Studio Equipment
Prague Boudoir is bathing in gorgeous available light most of the days, most of the year, thanks to its 10 skylights and West/Northwest orientation. But to be as versatile as possible, here's a list of lighting and photography equipment that's available to you when you book a session here. Important note: May 2018 switching from Canon to ... dunno what, yet 😉
Manfrotto BeFree Live Tripod
Max height 151cm/59.5in, fluid video head for smooth pan and tilt. Also a photo tripod.
Manfrotto L-Bracket
To comfortably and quickly shoot in portrait orientation even on my video tripod that's meant for landscape orientation.
Canon EF 50mm
f/1.8 II "plastic fantastic"
Canon EF 40mm
f/2.8 STM "pancake"
UV, CP, ND Filters
Hoya UV, CP, ND 16 (-4 stops) and ND 500 (-9 stops) filters for the aforementioned lenses
Elinchrom BX500Ri
3 units, 500Ws, built in receivers, can do 1/1558 sec., recycling time 1.45 sec. @ full power.
Spare bulbs and fuses
Technical difficulties? Nope, not here. There's no stopping us - I have spare modeling lamps and flash heads and fuses.
150cm/5' octa softbox
Creative Light RF Octa Softbox (with removable grid and diffuser)
35x160cm/1' by 5' striplight softboxes
2 units, striplights with removable grids and diffusers
70cm/28" beauty dish
with removable grid
Manfrotto Autopoles
3 units
Motorized rollers for 4 backgrounds
wall mounted electric background roller/holder, remote controlled for maximum comfort and efficient use of your booked time
Super White
Savage Widetone 2,72m x 11m (107” x 36’). Made in the USA.
Dove Gray
Savage Widetone 2,72m x 11m (107” x 36’). The professional photographer’s top choice for over 60 years.
Black
Savage Widetone 2,72m x 11m (107” x 36’). High-quality, non-reflecting paper background with an exquisite, fine-tooth feel.
Boom stand
1,6m/5' stand plus 2,2m/7' arm, up to 5kg (can take the strobe&octa), on wheels (aka Galgenstativ in German)
100x170cm/40" by 67" reflector pad 5-in-1
5-in-1 reflector pad on a tripod/holder; can be used as flag wall as well
Elinchrom Skyport receiver
if you want to trigger your light/speedlight together with mine, the BX500Ri has built-in receiver
Sand bags
2 units
X-Rite ColorChecker Passport
A set of calibration cards for you to include in test shots.
Sekonic Exposure / Light Meter
Ambient/flash meter with built-in spot and incident measuring capabilities.
Elinchrom Background Reflector
Designed for the specific purpose of illuminating backgrounds. Will give an attractive illumination perfect for portrait photography.
Elinchrom 8"/21cm Standard Reflector
2 units, each with its own barndoor, honeycomb/grid, and color filter gels.
Elinchrom 10 Color Filter Gel Set
Includes an assortment of primary and other bright colours commonly used in lighting setups.
Coming soon: RGB LEDs
For creative lighting, I'll soon have the studio equipped with 20m/66ft of neon colorful flexible LED lighting wires/cables, two 160cm/5ft3in of RGB LED light sticks and 10m/33ft of RGB LED light strips.