Comments on: What type of cheap lighting system to use for amater photography? http://www.homelightingco.com/what-type-of-cheap-lighting-system-to-use-for-amater-photography/ Interior and Outdoor Lighting Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:46:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jim A http://www.homelightingco.com/what-type-of-cheap-lighting-system-to-use-for-amater-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Jim A Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:38:26 +0000 http://www.homelightingco.com/what-type-of-cheap-lighting-system-to-use-for-amater-photography/#comment-705 I use slave strobes from Ritz. These little guys put out lots of light in a very small package. The use AAA batteries so they're easy to load before a shoot and take out after. For studio work you may want to consider mounting them to back flash into an umbrella for smoother light. The only problem is they use light as a trigger so you'll have to have a flash on your camera. That can be muted as well for smoother looks. The think I love about them is they're so protable and my setup, minus the tripods for them, fits in a very small bag. Here's an example of what I've done with mine. This was a very large scene but as you can see with my camera's flash and my strobes it lit the entire thing. Just a thought. Oh, these little strobes are only about $35 each plus tripods at about $30 each from Wal Mart. [who]<a href="http://www.teambuildingdirectory.com/"> Jim A</a> I use slave strobes from Ritz. These little guys put out lots of light in a very small package. The use AAA batteries so they’re easy to load before a shoot and take out after.

For studio work you may want to consider mounting them to back flash into an umbrella for smoother light. The only problem is they use light as a trigger so you’ll have to have a flash on your camera. That can be muted as well for smoother looks.

The think I love about them is they’re so protable and my setup, minus the tripods for them, fits in a very small bag.

Here’s an example of what I’ve done with mine. This was a very large scene but as you can see with my camera’s flash and my strobes it lit the entire thing. Just a thought. Oh, these little strobes are only about $35 each plus tripods at about $30 each from Wal Mart.
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