Hello everyone. You all know me......I'm that one guy......you know.....that one guy who is a friend of that other guy......lol This forum seems like a very educational place for a newbie to photography, like me, to be. I say newbie, but I have been around film SLRs for about 2yrs and DSLRs for about a yr. But I am new to lighting and i am very interested in learning about photography. OK, I have a lighting question for ya here, but first let me tell you about my camera/equipment and then what kind of photography I would like to do. Cameras: Digital rebel XT & elan 7e Lens: for DSLR: the kit lens 18-55mm. Film SLR: sigma 70-300mm and sigma 18-55mm Strobe: britek 500ws strobe ( which i cant use yet because i am not sure of the sync speed on it )...bought on ebay and currently trigger it with the internal flash......though none of my pics turn out at all with it and i think sync speed may have something to do with it. type of photography i would like to do: portrait and buildings, landscapes, etc.....mainly portraits.....i would like to open a studio someday. here's my question: I have about $800 to spend on lighting......should I go with a couple of alienbees (B800) or a couple of speedlites? The reason I threw the speedlites in is because I like the idea of it being portable and I could use them both on cam and off. Price-wise they are both about the same. Any help/advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you and have a nice day
honestly i didnt even think about aperture. i will play around with it tonite and see what happens. i bought this strobe on ebay and it does work but for some reason it doesnt show in the pics and i cant find any specs on it. i will try again going thru the speeds and with different apertures. thank you for the suggestion sideburns.....much appreciated
If you are doing preplanned portraiture, I would say go for the bees. If you are doing weddings, photojournalism, go speedlights
I figured out my britek strobe......works great I will add a b800 bee and 1 speedlite now that I got my britek working. thanks to all who have replied. Have a great day.