30 Apr, 2007
In forums and comments all over the net you will see people asking the same question over and over again - “What equipment should I buy?”. Not meaning to sound rude, but this is like asking some stranger on the street “what kind of car should I buy?”, the simple answer is “you aren’t giving me enough information to give you an answer”.
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23 Apr, 2007
I am a big believer in bartering goods and services whenever possible. This week I did some computer service for a professional photographer friend of mine, in exchange he offered me one of his older studio lights. When he handed it to me I thought “what the hell is he giving me”. The old box lamp that looked like something from the dark ages. He swore this Lowel Omni Light was a top notch light.
I happily took it home along with the 10′ Bogen light stand and when I got home I decided to see just how obsolete this light really is. Read the rest of this entry »