Can someone tell me what lightning equipment I would need, to recreate either of those photos?

I’m finna do before and after fights portraits of fighters at some ufc type event.
Picrel is my light gear.
I was thinking of putting each lamp on one side and give it hard lighting (a bit like the portraits shot by Martin Schöller)
Any tips, recs or suggestions?

What is the difference between "wrong white balance" and color grading?

I'm not picking on this guy or trying to make a point about leaving analog colors untouched. But you can clearly see that him fixing the white balance of 800T ruined all the mood. On the other hand you can clearly see that picleft does not look like one of these insanely well colorgraded pics?

So what gives?

Do you ever use the formula for depth of field when you need to take a photo?

Should I get into film photography?

>yes this fuji does make you look gay edition
And remember, the only stupid question is the one you made a thread for.

>Cheeto Dust Covered Bee Edition

1. Macro is based
2. Anything lower than f/16 is useless, anything over f/8 causes diffraction (we don't care)
3. Get a flash of some kind if you're doing handheld macro, get a softbox if your lighting is too harsh (it is)
4. 1x magnification can be overkill. Nobody cares if you hit 1x or greater, if it's framed like shit
5. 200mm for bugs, 100mm for all-purpose, lower focal lengths are memes
6. Extension tubes are cheap enough to dabble. Stick them on something between 50-200mm and go to town
7. Gear posts are allowed but keep it on topic
8. Any macro is encouraged. Bugs, plants, textures, minis etc. all welcome

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Genuinely, is it an excuse to “be cognizant of the world” or something? It’s got the shell of an “art hobby” but it’s not so different from saying promoting is an art.

This thread is dedicated to close-range photographic capture utilising macro-optical imaging configurations to achieve greater reproduction ratios. Got that? Good, now upload some shit.

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in around 2004-2011 there was this awkward period between film cameras and smartphones, how well is you life documented from that era?