Originally posted by Skip:
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
Originally posted by Skip:
if you're planning on location stuff, taking "one or two", why buy three? |
Skip, you probably have forgotten more than I know, but isn't the classic corporate head shot taken with a main, a fill and a hair (or for bald guys called rim) light? If they are going up on the wall with the picture of the previous board, they want more of the same. |
I could be wrong but I think he meant why carry around so many big lights for location work. You really don't need more than 1 or 2, if that, unless you're doing some big production. I have two alien bees (1600 and ring flash) and carrying those things around plus the lightstands, beauty dishes, soft boxes, accessories, vagabonds, etc is a job in of itself! A speedlight is more than adequate to provide fill, light hair, provide rim light or light a background in most cases. Reflectors can be very handy as well. Cases where that might not work is when you need to light large spaces, photograph a large group, over power the sun or deal with the odd environment where you have to throw the light from a distance. Except of course if you're Joe McNally, then you just rig about 16 speedlights to get the job done. |
precisely. jminso has been talking about needing to be smart about how he invests his money and if he was only planning on needing one or two (for the most part), buying three just didn't make sense (at this time). |
And it makes sense. I was thinking of just a couple of shots I would like to do with three lights but I wasn't even considering using my 430ex as the third light. Plus I also have two reflectors to use as well. All in all I ended up spending about $500 less then what I had originally planned on the lights and accessories. That savings is letting me get the battery pack now instead of later as well as a pop up back drop and battery grip. I think it was a much wiser decision so for that I thank you Skip. |
