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<blockquote data-quote="FastGlass" data-source="post: 380612" data-attributes="member: 13822"><p>If doing portraits then speedlights will do just fine plus save you a ton of money. Of course the best way to go is strobes. And as WhiteLight stated, you get what you pay for. Do your homework because not every strobe is created equal. Just because it says 500ws doesn't mean that's how much it pumps out. The better strobes have better circuitry that are more efficient in the output of the light. Spending a couple hundred bucks on a simple setup is wasting your money.</p><p> As far as modifiers. It all comes down to controlling the light. Umbrellas do very little as far as controlling the light. They have lots of spill which isn't necessarily a bad thing. But if wanting to control the light falloff against a background, umbrellas are hard to control. Softbox's have allot more control over where you can direct the light but they come at a higher price. </p><p> You really need to do your homework. t's hard to direct someone as to which direction to go. Photographers can technically have the same setup but can be thousands and thousands apart from each other as far as the cost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FastGlass, post: 380612, member: 13822"] If doing portraits then speedlights will do just fine plus save you a ton of money. Of course the best way to go is strobes. And as WhiteLight stated, you get what you pay for. Do your homework because not every strobe is created equal. Just because it says 500ws doesn't mean that's how much it pumps out. The better strobes have better circuitry that are more efficient in the output of the light. Spending a couple hundred bucks on a simple setup is wasting your money. As far as modifiers. It all comes down to controlling the light. Umbrellas do very little as far as controlling the light. They have lots of spill which isn't necessarily a bad thing. But if wanting to control the light falloff against a background, umbrellas are hard to control. Softbox's have allot more control over where you can direct the light but they come at a higher price. You really need to do your homework. t's hard to direct someone as to which direction to go. Photographers can technically have the same setup but can be thousands and thousands apart from each other as far as the cost. [/QUOTE]
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