HELP! 5' or 7' Westcott Octabank? Studio pros check in!

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I use a 7 foot octbox and one 8x10 foot reflector card for a program called "Perspectives". The result is AWSOME! I use the 7 foot for full body, 3/4, close-up, high angle, low angle, etc.... I highly recommend it over a 5 footer.

Here is a shot with the 7 foot box, with one Photogenic 800W and the 8x10 foot white vinyl bounce card. (Students face blurred for privacy)

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Awesome man.... what exactly is the 8x10 vinyl bounce card though?

Is that a replacement for the the internal baffle thing or something?

Oh and what brand octabox do you have? And if you dont mind what stand equipment are you using to hold it up?

here is a quick diagram of the setup. The bounce card is a black nylon sheet that is coated with white vinyl on one side, it folds in half and rolls up for storage. It is hung in place with two Photogenic 10 foot stands. The softbox is also a Photogenic product, but I don't thnk that it is manufactured for the public. I believe that it is a special item for this program only. All of the stands I use for light, boxes, backdrops, etc are Photogenics.

Hope that this helps.

oops, sorry about forgeting to post this...as you can see, the photographer is inbtween the light and the bounce, and the light does not directly impact the subject. The light that does illuminate the subject is feathered from the box, and bounced from the card. Really cool.

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I use the Photoflex Octodome 7'. I love it (for certain things) I am not sure how the photogenic or westcott ones, but the Photoflex has an internal baffle as well as silver and gold reflectors that you can attach to change contrast and temp.