I am looking to purchase my first studio flash and I'm considering a White
Lightning X800 or an AlienBees B800. Judging by specs alone, they are both
very similar. Does anyone have experience with one or both units to suggest
I go one way or another?

Can anyone give me advice on taking photographs in a gym without them coming
out orange?  I have a Canon AE-1 Program and I'd like to use an 80-200 zoom.
I've tried using 400 or 800 in program mode but the camera chooses
super-slow shutter speeds which causes the action to be all ...

I have a Canon EOS 10D and I'm looking to buy a flash system that I can use
in a very limited area in my home and sometimes outdoors. I'm thinking about
buying two Canon 550EX speedlights and a 420EX speedlight with the ST-E2
transmitter for a 3-light system. Will this provide ...

I have been asked by a friend to take 35mm images at his wedding rehearsal
and dinner.
The wedding is a mixed race wedding and I wish to know if I should set the
camera to

I'm learning portrait photography. I do a lot of black and white work but I
also do a lot of beach/bikini color photo shots (seems thats all everybody
wants here in Hawaii). I'm about to purchase a reflector to hopefully
improve the look of my photos. I'm getting a Lastolite ...

Can a person "coil up" so to speak a 5 in 1 reflector, say 40 x
60inch? My single sheet, two sided round reflector can be coiled into
a pouch.
Looking at on on ebay, but its gotta coil.

I shot some photos a a family gathering at a restarurant using Kodak
Portra 160NC (Nikon F100 wSB-28DX flash) with a Wescott Apollo Micro
Flash diffuser/modifer attached to the flash.  Many of the photos came
back looking almost "fuzzy" or "sepia-shaded" (as best as I can

This time in the UK:
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=84092&command=displayCon
tent&sourceNode=83929&contentPK=8744671
The hysteria reminds me of the tulip-bulb craze or the Salem witch
hunts.  Is there something about human beings that requires them to

I have a pair of professional photofloods that my father left me and
I'm looking for some guidance with setting them up for portraits.  I
know that they should be spaced on either side of my subject, bu tI
don't know how to balance them . . . seems like I remember from a

What to buy for spectacular portraits for Nikon? I have F100 and Fuji S2 (
x1,4).
Lens should work with full frame body (F100 and some digital SLR). Small
sensor of Fuji camera will not be an issue next year when I'll sell it. Lens

I am looking for web sites that feature glamour models posing in dry
ice smoke or fog. I have a similar assignment to undertake shortly and
am interested to see the work of others.
Thanks

        I've been getting so much E-mail about this I have decided to go
       and start.
       First, you've gone out and bought a consumer grade SLR at W-Mart or
       at the local camera shop. They told you its wonderful and you can do