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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Moab Man" data-source="post: 651979" data-attributes="member: 11881">Of your options, I would suggest the unit with the strobes. Constant light is great, but you need ALLOT of light and these discount kits just aren't going to do it. Strobes are going to give you a punch that you can't get with the constant unless you spend more bucks. Recently I did a Santa Clause shoot to which I KNEW there would be poorly behaved kids and oh yeah, people wanting their dogs pictured with Santa meaning a running dog on one end with a person on the other and a leash at the ready to plow down my lighting. I have two light setups, first is my Elinchrom really nice lights and my second is a pair of $150 inexpensive lights that are available for sacrifice. They came with small softboxes that are not ideal for groups. Soft boxes are not intended to be backed up to get enough spread, although it is done too often. By going back you create a smaller light source with greater distance and have to crank up the power resulting in harder shadows. Closer and relatively bigger light source give you softer light which is easier on the wrinkles. What I did was use the cheap strobes and buy the largest (5 foot diameter) umbrellas I could work with. Turned the strobe heads away from the subject and bounced the light off of the umbrellas. The umbrellas were placed close to the subject to maintain soft light and the lighting turned out gorgeous. Fred mentioned using your flash. If you are shooting in small confined areas and it's not going to be shot after shot (battery consumption) then I would go his suggested route. If you are in a set location with room and it will be shot after shot then I would go with the strobes. On a side note, I did not need to have 10 total feet of umbrella, but this was an investment to my gear. You could certainly go smaller.</blockquote>

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