The big problem with lighting is really the cost. Good flash set-ups are a small fortune and even if you go for continuous lighting it can get very expensive, so this is not really an area for home experimentation...or is it?
I tried using a couple of old Vivitar 283's with a remote trigger but was not able to control the power - and I have no intention of spending the rest of my life looking for the VP-1 varipower module for the flashes on ebay and was not that successful with diffusing the flash in any case. So experimenting with flash is, for now anyway, not an option.
I then thought about using a different sort of light - remember I'm on a tight budget here - and duly went off to machine mart and picked up a building site light for a fraction of the cost of a photo light- my cunning plan is to learn to use lighting with that and a couple of reflectors made in the best Blue Peter tradition out of an old cardboard box and some kitchen foil and in the meantime save the money I would have spent on film to buy a coldlight...so we shall see what develops*
*pun intended
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I think you're in the UK (BluePeter) but thought you should know that the varipower module for the 283 is available at B&H @ USD20.00.
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