are fooling around; iphone does have a crappy camera, but their lightning gear is well in the range of 5-10K$, so I don’t see what that video wants to say really… other than well, most obvious, you can spend $$$ on a great camera or $$$ on lightning gear, both ways work – but yes, gear makes difference.