Newborn Photography Lighting - Our Set Up

Newborn Photography Lighting - Our Set Up
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In this video we will take you behind the scenes and show you pull backs of our newborn photography lighting set up so that you can see the light that we use, where we position it, how to get beautiful soft lighting for your photos and much more! Hopefully you guys find this helpful and hopefully it gives you some ideas of how to set up your own newborn photography studio! If you have any questions, feel free to leave them down in the comments.
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[@PaulcbuffInc]

So glad to hear our Einstein flash unit is working so well for you newborn photography! Thanks for the kind words!

[@MyBigCamera]

Thanks! We love it!!

[@bloommom4774]

Love seeing behind the scenes! Would love to see more videos like this

[@MyBigCamera]

Definitely! We have more planned for the future!

[@aracelimunoz8247]

I would like to see a backlight video for newborn and maternity 🙏

[@MyBigCamera]

Thanks for the feedback! We may try to do a video about that after we are no longer in a lock down

[@lilysdollhouse2420]

Wow! I was hoping you would make a video on newborn lighting. Thank you so much!

[@MyBigCamera]

You're very welcome!

[@FrozenMomentzPhotography]

Since morning seeing all your videos. Really love the way you explain in detail. Great Job.

[@MyBigCamera]

Thank you so much! What's your favourite type of subject to photograph? Is it newborns?

[@FrozenMomentzPhotography]

@@MyBigCamera Ofcourse. I do baby photogrpahy but not much newborn. Your videos were really helpful. I wish to try with your tips and tricks :)

[@MyBigCamera]

@@FrozenMomentzPhotography That's awesome! Newborn photography is challenging but it's definitely rewarding! Hopefully they help you out but keep in mind that it does take a lot of practice to feel super confident photographing newborns so if your first few are challenging, keep at it because it does get easier!

[@nataliebartlett8778]

Im soo glad you made this video! For weeks I have been trying to figure out how to lower the powerfullness of the light from my Elinchrom!! It sucks as i really dont want to spend more money! Do you think a Photogrid would help?? Thanks!

[@MyBigCamera]

I'm so glad that you found it helpful!! Are you referring to a honeycomb grid? If so, I wouldn't recommend that as those are actually meant to narrow and harshen the light. What I did that helped me get through the past few years was take a white fabric flat sheet and cut two shapes the shape of my octagonal softbox and then I sewed them to the Elinchrom front diffusion screen. That helped a tonne and I was able to use the light for several years before it started to act up on me and I then switched to the Einstein. I would recommend the Einstein, though, it really has made a world of difference in the quality of light! I ended up finding one second hand for about $400 canadian and haven't looked back. I'm in love with that light! But I totally get not wanting to spend the money to switch out your light. I didn't want to either for many years! Hope that helps!!

[@Onyxphotos]

Did you ever test the dogbed?

[@diagalfel]

Hi! I'm really liking your videos and the way you explain things. I am a photographer still learning and tweeking my craft. I shoot with a nikon d750 and a 50mm 1.4 (when in studio). I had been shooting newborn and kids using two speedlights (Godox v860ii), one in an 48" octobox and another pointing to the ceiling to fill. I recently heard of Buff equipment and all the photographers I heard from all swore by their PLM and strobe from Buff. I was intrigued and bought the 64" PLM from Buff. I tried it with my speedlight, very nice on shadows but definitely not strong enough. I have yet to test it with the Godox strobe I have. I will today. I was wondering, your settings on the strobe when you do newborns or do you use TTL?

[@MyBigCamera]

I'm so glad that you are finding the tutorials helpful! I have my light intensity set to about 10.7 w/s of 250 w. It's not a very bright light but I love that about the einstein because I can stop my camera down to f 2.0 and still have beautiful light without the image being overexposed

[@Kita6323]

Love the videos.. very helpful.. thank you for sharing.. can you recommend a light that’s not as expensive? Newbie here haha

[@MyBigCamera]

You're very welcome! I'm so glad you found them helpful!! Paul Buff sells Alien Bee lights which are quite a bit cheaper but also work really well. You can usually find them for less second hand. The PLM umbrellas are also reasonably priced compared to softboxes like I used to buy for my elinchrome lights. There's also the Neewer Strobe on Amazon which is inexpensive and I have tested that one and I think the light from it is pretty good but the umbrella holder on it is very weak and won't hold one of the big plms. If you are just using a very light weight shoot-through umbrella or brolly then it would probably work fine. THis is the one that I have: amzn.to/2CEYcGu I would recommend the alien bees if you're able to spend the extra money, but the neewer light is a decent starter light, I think

[@Kita6323]

Thank you for replying! :) Yes I am looking to buy the PLM umbrella.. the 64” one. I will look into the alien bees.. thanks so much

[@MyBigCamera]

@@Kita6323 You're very welcome!!

[@ashug3591]

Can u show in natural light as it is expensive to buy them

[@MyBigCamera]

We will be doing a video on how to use natural light in the near future. Thank you so much for your input

[@pmcreations4151]

@@MyBigCamera please make this video

[@rinsharahim2436]

Can we use ring lights?

[@MyBigCamera]

I wouldn't use a ring light for newborn photography, no as you would generally want more modelling (shadows) on the baby's face. Ring lights create a very flat even light and are best for beauty shots and you tubers as it tends to hide a lot of imperfections on the skin

[@evanmariam4795]

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