Lights have arrived!

I have received my order from Midwest Photo Exchange. The bag and Cactus Receivers are on back-order, but no fear, my CyberSyncs from AlienBees arrived too! This kit is pretty awesome, and I cannot wait to start working with these.

In a sidenote - my new homepage should be http://strobist.blogspot.com/, as that is the Bible for OCF.

Off-camera flash (OCF)

I decided to take a dive into OCF. I ordered a 2-light strobist kit from Midwest Photo Exchange. The kit has everything I need (sort of) for OCF. It has stands, umbrellas, flashes, cases and a host of other items. Also included in the kit is a set of Cactus v4 trigger/receivers, but these are not the triggers/receivers I wanted. Although the v4's are better than previous versions, they are not what I wanted to trust. So, I went ahead and ordered a set from AlienBees. These are more reliable and I can use these with studio strobes in the future.

The flashes that come with the kit are the LumoPro LP120's. They're described as "designed by strobists, for strobists." They are fully manual, no automation here. Now, I'm used to using E-TTL but I've been told time and time again that manual is the way to go. Well, I jumped in with both feet, so I hope they're right. :)

Well, everything should be here Friday, so I hope to get out soon to try some shots. Wish me luck!

Blog is up!

Finally got the blog portion of the site up and running. Took a little bit of time and work, but at least it is finished. I'll try to keep everything updated here, so keep an eye out.