Marcus Geezer
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I have been studying and studying the forums, magazines, taking advice from the educated and decided that rather than spending a set amount of money on a dedicated portable studio think my 'style' would lend itself to a more portable setup using speedlight type flash units.
As you hopefully can see from my sig I've got a Canon setup which includes a Canon 580EXII but have decided that despite the ability to use E-TTL on multiple flash units I want to go the manual route in order to have more control over the final image.
Rather than immediately buying an extra 2-3 flash units with brollies/ softboxes, stands, sundries. etc, want to expand at a gradual rate, which hopefully will match my learning curve.
So for starters I would happily start with my 580EXII mounted on a stand with a softbox being controlled by say, a remote trigger, then when I got the hang of that, then move on to a second unit, which doesnt necessarily have to be an E-TTL or even a Canon in order to keep costs down, and then on to a third and so on if I feel it is required.
With regards to the type of pics I want to take, I seem to be biased more towards 'on location' type shots, where the location itself will be the background.
So.. the questions is, exactly what kit would I need to mount my first flash on a stand and then what would anyone recomend regarding a 2nd unit and can people give examples where quality isnt compromised too much by budget.
As you hopefully can see from my sig I've got a Canon setup which includes a Canon 580EXII but have decided that despite the ability to use E-TTL on multiple flash units I want to go the manual route in order to have more control over the final image.
Rather than immediately buying an extra 2-3 flash units with brollies/ softboxes, stands, sundries. etc, want to expand at a gradual rate, which hopefully will match my learning curve.
So for starters I would happily start with my 580EXII mounted on a stand with a softbox being controlled by say, a remote trigger, then when I got the hang of that, then move on to a second unit, which doesnt necessarily have to be an E-TTL or even a Canon in order to keep costs down, and then on to a third and so on if I feel it is required.
With regards to the type of pics I want to take, I seem to be biased more towards 'on location' type shots, where the location itself will be the background.
So.. the questions is, exactly what kit would I need to mount my first flash on a stand and then what would anyone recomend regarding a 2nd unit and can people give examples where quality isnt compromised too much by budget.
