Interspersed.... Bob Shell wrote: > Scott, > > Will you be shooting digital or film, or both? > Mostly digital. All of the color work and probably a good deal of the black and white will be done with the K100 and K10. Any film will be black and white. > What is your budget? > That's funny! <g> Seriously, we don't want to spend too much on this. Neither of us has ever done anything quite like this, and I doubt we'll be selling the end product any time soon. It's intended use is for personal photography and as a learning exercise. A two light Alien Bees package is probably at the high end of what we'd like to spend. > For digital some of the new continuous lights that use fluorescent > tubes are great. Good light quality like hot lights but almost no > heat. And WYSIWYG, unlike studio flash. > Since we don't have any interest in shooting color film at this point, fluorescent lighting is looking attractive. I am concerned about umbrellas, though. Is there any way to use an umbrella with a 12" parabolic reflector? On the low end I'm seeing single bulb and triple bulb lights. Any preference? > I've tested just about every brand of studio flash at one time or > another for my magazine articles/books, and really do think that > AlienBees is the best value per dollar currently available. > Thanks, Bob. Much appreciated.
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