Response to Help with flash setup mechanics

Really great pics can be create with one flash as main light and the other as a background light. Use your reflector on the other side of your main light for fill. So much of it has to do with positioning of the light sources as to the look your going to get. check out monte zucker's site for tons of great info and lighting diagrams. www.montezucker.com. get a bunch of rolls of slide film ( use slide for all tests cause theres no way to cover up screw ups- what you see is what you get- I use fuji sensia for all my test for consistancy and low cost), take exacting notes of what you did and shoot away. If your good at improvising you can make lots of cool backdrops, lighting stands and light modifiers with stuff from surplus or hardware stores. One that I still use is taping a giant piece of translucent plastic (buy at a gardening store - less than $10) over a door frame to create a large softbox/window light. While I now have a full studio full of softboxes, mono lights and tons of stands and grip gear, I still find myself manufacturing weird stuff in my

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