I like your idea about the reflector. What size & color would you recommend? Also, is there some kind of self-standing reflector these days? I would like to be able to set this up on my own, and not have somebody else to hold the reflector, iF that's possible?
Also, I assume there are no voltage issues when using the PC terminal with the istD? Thanks for the suggestions! --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Pearson" > Subject: Help buying my first studio lighting > equipment? > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm giving some serious thought to purchasing > > Adorama's Flashpoint II 620 strobe kit. They were > > written up in this month's Pop Photo magazine. > I'm > > thinking of starting with this one-light kit (w/ a > > more powerful 300 w/s), as opposed to say a SP > Studio > > Systems 2-light kit. My reasoning is I assume > it's > > better to get a more powerful strobe? I also have > a > > Nikon slave flash that I was going to use as a > > rear-shadow eliminator for portraits. This is all > > with the istD. > > > > Will this work? Is it best to fire the strobes > with > > the PC terminal, or via the slave from a 280 > bounced > > into a Lumiquest? > > This will work. > I am a big fan of one light portraits. > Get a reflector for fill, guaranteed you can't mess > up the lighting > ratio. > Use an umbrella, the light is nicer than a softbox > (my opinion, I > find soft boxes to be rather hard, actually). > Fire the flash off the PC termanal, that way you > won't risk buggering > up your modelling with a flash pop from the camera > position. > > William Robb > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
