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AB's aren't bad, are you unsatisfied with them for a specific reason? Or do they just exude less prestige than Profoto?
I learned lighting by assisting commercial photographers and working in stage lighting, so my path may be different than most people here, but I've come to think that any brand that doesn't drive you crazy is fine.
Before you buy more lighting gear, I'd get Kirk Tuck's book, or the Strobist DVD set, or even do alot of web searching... Light Science & Magic by Hunter Biver & Fuqua is a great book.
An AlienBee 1600 is 640 watt-seconds, fairly strong. Otherwise you can get either White Lightning or Balcar, as they will all take the same softbox speedrings.
You might even use a couple of old manual Sunpaks/Vivitars or Nikon SB25's.... www.strobist.com... if you're into shooting at wide apertures fairly close and like portable gear.
You'd be amazed what foamcore and reflectors can do once you get used to them...
Flash power needs depend on aperture and distance and subject matter as well as visual style. These days I have about 5,000 watt-seconds of Speedotron gear BUT I often shoot at F2.8, turning everything down to the minimum, so I don't need nearly that much power....
I haven't shot Nikon since 1999, so don't know wide lenses.
Moving the light a few inches has more impact than switching brands.- I'm not dissatisfied with them, I just didn't know truly if they were a decent light or not? I don't have a ton of photo experience or knoweldgerodzilla
- experience or knowledge.rodzilla
- All I am currently reflecting with is foamcore. I'm setting everything up alone and shooting with no one that has more knowledge....rodzilla