yeah, if you dont give a shyt about 4k theA6000 is clutch. My cousin who is a wedding photographer uses it as his main video camera for weddings. its decent in low light, but you probably gonna need really fast lens if you are using it in low light with no additional light sourcesI've been reading up on these it's lighter and does better video than dslr
appreciate it breh, I help where I can. When I got started with my 1st DSLR, I had so many questions and 1 close friend that was into it, I hit him up, forums, and practiced till I got the results I wanted.
Honestly there is probably quite a few books on DSLR's photography, I only bought one:
EF Lens Work III
It goes into a little of technique for photos, explain the basics with examples, and has 80% of Canon's lenses with specs. The copy I have the binder is worn off, that is how much I read it. Other than that I hit these 2 sites:
Digital Photography Review
Photography-on-the.net Digital Photography Forums
Definitely read your manual, it's usually the most skipped over item.
:wowwow2: Thanks again.
Yea that's why I rock with an A6000 as well. Lighter and more compact than a typical DSLR. This line of Sony cameras are small but still are more than capable for a beginner. I'll probably move into a higher end Sony mirrorless 2018.I've been reading up on these it's lighter and does better video than dslr
I'm asking for my niece.You can start with most anything from the major brands (Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, etc.), your main thing with portraits will be lenses and lighting. If you pick up an DSLR, I recommend picking up a 50mm f/1.8 lens, great for portraits, great quality, fast, and works well in low light. You can learn quite a bit from that lens. Lighting will come down to natural and artificial, the latter being flashes and strobes. External flashes will supply more adjustable light than what comes with the camera, they usually run off batteries or packs, great for portability. Strobe lighting kits are great for shooting and controlling the light, this what I use most of the time, these plug into a wall or you have to get a portable power supply for them:
If you go this route I highly recommend wireless triggers, basically a transmitter mounts on the camera and the receivers mount on the lights, without that you have to tether a sync cord from the camera to the lights. I have had good luck with the Alien Bees products, here is one to get started:
Paul C. Buff - The Beginner Bee Package
I use a pc running Win 7 64bit, 8gb of ram, old school quad-core processor with a few TB's of storage. It's old but it works with Photoshop CS6 just fine, I plan on upgrading after the 1st of the year.
I have a website: www.elianthony.com have links for networking on my contact page.
I recommend starting with a canon. It's my preferred brand. When it comes to which camera, it depends on your budget.
Does Amazon carry AlienBees products? Going to have my wife cop me some studio stuff for Christmas so I want to get the stuff right.
Do you get your paper backdrops off there or somewhere else?
