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Photography Studio Equipment List

Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

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Photography Studio Equipment List
What are the best settings for an indoor shoot for my Nikon D3000?

I am new to photography. My passion shows through my photos but most of the time, I am simply just messing with the settings until I get what I want. I prefer to do photography in natural light and really wasn’t up for an indoor shoot. It is an existing client so I couldn’t say no. Here is the equipment that I’m working with: Body- Nikon D300
Lens- Tamron 28-300mm telephoto
Lens- Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto
Lens- Nikkor 18-55 stock lens
Flash- Nikon SB-600 Speedlight

I will be taking group photos and individual photos of a jazz band in a studio. I will only be using the equipment listed above. What do you suggest for group as well as individual and head shots. I would like a warm light. Thank you!!!

Jim is correct. Without being there to see the studio and lighting, it is almost impossible to guess the camera settings. Shooting all manual with raw images is the best way to go, BUT….you need experience to have an idea as to where to start with settings.

You want to use the lowest ISO you can, BUT that will be dependent on the available light and your camera. As far as the aperture…that will be dependent on the DOF you need and (again) the lighting.

Most experienced photographers can walk into a session, look around and have an idea of what ISO/aperture/shutter speed they will need and then adjust appropriately.

I always stress that people get a camera they can use instinctively for a reason. I did a shoot last week and was told “this is the lighting you will have”, so I set up for that. Unfortunately, what the director said and what the lighting director gave me when everyone was in place was two different things. It took about 10 seconds to readjust and meter it, and life was good again.

Photography Studio Equipment List