You know, just starting out, he may want to try and pick up a couple of cheap White Lightning Ultra 600s at an ebay price of about $150. They were made before the Alien Bees, and pack about as much power as the B800. Unfortunately, the release mechanism for connecting light modifiers is a bit of a pain, but it's not too bad (just a little time consuming). In fact, ebay's a great place to find modifiers at decent prices as well.



For this shot I'm using the Ultra 600 and the Paul C. Buff HOBD: