Studio Lighting with D70?

My artist daughter has a need for better lighting when photographing
children. Although some time the setting will be in her studio she expects
that a client's home environment may often be the case.

We currently have a lot of Nikon glass and a Nikon D70.

I don't see any way to use the D70 with traditional studio lights. The
lights we were thinking of have a "modeling light"; which is incandescent to
help set the shadows and light angles and then a much higher power strobe to
stop the "kid wigglies." She really doesn't want to try to get the kids to
hold still since they just become unnatural. The candids are much more
expressive.

Is there a way to do this with a D70? If not is there a <$1K Nikon body that
you'd recommend?

I'd also appreciate some recommendations on lighting and related links to
discussion fora.

tia

jim miller

Jim
This is a great resource for lighting: http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/

Alan

Jim Miller < jim%40jtmiller.com">jimjtmiller.com> wrote:
My artist daughter has a need for better lighting when photographing
children. Although some time the setting will be in her studio she expects
that a client's home environment may often be the case.

We currently have a lot of Nikon glass and a Nikon D70.

I don't see any way to use the D70 with traditional studio lights. The
lights we were thinking of have a "modeling light"; which is incandescent to
help set the shadows and light angles and then a much higher power strobe to
stop the "kid wigglies.&quot; She really doesn't want to try to get the kids to
hold still since they just become unnatural. The candids are much more
expressive.

Is there a way to do this with a D70? If not is there a <$1K Nikon body that
you'd recommend?

I'd also appreciate some recommendations on lighting and related links to
discussion fora.

tia

jim miller

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Jim,

I just finished my study photo-journalism last year and spent quit
some time doing projects in the studio at school. And yes, I used my
D70. When using the D70 you have to have this little cubicle thing
(forgot the name) on top of your hot shoe, which connects the wire to
any of the strobes in the studio. When you have a D7 0s, you can do it
directly from your camera, if I remember correctly. This setting helps
you (when the cable is long enough!) to walk around in your studio (or
to make a setup at the clients' premises and to shoot in a natural
way, while the kids play.

HTH,
Louis

On 8/16/07, Jim Miller < jim%40jtmiller.com">jimjtmiller.com> wrote:
&gt;
>
>
&gt;
>
>
>; My artist daughter has a need for better lighting when photographing
> children. Although some time the setting will be in her studio she expects
> that a client's home environment may often be the case.
&gt;
> We currently have a lot of Nikon glass and a Nikon D70.
>;
> I don't see any way to use the D70 with traditional studio lights. The
> lights we were thinking of have a "modeling light"; which is incandescent to
> help set the shadows and light angles and then a much higher power strobe to
> stop the "kid wigglies.&quot; She really doesn't want to try to get the kids to
> hold still since they just become unnatural. The candids are much more
>; expressive.
>
> Is there a way to do this with a D70? If not is there a <$1K Nikon body that
>; you'd recommend?
>
&gt; I'd also appreciate some recommendations on lighting and related links to
> discussion fora.
&gt;
> tia
>
> jim miller

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Louis Weyl ( lbweyl%40gmail.com">lbweylgmail.com) had this to say on 08/16/07 at 12:24:
> Jim,
>;
> I just finished my study photo-journalism last year and spent quit
>; some time doing projects in the studio at school. And yes, I used my
> D70. When using the D70 you have to have this little cubicle thing
&gt; (forgot the name)



That's the AS-15, I believe, which fits in the hotshoe, and allows you to
use a PC cable to a studio flash. Quite inexpensive, from what I recall.

Of course, you're then using the flash in manual mode, of course.

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--- In Nikon-D70%40yahoogroups.com">Nikon-D70yahoogroups.com, "Jim Miller&quot; <jim...> wrote:
&gt;
> My artist daughter has a need for better lighting when photographing
> children. Although some time the setting will be in her studio she
expects
> that a client's home environment may often be the case.
&gt;
> We currently have a lot of Nikon glass and a Nikon D70.

Have you considered the Nikon CLS (Creative Lighting System) which can
use your D70 in combination with one (or more likely several) of the
Nikon Speedlights?

Nikonians Discussion Forums:
http://www.nikonians.org/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi
There are many specific forums (about 67 different ones) dealing with
specific aspects of photography. Find the forum on SPEEDLIGHTS for
info on the Nikon units and CLS. Find the forum for the D70/D70s User
Group for info about the D70. The SEARCH feature on Nikonians is
excellent

Here's a link to an article about the D200 and CLS.
Digital Darrell on Nikonians:
<http://www.nikonians.org/nikon/d200_and_cls/>
While it deals with the D200, you may find good info anyway. And the
D200 is excellent with several speedlights. From the D200 you can
control several "groups" of speedlights, and have a lot of
flexibility. With the D70 you do not have the flexibility of
controlling flash output (adjusting the power) from the camera,
however, and all Speedlights have to be in the same "group".

For an excellent eBook on the Nikon CLS:
Mike Hagen's eBook:
&lt;http://www.outthereimages.com/publishing.html>
Check out his entire web site. I've had the pleasure of spending 4
days in Nikonian workshops that he led, and he is an awesome
instructor. There's a 15 page "preview" of his book in PDF format
that you can download from the above link.

I don't know your daughter's specific needs, but with a D70 and
several (3 would be ideal) Speedlights, and couple of umbrellas,
lightstands, and reflectors, you can do an awesome job on-site at your
client's homes or outside, or anywhere. You can get by with less than
3 Speedlights in many cases, if you have a good location with ambient
lighting that works well for the shot. You aren't restricted to
needing electrical outlets, and everything is fairly lightweight and
quite portable.

T.J.

CLS (Creative Lighting System) is the way to go as it is compact,
versatile, and very light to setup and carry around ... although there's
no continuous modeling light available ... I tried my D70 on numerous
occasions on a studio lighting setup and I don't see any problem with it
... may it be CLS or using Studio lights...

Stephen
http://our2cents.com.ph

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Subject: [Nikon-D70] Studio Lighting with D70?

My artist daughter has a need for better lighting when photographing
children. Although some time the setting will be in her studio she
expects
that a client's home environment may often be the case.

We currently have a lot of Nikon glass and a Nikon D70.

I don't see any way to use the D70 with traditional studio lights. The
lights we were thinking of have a "modeling light"; which is incandescent
to
help set the shadows and light angles and then a much higher power
strobe to
stop the "kid wigglies.&quot; She really doesn't want to try to get the kids
to
hold still since they just become unnatural. The candids are much more
expressive.

Is there a way to do this with a D70? If not is there a <$1K Nikon body
that
you'd recommend?

I'd also appreciate some recommendations on lighting and related links
to
discussion fora.

tia

jim miller

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