begginers flash umbrella & stand

I do have a pair if that helps any one

£50.00 the pair plus P&P

James

Is flash really the best solution? That baby's not going to be sleeping for very long, and will probably grow up with a phobia of flashing lights! I would go with soft window light, maybe try and drape some white sheets or tinfoil to reflect the light back from the other side. You might want fairly wide apertures anyway, most of the nicest shots of babies I have seen have been lovely and soft.

Same thought, or a little in-fill flash bounced from the ceiling.

NO the silver is there to make the light even over the whole white-sheet and the size of the sheet makes the light soft, harsh light is light from a small light source.
Also for an umbrella, many found a shoot-through more effective than reflective.


Radio Trigger will work perfectly


You can also access the flash through the sleeve on the under side but indeed it's a bit problematic.
There are also other softbox solutions, take a look at Creative Lighting.

The rest is up to you what you want, softbox is more directional soft light and more effective using the flash power than an umbrella.

I bought a Westcott Apollo softbox so will let you know what I find.

I at least bought it over the Creative light system because of money, more even light and probably it will be more light efficient.

Hi Stefan, just wondering how you are getting on with the apollo softbox, any joy ?

I'm at home recovering from a nasty infection which put me in hospital for a while this week so I've got a bit of time to look into things again and make a decision. Any pro's or con's in your view, can you use it with either flashgun or studio light ?

Oops forgot all about it.

Like you said it's a bit hard to adjust the flash when using the softbox, since you're shooting to the back of it the easiest way is to make a corner of the white-screen lose, it's simply hold together with velcro and easy to secure it back.
Adjusting the flash takes me 3 seconds.

The light coming out from it does seems to be pretty good.
I'll make a photo from it to look how even the light is tonight, I've a birthday very soon so don't have the timenow.

The Westcott Apollo softbox I've use an umbrella stand and is only therfor only usable with a that so no studio flash.
But to be honest when looking at the cost of the creative lighting system, the softbox was more expensive then the westcott and I needed to buy a special bracket as well.
So the cheapest option would be to buy a Westcott and separate softbox for your studio light.

I have a soft box cost me £52.00 and it has the flash sitting out side the soft box 24" and you can buy bigger

I find it a good investment esp for wedding and home shoots

and you can alter the flash and use it (hand held great for wedding)

I will up load a photo of it later as I'm printing images for a customer tonight

James

@bladerunneruk I got it wrong you can use the Westcot on everything as long as it fits inside and it has an umbrella holder.
There are different types btw. here watch this link

@James do you need to use an adapter with yours?

The Westcott 28" is €159 so £136.
They also had Creative Lighting softbox and that one was €189 (£162) and you need a special holder for that and that cost €139 (£119) so that wasn't interesting any more

This the kind of light it gives and it's recessed so there is less "spill" better to aim so to say.


the S that you see is dirt on my sensor