Fstoppers: How To Create Beauty Photography on a Budget 

some people never checked pricing on broncolor or profoto. And I am sure even they are cheap, compared to some really exotic stuff out there.

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Yeah they are awesome for that. If you need a little highlight on the butt only, put a FlashDisc there. Need a little extra hair light, easy.

Cool..

Patrick Hall What are the different colors used for on the reverse of the white side?

But +Fstoppers you forgot to say how much is for all the stands.tripods we need for Flashes ;)

+Biliana BiBiShi BiBiShaN You can get light stands for like $15-20 a piece on Amazon. They won't be the strongest things ever, but they should be more than good enough for holding a speedlite. You can get pretty cheap boom arms too for attaching the top front light. Have something you can use as a counterweight though top stop it tipping over lol. Cheaper stands tend not to be so sturdy for that stuff. You can get a tripod for around $30 too, though I'd never trust something so cheap unless you happen to get a mega awesome deal on something that was far more expensive but on sale. Photography isn't a cheap hobby/profession, but you can do a lot of DIY stuff or get away with cheaper gear if you're not going to be moving it around much or you're doing it purely for fun. You'd want to get some more expensive better quality kit though if you plan on making money from it. At least in terms of say a tripod. It depends what you're shooting I guess. Renting is a good way to go too if you're just starting out. Just be sure to rent it before the day so you know how to use it properly lol, last thing you want is to show up with a new lens or body you just rented at say a wedding and not know how to actually use it properly because you picked it up that morning.

+TalesOfWar Thanks, I finally made some Light box myself, as i already have two Lights ;) Thanks

That's the difference between a giant company selling literally millions of units and a small company with 2 guys trying to do everything for the first time without any sort of distribution. We will do what we can to keep our prices competitive but at the moment our expenses are extremely high.

Fstoppers Fans Actually I don't think it is that overpriced. It is very close to the Rogue Flashbender which is priced at $39 on Amazon. I own the Flashbender and I like it. But I also like the idea of a foldable flat soft box. If you guys can bring the price down to $39 then it would be great, but I don't think it is that overpriced as it is now. I just hope it is a high quality and reliable product.

***** Dude, I bought the wedding DVD. It is worth every penny. It is 14 hours of material. Compare that to taking a course with 14 times 1 hour lectures and you will be probably paying more. Plus, the content is really good and you can see that they actually thought about what to put in there and have a comprehensive training package. If you are going to be professional you will be spending more than that amount on any flash, camera, or lens you buy. Not to mention advertising. So why are you thinking those DVDs are less important? People should really try to appreciate quality and quit the pirate mentality.

***** Well, advising people to watch but not buy the DVD's is something I am strongly against. This is not a big Hollywood corporate production. This is an educational course created by two young photographers on their own time and expense. They clearly spent a lot of time making and polishing it. If no one buys it then there will be no incentive for similar material to be created. That would be quite sad. Lee teaches you how to shoot in his style. And he says many times that there are many other ways to doing things, but that's his way. Also, I find it unfounded to degrade his style. Looking at your website, I don't think your style is particularly different or superior. Maybe you think differently, but I doubt you will find many that agree with you. I personally find DVDs superior to attending a lecture and having someone yap at you for 14 hours. You can pause at any moment, pick up your camera, try it out, rewind to see what you did wrong, do it again and again till you get it right. You can watch the whole thing a year later with fresh eyes and learn things that went over your head when you were just starting. You basically have it forever. How many times do you use lecture notes? And of course it is aimed at beginner photographers. What would a professional high end photographer want with an educational DVD? I don't get your point. Also don't get the point about the 12K and photo albums. Anyway, just don't say things like "I recommend others to watch it - but not to buy". That's a quite terrible thing to advise people to do. Let's all be nice and fair to each other, OK?

+Devin Dymkowski Don't buy it then.

They can rim an entire person if you put the flash far enough away but at some point the light will begin to look hard again. For a soft rim you really need a full length strip box.

SU-4. All the flashes in the video can fire by simply seeing another flash pop. You could use them with a point and shoot camera if you wanted. No commander mode is needed

Yongnuo, I reference them in the Fstoppers Article if you goggle Fashdisc beauty shot you should be able to find it

It's pointed up so that the flash fills the entire modifier. You can def still use TTL metering. TTL meter uses preflashes and it doesn't matter if you are bouncing your flash, firing it forward, or using it off camera.

excellent! I'll have to go on over and pick (at least) one up - i've been looking for something like this the past year or so and have tried a good number of them but haven't been happy with the result. Additional question - i realized late this video is dated but i just came across it today.. do you have a similar diffuser but one that allows me to attach a gel to it?.. or are the edges of this diffuser strong enough for clipping a gel w/o too much impact? this would be FANTASTIC if so. Last question...is that an 18% gray middle strip on the back? If so, worth the price of admission by itself!

A Rafay that happns bcud the light is sort of far away frm backround. ud need to light the backround to mk it white or do it in postproduction

i like the grey :) because of inverse square of light