I am returning to photography after a couple of decades down period focusing on other activities. But a lot has changed! When I needed a flash before, I’d always buy Metz because they were work horses that never let me down. But, from what I can tell, they are no longer in business. Wow, mind blown! So what are the better brands of flash and lighting equipment now?
Wow. Monolights. I had no idea. I feel like I need some refresher training. I had been looking for a speedlight now and portable studio a bit later.
I’m an old dog but I can learn new tricks. So do you have a reference, book, website, etc about lighting with new technology and techniques that may be helpful to me for catchup purposes?
Thank you!
Strobist gets recommended a lot to beginners, but they’re more speedlight-oriented than the bigger strobes.
Honestly I’d start looking through the manufacturers recommended here and getting an idea for the tech. I personally don’t mind setting power manually and running off of AC power, but others with more complicated setups might want to automate that or at least make it more streamlined. Some lights (like Paul Buff Einsteins) stay color-temp accurate throughout their whole f-stop range, this may or may not be important to you.
And in a turn of events, you see people using LED “hot lights” more than ever now with the rise of YouTube creators and vlogs. A world of difference from the old Lowel tungstens that would heat the studio on a winter day.
Great idea, thank you all!