I'm responding to this since I inquired about this technique a few months back. Since then I finally just broke down and purchased a monolight. I bought the "Beginner Bee" package from alienbees.com and all I can say is Very Cool! I took an informal class on portrait photography at UT and we were able to use a studio light one night. Well, this sort of just pushed me over the edge and commit to purchasing a studio light.
At this point I have the AlienBee light with a shoot through umbrella, a silver umbrella and a photoflex softbox. I was a little worried about not getting the larger light but this has not been an issue. I've actually had to put the light down to 1/2 or 1/4 power to not blow out some of the shots w/the Softbox. So, if you can afford even the smaller light ($199) I'd recommend giving it a shot. I would scan some of the test shots that I took this week but I've done everything in 120 and do not have a transparency scanner for that format. Guess a medium format scanner is on the list now. When will it end?!? Well, thanks for listening. A little poorer but better lit Delano P.S. - I did have to get a flash meter so I guess that is another thing to factor in on this type of decision. on 3/8/02 4:34 PM, Brendan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well my first experiment with these lights is a partal > sucess. For $49 cad you get the 1000w dual lights and > yes, they do get VERY hot. The grills are removeable > but these seem to have an ugly yellow light colour, > visible next to your eye. The light was so strong I > was able to get 1/125 at F8 in a 15x10x8 ft room with > just these lights. The colour cast might also have > been my cream walls tho :( > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Find, Connect, Date! http://personals.yahoo.ca > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
