$100 gears to start playing with light

I realized that a lot of people here don't manipulate light. My personal view is that real photographer has to master light also. Maybe you think they are expensive? Here is some gears can help you to start learning about light...

1. Any manual speedlight: one is ok for beginner. Two is sufficient to do any pro job. You can add more when you feel you need more.

Cheap and Good option: Vivtar 285 HV, about $ 40 - 50 in Ebay. This product is so classic and reliable, Vivtar stopped production. Very powerful full manual flash... Use it wisely, :-) Use this to balance sunset or direct sun, the result is wonderful. You can go to my Flickr to see some of the results.

2. 38" to 42" white shoot through umbrella: price $10 to $30 in Amazon, if you want to be mobile, get a folderable.

3. Wireless trigger: one transmitter and one receiver, about $30 in Ebay. Of course you can go with PC sync cable. But it's not cheaper than this option. I am using CACTUS due to their great price vs. performance and big family of product. It's a little more expensive. But if you stick to V2 version, it's affordable.

4. umbrella holder brachet, about $5 in ebay.

5. light stand, start with some cheap options or you can even use some stick if you have assitant. $ 11 from Amazon.

6. Other DIYs with 0 cost or less than $5. I will write another thread with photos for them.  

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• 别的不知道好坏,但我的 580EX 放到$5的架子上摔坏的概率估计很大. -华翰斋- ♂ (57 bytes) () 10/19/2011 postreply 11:38:13

• 不要小看这5块钱还真没问题。。。 -江北快炒- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/19/2011 postreply 19:16:28

• 非常欢迎对灯光的讨论 -天天古狗- ♂ (359 bytes) () 10/19/2011 postreply 12:01:15

• 谢谢科普! 这得占多大地方儿? -晓艳- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/19/2011 postreply 12:02:41

• 顶一下！请继续写下去，有图更好！摄影就是光的艺术，即使不这么玩，了解一下也有益。 -铁蛋蛋- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/19/2011 postreply 18:56:57

• Thanks for your introduction of lighting! -yozi- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/19/2011 postreply 18:57:51

• 只是想说好照片不一定要烧很多钱。。。 -江北快炒- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/19/2011 postreply 19:26:15

• Thanks -yn- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/19/2011 postreply 19:58:00

• 谢谢！人像灯光一直是感兴趣可是不得要领的课题，试过几次都不满意。。。 --oasis-- ♂ (33 bytes) () 10/19/2011 postreply 21:35:38

• Thanks for the info! -红木蓝山- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/19/2011 postreply 22:23:37

• 很有兴趣. 回头一定向你请教. -吴聚- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/20/2011 postreply 09:11:01