Alien Bees - I hate how things just ADD UP

using hot lights for anything is always a pain in the ass. i use them with my view camera when im shooting still life. so much of a pain.

LOL...what type of product needs 9 lights?

Must have had 3 AC units running to get over that.

Ronald S. Jr. wrote in post #2952442
LOL...what type of product needs 9 lights?

Must have had 3 AC units running to get over that.

a black box with mirrors on each side and maybe top, can't remember, on top of black glass with a colored gradation

awad wrote in post #2952440
using hot lights for anything is always a pain in the ass. i use them with my view camera when im shooting still life. so much of a pain.

nah what you see is what you get, no worries about recycle times or anything else. strobes are obviously more useful, but hot lights aren't that big of a deal, just bring gloves

coreypolis wrote in post #2952481
a black box with mirrors on each side and maybe top, can't remember, on top of black glass with a colored gradation

Sounds really interesting. Is the shot yours to share, or is that copyrighted?

Ronald S. Jr. wrote in post #2952503
Sounds really interesting. Is the shot yours to share, or is that copyrighted?

its on polaroids and 4x5 chromes somwehere in a box

aw darn. Sounded like a fascinating shoot. Oh well.

Ronald S. Jr. wrote in post #2952584
aw darn. Sounded like a fascinating shoot. Oh well.

one exposure was like 90 minutes with reciprocity on iso 50 or 100 film, and needing f/32-64 from DOF

Some day I'll buy another scanner and get it all online

awad wrote in post #2952440
using hot lights for anything is always a pain in the ass. i use them with my view camera when im shooting still life. so much of a pain.

Yeah they can be

awad wrote in post #2952277
whenever i travel to calumet, i always end up wasting a ton of money on studio stuff. i've been buying softboxes and octaboxes from amvona, and they're usually super cheap. i got this octabox for 100 shipped. and its huge![/IMG]

Wow, that looks like a sweet setup with great light. Do you have the results of that setup online also (the portrait)?

coreypolis wrote in post #2952388
I'm wondering what you're shooting with so many lights. Some times KISS really is a good principle, its amazing what can be done with just 1 light.

Its not that I plan on using ALL the lights at the same time... With planning on actually doing paid work, I do believe in having backup gear...

Here is my mental thinking and why owning 5 lights would work for me.

a) Having multiple lights for backup reasons (I also have spare flash tubes)
b) AB400 is for wide open aperture shots.. sometimes less power is better.
c) AB800 seems to be the standard for me and I have two of them.
d) AB1600 is for that just incase I need that extra stop of power, im sure it would work very well when using with BIG light modifiers like a huge softbox.
e) ABR800 ring flash, a flash that yield unique results and also doubles as a backup light.

When I go chromakey (green screen shooting) I would have...
Two AB800 background lights.
AB400 Hair
AB1600 Main
ABR800 Fill.

I put a lot of thought into my setup, and feel 5 lights would do me just right.

Also, if I ever did an event, different lights in different rooms and all you are doing is switches PW channels to work with different strobes.

+ all the light modifiers I think I need.

I know its a bit much, and a little ambitious, but its what I want.

What do you think.

Double Negative wrote in post #2952881
Wow, that looks like a sweet setup with great light. Do you have the results of that setup online also (the portrait)?

this is just a quick unedited one.

awad wrote in post #2957189
this is just a quick unedited one.

You moved the light

heh heh heh.

awad wrote in post #2957189
this is just a quick unedited one.

Nice, soft light. I like it.