Help pick me out some equipment

Hey guys ive got my speedlites and my rf 602s and i have been having a blast with them. Have really gotten the hang of bounce flash and have definitely fully grasped manual flash (only use it now even when on camera instead of ETTL).

Now im looking for some light modifiers to get even more interesting lighting setups. Will probably start doing simple portraits outside and inside just for fun and the majority of my close friends are also musicians so i figure i can dick around and try to get some cool band photos for them.

Currently i have a yn460II and a 580exII and will probably pick up another 460ii along the way but as of right now lets go with a 2 speedlight setup.

I would love if you can recommend some stands, brackets, and umbrellas(maybe some softboxes too). As far as price, nothing too expensive since im just using them to dick around and have fun. I also dont want anything that will fall apart after one or two uses. As far as stands go portable would be better but dont need the top of the line as i wouldnt be carrying them all day...pretty much in the car, out of the car right there for use sort of thing

thanks a lot

TRy looking at Impact stands umbrella and brackets on B&H, i think they sell a kit around 100$, 2 stands 2 umbrellas 2 brackets.

cometzx03x wrote in post #10122306
TRy looking at Impact stands umbrella and brackets on B&H, i think they sell a kit around 100$, 2 stands 2 umbrellas 2 brackets.

ive looked but i see a lot of people saying the umbrellas are crap in terms of durability... anyone have them and want to chime in?

Well i cant agree with you more, but for the price it cant be beat!

My umbrella broke after 1 month of use, the threads on the tips came off but it is still very well usuable haha, not sure what cause it, cause i didnt really take care of my umbrella quite well.

cometzx03x wrote in post #10122675
Well i cant agree with you more, but for the price it cant be beat!

My umbrella broke after 1 month of use, the threads on the tips came off but it is still very well usuable haha, not sure what cause it, cause i didnt really take care of my umbrella quite well.

haha how do you feel the stands and brackets are holding up to use? if they arent too bad i might just flat out buy the stands and brackets and mix and match umbrellas haha

Stands and brackets are great!, not sure how great i can tell u because they are the only ones i ever owned.

google photographers warehouse.

search for Photogenic umbrella. they have about 10 left as of yesterday.

32" white umbrellas with removable black cover with covered ribs. these umbrellas are like $40 at B&H. Photographers warehouse is selling them for $12 right now.

I bought all of their Photogenic stands or else I would recommend them as well.