Recent content by Sydney

Ahhh brilliant everyone (sorry I've been slow replying - not been on my laptop much, sorting a lot out right now!) I'm glad to hear that I can trust smick then, retrosi, I'll have a little look at your suggestion and do a little weighing up and comparing before I decide what to buy - thanks so...

So far I have my eye on : Floorstand Lighting Kit with 26cm reflectors: https://www.smick.co.uk/sonline/continuous-lighting-kits/tabletop-lighting-kit-with-26cm-reflectors-p613.html The website 'smick' also has an incredibly helpful youtube channel - if anyone would be interested - great for...

please, just leave this forcefulness now, this thread is utterly exhausting. The advice is not meant to make all of you happy, it's meant to make ME happy and quite frankly, some of it I have taken, others I have rejected because it's not right for my situation. In between all of that, there is...

I wouldn't exactly say that everyone was acting like a grown-up though. Thanks for the offer but I think I'd rather take this situation into my own hands and do as much research into what's suitable for my situation, I'd like to make a good decision and not just take up the first offer given to...

yeah sorry guys, came to the wrong place! I'm not trying to p*** any of you off, I hope you realise that.

I'm really tiring of this - for many reasons which I do not want to go into because I'd quite like to leave this area of suggestions right but I cannot use models and focus on getting the 'money shot' - with styling, posing, creative lighting etc etc. yes ebay style photos are not aspirational...

thank you, this really will be all I need

Thanks Mike, the reason I started with 'dark room, need light, using iPhone' and moved on was because this entire time I've been using different websites and ways to research what is best for my situation - open to changing my mind, as it was so rapidly as I learnt - I just didn't update that...

It's not that appropriate towards what I need. Yes, for photography it is, I get that but for ebay style selling? etsy selling? I don't really need to get too creative and work with shadows - it's an item on a hanger, that's all. I think I'd be wasting a lot more if I started buying with such...

Thank you so much, probably one of the only nice people that I've come across on here (be careful though, now that I've said that everyone might just pick on you as they did with Simon) but it's very refreshing to feel like someone is willing to listen and compromise than force down what they...

I highly doubt they're as bad as you're making out - I've read a lot of reviews and they're one of the best options on Amazon. I realise you know your stuff but this can't be such a terrible option. I have a budget - about £200 and I'm not looking to dive straight into being pro, surely you've...

But what you don't all seem to see is that I've been taking your advice! At this point I feel like the thread should be over as I think I made a decision and this has turned into more of a 'tell off Sydney' than 'let's help Sydney' - theres not much more need for this to continue as I've...

I struggled with college and ended up dropping out, didn't really show up to my lessons so learnt minimal - studio work always confused me the most anyway. Was very unhappy in college and going through a really tough time so I've left with almost no qualifications - so no, the 2 years (two...

ahh thank you so much for a great suggestion :) that's a cheaper alternative to what I'm looking at, probably more or less exactly all that I need.. I do currently use my iphone (I only used it because I sell on an app and it made the process so much quicker) but I'm going onto using my canon as...

I find it very strange that at no point have I intentionally been rude to any of you, yet you all have seem to have taken a large offence to the fact that I am struggling to fit your suggestions into my situation - maybe I'm not too good and explaining but thanks for your help anyway, I'd...