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<blockquote data-quote="Geoffc" data-source="post: 199568" data-attributes="member: 8705">Good luck Jake, I set myself a similar goal about 18 months ago. I'm still learning but I've come a long way. Product photography is next on my list as I fancy doing some stock photos but they have to be very good.To aid my learning I got a couple of SB900s, pocket wizard triggers and a sekonic 478 meter. We also have some entry level studio flashes. Off camera is essential hence the triggers albeit you can get cheaper alternatives to pocket wizard. Sekonic have lots of tutorials on their site but mainly portrait so the other recommendations are probably better.I would spend some time learning how light actually works as a lot of it is counter intuitive.I found &quot;the nikon creative lighting system&quot; by Mike Hagen quite a useful starting point. It may be that you can use cls and ttl initially before getting triggers and meters. This book will tell you how. Knowing your approach to things thus far I suspect you will get immersed in this and it will cost a small fortune <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geoffc, post: 199568, member: 8705"] Good luck Jake, I set myself a similar goal about 18 months ago. I'm still learning but I've come a long way. Product photography is next on my list as I fancy doing some stock photos but they have to be very good. To aid my learning I got a couple of SB900s, pocket wizard triggers and a sekonic 478 meter. We also have some entry level studio flashes. Off camera is essential hence the triggers albeit you can get cheaper alternatives to pocket wizard. Sekonic have lots of tutorials on their site but mainly portrait so the other recommendations are probably better. I would spend some time learning how light actually works as a lot of it is counter intuitive. I found "the nikon creative lighting system" by Mike Hagen quite a useful starting point. It may be that you can use cls and ttl initially before getting triggers and meters. This book will tell you how. Knowing your approach to things thus far I suspect you will get immersed in this and it will cost a small fortune :-) [/QUOTE]

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