Q: Studio lights for portraits

[Sean Setters]

Well, it depends on what you want to do exactly with your lighting. With two lights, you'll have a main light and a fill light. However, will you ever want to light the background? Two 400w lights should be enough to simply cover a small group of people especially in a confined space.


Have you looked into alienbees? I've never heard a bad word against them, they're reasonable, and rugged.

[Dallasphotog]

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Two Smith-Victor 500W photo floods bounced off umbrellas with a 480EX fill flash. This is a VERY inexpensive set-up.