Posted January 15th, 2012 by Smick
If your thinking of investing in some studio flash then we have some specials on offer to tempt you. Starting with our 180Ws flash lighting kit this is a two head kit and includes 2 flash heads, 2 light stands, a 60 x 40 softbox, a white translucent umbrella and an 80cm gold/silver reflector we [...]
Tags: flash lighting, photography lighting, portrait photography, studio bag, studio case, studio flash, studio lighting
Posted November 2nd, 2011 by Smick
In this video Gavin Hoey shows how to use the Ezy Up studio flash softbox with grid, he shows what effect the egg crate grid has and how you can use it to control the light in your shots. The Ezy Up softboxes come in 2 sizes 80 x 120cm and the 120cm Octagonal softbox, [...]
Tags: gavin hoey, photography lighting, portrait photography, softbox, studio flash, studio lighting
Posted September 30th, 2011 by Smick
The summer is now over and with autumnal weather setting in our thoughts turn to what we can photograph indoors and possibly setting up our own studio, with a small studio set up you can take all those family portraits or even start a small business taking portraits and baby pictures. With this in mind [...]
Tags: flash lighting, photography lighting, portrait photography, studio flash, studio lighting
Posted August 19th, 2011 by Smick
Up until the end of August we have some great offers on our studio Flash softboxes up to 15% off selected boxes. All our softboxes have an inner and outer diffuser. 60 x 80cm softbox available in Bowens and Elinchrom has 15% off 80 x 120cm softbox available in Bowens or Elinchrom fit has 10% [...]
Tags: flash lighting, photography lighting, portrait photography, softbox, studio flash
Posted July 18th, 2011 by Smick
We now have an update of our strobist softbox. It now has a much sturdier metal bracket which has replaced the ball head and will take the heaviest of speedlights without a problem. It has an adjustable flash shoe which enables it to fit larger flash shoes like some Nikon speedlights and adjusts with a [...]
Tags: portrait photography, softbox, strobist
Posted March 15th, 2011 by Smick
In this tutorial Gavin Hoey explores the use of shallow depth of field to shoot atmospheric portraits in the studio using continuous lighting. He’s using one of our Lightbank Softbox lighting units with daylight bulbs and explains just how you can achieve the same with examples along the way. Along with the Lightbank Softbox is [...]
Tags: continuous lighting, daylight bulb, gavin hoey, photography lighting, portrait photography, studio lighting, video lighting
Posted February 27th, 2011 by Smick
Take one of our 400ws studio flash heads and a 120cm octagonal softbox, we also sell 150cm octagonal softboxes and see how you can achieve a soft wrap around light by following this delightful video anyone can achieve. In the video tutorial the versatility you can get with just a simple set up, add another [...]
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Posted December 8th, 2010 by Smick
The Lightbank Softbox is a very powerful lighting system ideal for video lighting and still digital photography. It uses 7 x 50w energy efficient daylight bulbs that emit 4 x the amount of light that a normal bulb gives off, they are relatively cool unlike tungsten halogen lighting that get very hot. Another advantage over [...]
Tags: continuous lighting, daylight bulb, photography lighting, portrait photography, studio lighting, video lighting
Posted November 3rd, 2010 by Smick
The mains powered slave flash unit can be overlooked but they are an excellent addition to your studio lighting kit, it has a test button and a sync outlet and comes complete with a sync cable. The word slave means they they are triggered by any other flash unit so can be used with other [...]
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Posted September 7th, 2010 by Smick
For a limited period we are giving away an 80cm gold – silver reflector on purchases of our Super Softbox 3 head Lighting for Digital and Video SS70503 lighting kit. This continuous lighting kit has 2 70 x 50 cm softboxes that contain 4 x 50w daylight bulbs 5400k and one 45 x 45 cm [...]
Tags: continuous lighting, daylight bulb, photography lighting, portrait photography, video lighting
