Put a ring on it

After dragging my feet on getting new equipment, I am finally going to bite the bullet and replace some of my aging gear. For those of you that have had the pleasure of seeing some of my gear, you'll breathe a sigh of relief, as there will be no more light-stands with missing pins, lopsided umbrellas, etc.

Additionally, I will be purchasing some new additions, one of them being an Orbis Ring Flash adapter. This is basically an adapter that goes over my existing speed-lights, to create a similar effect of a full on ring flash (minus some of the power of course), but in a much more compact and mobile package (i'm all about being mobile)

Once I have a few photo sessions under my belt with this new toy, I will post up the results, so stay tuned.

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Strobist

Often times I am asked what type of equipment I use, not just my camera gear but my studio gear, specifically when it comes to lighting.

Now most people would expect me to say I use some high-end monolights with an array of light modifiers, and don't get me wrong, I do use monolights occasionally and for a while I used them exclusively.  However, through the years i've noticed that I really enjoy using my off-camera strobes for studio work, in my case, these currently consist of SB-800s and SB-600s which are all very capable strobes in their own right.

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Why do I do this?  There are a few reasons which I will quickly outline below: