Meet my AlienBees A400 & a shout out for Paul Bluff Australia!

[CaptainNH]

I've been plodding along quite happily with my strobes (EX580IIs) with the pocket wizards, but I've occasionally found my shots a little soft as I don't always have enough power to get the aperture stopped down.

So, I've bitten the bullet and ordered myself my first piece of "proper" studio lighting! Not wanting to splash out a big pile of cash, I started small and ordered an Alien Bees B400.

I have a shoot at the weekend that I was hoping to use the new light on, so I jumped online and ordered, hoping that I would receive it on Friday and give myself a day to play.

Here's the shout out for Paul C Buff Australia The International Home Of Alien Bees, Cybersyncs, Whitelighting, Einsteins. Asia Pacific, who distribute ABs in Australia and in the Asia/Pacific region.

Order placed online at 1:30pm yesterday (Monday) and was disturbed from my morning tea by their courier at 10:30am today. Ordered, picked, packed, collected and
delivered from Brisbane to Sydney over 1000km away in less than 24hrs. Exceptional!

Here's my first shot with the new toy - it's a photograph of my previous new toy!


Canon5D2 | 1/125 | f/16 | ISO400
AB400 @1/8 through umbrella camera right | silver reflector camera left.

I'm excited about having enough light to be able to stop my aperture down, can't wait to use it this weekend!

[zona5101]

HA! Most excellent. Congrats on the new gear! Besides the power, one of the great things about decent lighting is the variety of light modifiers you can find to fit your gear. Have fun with that! And big thumbs up to AB for the service level.

[natek313]

I have a B800 unit, and I absolutely love it!

I'm sure you'll love your new AlienBee.

[Iris333]

Congrats on the new light! I just purchased a 400 myself and am loving it (the few times I have been able to play) I am experimenting with fill light however... I also used silver reflector on camera left but it isn't as bright as I am wanting... and turning up the alien bee gives too much light. I also own a 580exII which I have not amateured much less mastered! LOL, any tips you can give me on using it.. more importantly if you venture into combining the 580exII with the alien bee I would love to know your tips and tricks!