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Old 06-28-2008   #2 (permalink)
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Hi Russ- Depending on you lighting skills, you can quite a bit of creative mileage out of the lighting setup you have described. You may wish, at a later time, to purchase 2 or three more lights to use as hair, background and kicker lights. Theses can certainly make the difference if you are going to get into advanced portraiture. Problem is, too many lights can cause confusing at first so it is a good idea to master them before going on to a more elaborate system.

Also it is a good idea, once you have your basic lighting system in place to look out for good deals on the used market.

Adding reflectors, in some lighting setups, is like having more lights. One popular lighting is using one light and a main, the other as a kicker and using a reflector as a fill source. If you don't want to invest in reflectors at this time, you can make your own out of materials such as white Foam-Cor(tm) with one side covered with crushed and re-stretched aluminum foil. One for soft reflection and the other for stronger reflection respectively.

Hope this helps. Ed
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