Sorry bro, I read it wrong! Michelob Ultra strikes again! lol. So the SUN was you light source inside the house, gives me a lot of respect for this shot.

Like I said I do things in a simple way. No Photoshop for me. BTW I have no idea about some of the stuff you are talking about. You used some kind of flash that I have never heard of. So you mentioned CFL and WB setting I don't even know what either of those are. I never use the flash on the camera, its never worked for me. I do use a couple of LED lights for night shots.

This has been a great thread to read through. Lighting has always been one of my challenges. I've got a few new ideas to try with my limited resources.

Snakeling, That's good that you are not relying on Photoshop too much. I use it very little, like to capture my image with the camera. The flashes I use (Vivitar 285) have been around since the 70's - old school stuff, very simple to use with out the fluff. CFLs are Compact Fluorescent Lights, the little curly lights that are replacing standard light bulbs, natural daylight works awesome. WB is White Balance it is usually a dial or button on the camera that looks like the sun, a light buld, building with shade, clouds, etc. It compensates for the color of the light you are using

Another thing that can be done next to all the great info vader9900 is giving the joe dios gang is actually painting with light. That's how I took this pic, a long exposure and a little flash light. I literally painted the light were I wanted it. Vader can probably describe the technique better! This is a thread I can get down on! I believe as well that vader9900 has a point, look at my first shots here in comparison to my latest 80. Huge difference thanks to vader,guilt,x,outrider,flatline ect.... Back in the days people would critique your shots and push you to be better. here's hoping for a better more quality driven joe dios. That all starts with all of you wanting it in yourselves! this is not intended as an insult or anything like that. the easiest way for me to explain it is in an artsy fartsy sense.

Imagine you photo having obstacles for the viewer, I want to read your awesome dio story and look at the good sets that customs. But if the lighting is poor there's an obstacle that keeps me from that, if your laundry hamper is in the background that's another obstacle, if the picture is fuzzy there's another obstacle as well. So now I cant get passed the obstacles to view the imagine you intended me to view and enjoy! cheers and very positive dread! :)

Yes! bookshelves/laundry hampers/ whatever in the background ruins immersion. Its very distracting. I always use a background to: a. cover up whats really behind the set up. b. give some depth to the shot. I have made some set ups that were nice big ones but didn't have a big enough background and so could not shoot anything. This thread will keep me coming back to the forum for sure. I didn't spend a lot of time here before, after all its a dio site. BTW badass pic Dreadnok Dread!!

Awesome post DD! Will talk a litte about light painting at some point, it is a excellent lighting technique, excellent for largers shots.

TIP: Go to Walmart and get a black twin size flat sheet to use as a backdrop. Its cheap (usually less than $10). Its big enough to backdrop just about any scene you want to do, even large sets. They can be hung or drapped anywhere for an instant studio.

I come from the school of economy lighting and I learned it all from Flatline, so I hope Marcos doesn't mind me showing a shot of his along with his BTS. Cheap and well placed battery powered lights are pretty amazing and I know Falcon and Blackblast and Nekoman use them among many others here. Here are Marcos's shots...a great example of the versatility of cheap lighting;)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/287837...in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/287837...in/photostream/

I think this thread is great. Ive recentley gotten rid of my soft white cfls and replaced them with 3 way bright light cfls . I got tired of that yellowish hue they gave my pics . Im going to try out daylight next . Ive seen alot of your guys work its all really good.
I have gotten alot of great Ideas from you guys .

wow! those are really good lighting ideas! especially the jeep's other function.