Strobist.
Recently, I was trying to take portraits of Lisa at home, and failing. There wasn’t enough light, and the (on-camera) flash I had simply wasn’t cutting it. I decided it was time for a more serious solution.
Enter Strobist.com. I already had the 580EX II Flash, so I got a stand, umbrella, and reflector, told my sister-in-law to stand between it all, and the results turned out much better:
The background there is actually an empty room with all of the lights turned off, which I was pretty impressed with.
Since then, I’ve convinced Lisa to let me set up a photo studio in the garage, complete with backgrounds. I picked up a background stand (no backgrounds yet though) and a Calumet Genesis 200 1-Light Kit, which is pretty awesome. I’ve also signed up for some classes to try and pick up some tips on all of this.
In other news, I picked up the WordPress iPhone app. Maybe I’ll actually start posting more regularly.