*first post ever* I need some help and knowledge.

[JerryPH]

When I say portable lighting system I mean you could buy some type of power generator and then buy some strong lights to hook up to it.

With the horrendous cost for a generator and crappy lighting results... its a waste, big time.

A lighting stand (maybe not even needed), an optical (peanut) trigger and an off camera strobe will do 100 times better at 1/10th the price.

- light stand: $20
- peanut trigger: $10
- off camera strobe: $80-100

The results: compared to a generator and constant on lights? TREMENDOUSLY better and a good start. Of course if you want more strobes or better control, thats where the money starts to come in... but the above setup is VERY functional.

 

[kundalini]

One more thing to mention with the D300 is that with it's incredible images at high ISO's, you may be able to capture those shots without a flash. Just a thought.

BTW, what the hell is a peanut trigger?

 

[crotograph]

Welcome to the forum. A suggestion: I doubt that you need slaved flashes, not sure, but, it may be more than you should bite off all at once. If I were shooting this type of event I would set the on camera flash to "rear curtain" to preserve the action sequences. You say you're buying a D 300 so it should have "rear curtain" in its settings for flash photography.