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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 822451" data-attributes="member: 53455">Also keep the monopod in mind, I have often found that it can be an option in no-time-for-a-tripod situations... For the off-camera flash, something very simple and light, like the Manfrotto Nano stand, your cobra flash (you don’t need the battery pack like the one I use, unless you intend to shoot in rapid bursts or take a lot of photos), and of course a good softbox, which is the key as it will shape the light just as you want it. I use the “Joe McNally Ezybox Speed-Lite 2 Plus” (what a mouthful!) from Lastolite. Joe is a friend and sent me one when the product launched a few years ago and, friendship aside, I found it so much better and sturdier (and that is important, as the Manfrotto Nano will occasionally keel over!) than the other models I had tried that I bought a second one. They give me just the light I need, as soft or hard as I need it, and from where I want it. I’d post one or two examples if I weren’t reluctant to hijack your thread... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Stay safe!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 822451, member: 53455"] Also keep the monopod in mind, I have often found that it can be an option in no-time-for-a-tripod situations... For the off-camera flash, something very simple and light, like the Manfrotto Nano stand, your cobra flash (you don’t need the battery pack like the one I use, unless you intend to shoot in rapid bursts or take a lot of photos), and of course a good softbox, which is the key as it will shape the light just as you want it. I use the “Joe McNally Ezybox Speed-Lite 2 Plus” (what a mouthful!) from Lastolite. Joe is a friend and sent me one when the product launched a few years ago and, friendship aside, I found it so much better and sturdier (and that is important, as the Manfrotto Nano will occasionally keel over!) than the other models I had tried that I bought a second one. They give me just the light I need, as soft or hard as I need it, and from where I want it. I’d post one or two examples if I weren’t reluctant to hijack your thread... ;) Stay safe! [/QUOTE]

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