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Beautiful examples! Thank you for sharing. I think I will follow the majorities advice and invest in the one quality light and go from there.
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As for backdrops.... Make Your own... seriously, it's easy....
Cheap DIY (Homemade) Muslin Photography Background | DIYPhotography.net

I suggest grabbing 5 yards of 108" white muslin for your backdrop and grabbing a cheap HUGE spool of twine at the hardware store.... There are a myriad of ways to hang the backdrop and with a little time and thought you can find something for your kit that won't cost near what you'd pay for a lot of the kits...


Buy Quality first and you won't have to buy junk repeatedly. Just my .02

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I was looking at DIY lighting and backdrops and was reading about neat substitute backdrops in the Digital SLR photography magazine. Thank you for this link, I will be going that route for backdrops.
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You can buy kits from all those manufactured I listed and stay right around $550. Even 2 light kits.
I did notice that. When I took a studio photography class there were so many different options and we didn't really get to use them a lot with the scheduled studio time for each student so I didn't feel I learned much that stuck and thought that kit would help me to get a better grasp. But given the responses here, it doesn't look like I'll need all that stuff. Thank you again! You guys have been a great help and I'm happy I won't be wasting any money.
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Beautiful examples! Thank you for sharing. I think I will follow the majorities advice and invest in the one quality light and go from there.[/QUOTE]

Thanks! I'm tellin' ya, this light + softbox was one of the best investments I've made.
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