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Fantastic Brand New 2004 SEVEN Strobe
Professional Photographic Portrait Studio XII
PLUS A Complete Background Support System
AND a custom-made Muslin Backdrop!
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One DS-33 "Anywhere" Flash Unit! $20 Value!
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Just scroll down to see pictures / descriptions, or jump to an item by clicking on the "Show Me" links. Kit # 630 1) One Britek HS-500 Professional Studio Strobe 180WS! <- NEW! show me 2) Three Britek PS-300H Professional Studio Flash Units (150WS) show me 3) Three Mini Slave Strobes (20WS) show me 4) Three Custom Snoot, Barndoors, Honeycomb Sets for Mini Strobes show me 5) Six Britek 2.8 to 6.5 Foot Light stands show me <- Free Upgrade to 7'! 6) One 1.3 to 3.5 Foot Backlight Stand Show Me 7) Two 32" SWhite / Black Reflection Umbrellas show me 8) One 32" Silver / Gold Reflection Umbrella show me 9) Four Unique Umbrella Reflectors show me 10) One Snoot show me 11) One Honeycomb show me 12) One set of Barn Doors show me 13) A Complete Economy Background Support System show me 14) Three Pan Head Bulb Holders (for AS66 strobes) show me BONUS! 15) A Great New "Stormy Weather" Custom Muslin Background show me FREE BONUSES! 16) A FREE Photo/Video/ Digital Camera Case! show me 17) A FREE 8th Strobe: DS-33 "Anywhere" Flash Unit Show Me 18) A FREE Cell Phone Antenna Booster! Show Me Package 630
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This is truly a fantastic professional photographic lighting studio setup! With FOUR powerful main master strobes (1 powerful 180WS unit plus 3 great 150WS units) to light your victims (um, your "subjects" that is:) and your background in the most creative manner, 3 great Mini-Strobes for highlights, hairlights, spots, etc., a huge 44" umbrella to soften the light and minimize hot spots and reflections from reflective surfaces, or for portrait use, to hide those facial lines, sags, and wrinkles (making your subjects look younger and more vital), a silver/gold umbrella to add those lovely warm tones to our sunlight-deprived victims, and in addition, a background support set to hold your backgrounds (also called backdrops), plus a beautiful custom-made Muslin background/backdrop to start you out, you'll have everything you'll need to start getting the fantastic pictures that will flatter and amaze your clients (or your kids, parents, friends, or relatives)! Also, by including 4 powerful master strobes, you'll have enough power to light larger subjects (cars, interiors, sports teams, etc.) and/or groups of people (weddings, family groups, inc), as well as plenty of power to get those pure, white, "drop-out" background effects so popular nowadays. Whether you want to make great pictures of your products, or magnificent portraits of people, this equipment will provide you with what you'll need to get started with a pro studio setup! And you can own this complete lighting studio for LESS than you'd pay for just one or two strobes from a competing manufacturer! And don't forget the full one year manufacturers limited guarantee! Hey, for less than you'd pay for couple of strobes from a competing manufacturer, and a LOT less than it would cost for weekend vacation for 2 people, you'll have everything you'll need to start a photography business! And this equipment will serve you faithfully for as long as you need it; don't forget, nobody ever succeeded by wishing they had given their first love (photography) a shot. If you earn your living doing something you love, you'll never "work" another day in your life! Read this --> Tell me more about photography!
Important: I just HATE IT when I buy a "kit" or "package," and then when I receive it, I discover that I can't use it because there's something else I need (usually at a substantial additional cost, too) to make it work (i.e., the "batteries not included" syndrome)! So I'd never do that to any of my (cherished) customers! With this fabulous package, everything is included (well, except a camera, film, and photographer, that is)! When this package arrives, all you'll have to do to start making great photographs, is open it up, unwrap your new goodies, put the strobes on the light stands, plug 'em in, point them at your favorite subjects, and, baby, just like Elv*s, go ahead and rock and roll (fire away)! And, NO you won't have to buy anything extra! Back to the top
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Package 630

Want a whole professional 8, 9, or TEN strobe photographic lighting studio in one dynamic kit? A smaller 2, 3, 4, or 5 strobe kit? Maybe just some light stands? Only a strobe or two? Something really, really special for the photographer you love with all your heart (like, perhaps, yourself:)? Look no further! You can find ALL these things right now in my eBay auctions (except for the luscious lovely to the left; I'm gonna keep that one for myself:) <-Looks almost like natural light, doesn't it? Nope! Strobes made this lovely image. The give-away? The main light looks like it's coming from the right (which it is - for the main strobe), but look at the catch light in her eyes! That's coming from a strobe just behind and (barely) to the right of the camera! From now on, whenever looking at pictures in magazines, notice the eyes for clues to the lighting setup - and where the catch light appears in the eyes. The secret to ALL magnificent images? That's an easy one; it's the LIGHTING! A photographer is a LIGHT writer! See below for more... Back to the top

Portraiture! The art making people look great (or at least better than they really are:). This is the most popular and useful branch of photography today, and nothing's going to change in the future, so even if you're not into portraiture now, you might as well plan on doing some (or a lot) of portraiture work soon. Also, remember that EVERYONE you'll ever see, meet, or pass in the street is a portrait customer! When do people need their portraits made? The answer to that question would take at least a week just to scratch the surface of all the possibilities! But for just a few examples, consider these reasons: birthdays, graduations, school yearbook pictures, sports teams (baseball, football, soccer, swimming, skiing, etc.), bands & musical groups, etc., anniversaries, new babies, holidays (Xmas, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, etc.), religious reasons (baptisms, bar mitzvahs, confirmations, marriages, etc., etc.), and a million more reasons. Basically, everyone you'll ever know (even if you live to be 101) will have a hundred different reasons to have their portraits taken. And one client with a few kids can pay your rent every month! It doesn't matter if you've never made a pro picture in your life, or even if you're a product photographer, a still life photographer, a fine art photographer, a landscape photographer, or even an architectural photographer; as soon as people find out you're a photographer, they'll start asking you to take pictures of them, their kids, or their friends and relatives. So no matter what type of photography is your first love, sooner or later (most likely sooner), you'll most assuredly find yourself making pictures of people. And every single one of us has parents, friends (and sometimes spouses, children, and relatives coming out of our yin-yangs:). If you're a beginning photographer, portraiture is the fastest and easiest way to find clients, because everyone you meet is a potential portrait client! It's also a great way to meet those beautiful girls and gorgeous guys, while making money as well as new friends (i.e., "Hi, I'm a photographer, and you're just the type of model I need for my portfolio; I'd love to shoot you one day... Um, with my camera, that is"). ;-) This package is specifically designed to be the Greatest Professional-Level 7 strobe portrait package available anywhere. When making portraits, we need - at a minimum - two strobes to light our victims (um, our "subjects, that is:), one strobe for the highlight side of our victim's face, and another for the shadow side of the face. PLUS, we'll definitely want to have a third strobe to light our background (which not only blows away those ugly, pesky shadows that plague our amateur images, but the baclight strobe also gives us the depth and separation between our victim and the backdrop). Of course, what good is a backlight without a backdrop? So this package includes our most popular and dramatic custom background, the "Stormy Weather" custom-made backdrop. Then, we'll want 4th and 5th mini-strobes for hair lights (ever notice how the pros' pictures always show the shining, glow on the hair? The hair light is the secret of this healthy and shining hair) and another for an accent light. This kit is designed to get you started in portraiture or product photography with a COMPLETE set of Professional Level equipment - everything you'll need in order to make great Professional portraits or product shots. After a few profitable portrait sittings or product assignments, especially with the complete background support set AND the fabulous custom backdrop included in this package, you'll have already paid for this whole package! And realize that - with this package - you'll have everything it takes to make great PRO images. How do the pros make their older subjects look so much better than they usually do? That's easy - when you know how! Just soften the light with umbrellas (also included in this fabulous package, of course), which help hide all those lines, wrinkles, and sags on so many of our older victims. No portrait setup would be complete without these secret weapons (umbrellas), so this kit includes 3 umbrellas for you! Just open the boxes that will arrive at your front door, and you'll be in business! Add one photographer, a camera, some film, and a victim to photograph, and you're ready to fire away! Although I have several entry-level 2 and 3 light kits available, if you're serious about making great people pictures (and especially if you're just starting out in studio lighting techniques), this is the package to buy, because the strobes are pro equipment with modeling lights, variable power, interchangeable reflectors and accessories, and capable of using all kinds of light-modifying equipment (check my other auctions for other portrait packages). And now you can own this complete portrait studio package without taking out a second mortgage on your house! Heck, you can own this great package for LESS than you might pay for just one or two competing strobes! For more information on this, just click the "tell me more about photography" link below.

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your new studio kit: The HS-500 Pro Studio Strobe 180WS

The NEW HS-500 Monolight This brand new Britek HS-500 is a great 180WS Monolight for the beginning professional, the pro with budget constraints, or the advanced amateur who is ready to bring the professional look to his or her photographs (without mortgaging the house). Why are photogs so in love with their studios? BECAUSE (in our studios) WE CAN CONTROL THE LIGHT! And a "studio" can be a corner of any room, as long as we can CONTROL THE LIGHT. In our studios, we can play God! We can make it daytime or evening or night; we can shoot 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We can CREATE anything we can imagine - as long as we can CONTROL THE LIGHT!

After all, the word "photographer" itself (from Greek) actually means Light Writer, or "one who writes with light." The term is meaningful because those of us who make photographs are slaves to light. Light is both our nemesis and our salvation (when we can control the light). Without the right types of lighting equipment, we can never progress to professional level studio pictures. Or location pictures. Sure, we can make beautiful photos with available light... when the light's just right, at the exact time we need it, and at exact place we need it, if it's not raining, if it's not snowing, if it's not too cold, if it's not too hot, if it's not too dark, if everyone we need to make the pictures are available, under all the right conditions.... beginning to see now? When we can control the light, we can make the best photographs (and with this great package, you'll be able to do just that).

PhotoSpeak: BTW, did you notice, above, that I said "make" photographs, and not "take" pictures? Well, here's your first lesson in how pros speak about photography (photospeak): "Snapshooters" or "point and shooters," who don't think and plan their shots (e.g., most of us) are the ones who "take" pictures (the rank amateurs). Photographers "make" great photographs by careful thought, detailed planning, and, most of all, scrupulous attention to lighting. Before they even think about pressing that shutter, they "design" their photos carefully. Soon, with a little effort, you'll be "making" great photographs! It's not that hard, believe me. But ya gotta CONTROL THE LIGHT!

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This little beauty cranks out a full 180 watt seconds* for mamma or poppa (or both)! Why do photographers want powerful flash equipment (strobes)? Because (both indoors and outdoors) with strobes, WE CAN CONTROL THE LIGHT! Sound familiar? Starting to get the picture, now? (sorry, I just couldn't resist ;-) BTW, did you realize that both the photo above, and the photo on the left, were both taken against the same background? Yup. The backdrop was a pure white canvas. Why does the picture on the left look like it has a brown background? BECAUSE I COULD CONTROL THE LIGHT. Even with a cheapie old (really old) digital Fuji (no speed control, no slr, no aperture choice, etc.). How? See the "technique section below). Hmmm... Light! *What the heck is a "watt second?" And what's a "GN?"

Technique: How was I able to make the background that's in the top picture pure white, and the very same background, in the picture above, appear brown? It's easy - when you know how (it's sorta like this: What kind of question is a hard question? Answer: One you don't know the answer to. And what kind of question is an easy question? Answer: That's the one you do know the answer to). Here's how it's done: In the top picture, I lit the background with a backlight strobe (it's own strobe), so it received enough light to expose properly, and consequently it came out pure white. In the picture above, I did not light the background; I just used the tiny little built-in flash on the digital Fuji, which was enough to (barely) light the strobe I was photographing, but too weak to reach or brighten up the backdrop to white; therefore, the background underexposed and looked brownish, even though it was really a pure white canvas! Carried to an extreme, I could even make a white background look black, if I wanted to. How? By lighting the subject so brightly that the (unlit) background would underexpose (i.e., not receive enough light) so badly it would come out black. It's all in the LIGHT folks; it's all in the light! Remember, a photographer is a LIGHT writer. Back to the top

More about the new HS-500.....

At the great price you'll get this package for, you could own all this equipment for LESS than you might pay for just a couple of strobes from a competing manufacturers!

This is a Fabulous deal, but let's not lose sight of the reality. If you're rich, have a sugar-mommy or daddy, are a high-income pro, or if you can get financing, my advice would be to spring for something (several somethings, in fact) more powerful, more feature-rich (and a LOT more expensive). Lights are like hard disks and internet connections: no matter how big a hard disk is, and no matter how fast your net connection is, they're never big or fast enough. But if you're just starting out, or are on a budget, or are an advanced (or advancing) amateur, these babies sure make a lot of sense. They pump out 180WS of power, and will easily handle almost anything you could fit in a small or medium-sized studio. Let's face it, your portrait clients (or your mother-in-law) won't have any idea whether you paid six hundred or six thousand for each of these strobes; they'll just be impressed (let them think they cost you an arm and a leg; especially those snooty, skinny, little models - "Ya want great head shots, sweetie? It's gonna cost ya; hell, my lights are so valuable, whenever I trade one in, I gotta pay it alimony!") Umm, just some photographer humor, folks :) - it sorta grows on you as you progress in photography; you'll see.

Now lemme tell ya about another great feature on these dynamite units that are not found on many competing strobes costing 3-5 times the price of these: when you set these units for 1/2 power, the modeling lights ALSO dim to 1/2 power! What a great feature (what's a "modeling light?" see the explanation just below this picture)! [Why, you may ask, would we want to reduce a strobe's power output? see the "technique" section, below. As we can see from the back view, The New HS-500 is well-stocked with controls and comes with all the extras already built-in. The HS-500 is a "Monolight," which means that all the required components are included in the one package (as opposed to other strobes which may have the flash head in one segment, and then need an additional and separate power supply in order to get it to work; at an additional cost, too). With these units, everything is included; just plug them in, and rock and roll! <- Click to enlarge

BTW, a "Modeling Light" is a separate, additional, light (in addition to the strobe's "Flash Tube") that's built into the strobe and throws continuous light over the same area as the strobe's flash tube will (see the picture below for a close-up). You turn on the modeling light (before your shot), so the photographer can see what the modeling will look like, as s/he adjusts the lights before he takes the shot and fires the strobe ("Modeling" is PhotoSpeak for the highlights (light areas) and shadows (dark areas) that fall upon the subject, giving it the depth and texture necessary for professional results). This great feature (modeling light) is usually only found on much more expensive lights. This unit can be activated by the PC Cord (included, of course), the Test Button, or the Slave Sensor (which means that any other flash, even your camera's little built-in flash, can automatically fire this unit by it's light alone, so you don't even need to use a sync (PC) cord unless you want to). BTW, a "PC Cord" (Push Contact), also called a "Sync Cord" is a wire that connects the strobe to your camera, and fires the strobe when you press the camera's shutter button. Back to the top

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We can see the difference between the Modeling Light Bulb and the Flash Tube (the circular tube surrounding the modeling bulb) in this close-up shot of the HS-500's business end (with the reflector removed, of course). The modeling light is especially valuable to the amateur, because it let's us "see" exactly where the light will fall when the strobe flashes. This feature alone is worth at least a hundred rolls of ruined film (which you'll save by having a modeling light)! One of the major questions (and hesitations) I had when I was beginning to learn photography, was "If you use strobes, how do you know what the subject will look like, or how and where the light will illuminate the subject, if you don't have continuous lighting to judge by?" The answer was really simple: You don't. UNLESS your strobes also have MODELING LIGHTS! With modeling lights, you can see exactly where the strobe's flash will illuminate the subject, because the modeling light falls on the subject the same as the strobe's light will fall on the subject (less intensely, of course)! And this is why the pros pay lotsa money for good strobes that come with modeling lights. That's why the professional photographer's pictures look so much better than ours do: they have the right equipment for the job! They can CONTROL THE LIGHT! And now, so can you. The HS-500 comes with a powerful 100 watt halogen modeling light (it's rated at 1,000 hours; the flash tube is rated for 10,000 flashes! And, yes, replacements are always available - but you'll probably grow old before you'll need to replace one of these flash tubes). Back to the top

PhotoSpeak: What's a "Slave Sensor?" Well, if you had to use a PC Cord for every strobe, just think what a mess of tangled wires you'd have if you were using 5 or 6 or more strobes to light your subject (as many pros do)! So, science came to our rescue with slave sensors. It's a tiny little sensor built into most good strobes, that sits & waits for a short, intense burst of light. When it detects this burst of light (the flash from another strobe), it automatically sets off the flash tube in the strobe its built into. Voila! Now, with strobes that have slave sensors (often just called "slaves"), we can connect only one strobe to our cameras (with the PC or Sync cord), usually the strobe closest to our camera, and when we press the shutter button, firing the one connected strobe, that flash will automatically set off all the other strobes we may be using for that shot! Ah, ain't technology wunnerful (sic)? Even most of the little flashes built into most modern cameras can set off most strobes with slaves. A strobe that has PC socket, or both a PC Socket and a slave sensor is called a "Master" strobe; a strobe that only has a slave sensor and no PC socket (usually less expensive units) is called a "Slave." Whichever strobe you're using with a PC cord is referred to as your "master" strobe for purposes of that shot. Most of the better strobes have both PC sockets and slave sensors, so they're more versatile and useful to us (however, there are many very good slaves out there today, and you won't need all your strobes to be masters, so don't hesitate to buy some decent slaves when the time comes - and, believe me, if you stick with photography, the time will come). Back to the top

Complete: Each of these HS-500s comes complete with umbrella-capable reflector, sync cord, AC cord, Flash Tube, Modeling Light, built-in umbrella holder, and standard light stand connector; it's ready to plug in and fire away! Since all the strobes in this package are A.C. units, they're ready to rock! No batteries or powerpacks or light heads or connector cords are needed; just plug 'em in, and (just like Elv*s) you're ready to rock and roll. As with all quality strobes, these are capable of using many additional custom accessories, of course (e.g., snoots, barn doors, softboxes, stands, unbrellas, honeycombs, gel holders, etc.). BTW, pros use umbrellas to "bounce" the strobe's light off of (or sometimes through) to make the light softer, reduce or eliminate shadows, and "mellow-out" the picture. Softboxes (and SoftCases) and umbrellas are specifically designed for this purpose (and yes, these are able to use custom-fitted softboxes & softcases). These are brand new, 100% guaranteed, with the manufacturer's full one year limited warrantee. These are NOT seconds, blemishes, or anything other than brand new, absolutely perfect, current 2004 models! Just 'cause the price is great, doesn't mean these are in any way less than perfect! Questions? Requests? just e-mail any questions or requests, to me at PhotoSource3@pss3.com See here.- Back to the top

Point of Information: Why, you might be asking yourself, have virtually all photographers switched to using strobes, when "regular" continuous lights (photographers call them "hot" lights) are everywhere, and it's easier for us to see how the lighting will look with them? Well, the continuous lights, like the ones in our houses (tungsten lights), or halogen (and similar) are called "hot lights" for a reason: they get hot. Really hot! And the special photographic hot lights get twice as hot as household bulbs! This tends to make certain things, like flowers, foods, animals, and those darn pesky models, wilt. Especially models. They get very, very, unhappy when they wilt. Whine, gripe, groan; you'd think a little melting makeup, and running mascara, limp hair, and sticky lipstick, and beads of sweat running down their lovely curvaceous (umm, let's say noses) was a big deal or something, the way they complain! ;-) Next, there's a little problem with the "color temperature" being way off with hot lights, so we have to use special films (3200K or 3400K) or filters, or special photographic bulbs, when using them (strobes are perfectly balanced at 5500K to simulate sunlight, so we can use all the regular daylight films we've come to love/hate over the years). You'll notice that most of your pictures taken indoors without using a flash turn out with a yellowish color cast; that's because household lights are loaded with yellow light. The solution is to either use special films, or special filters. But why create more problems for yourself? Using strobes eliminates all these headaches (and heat!). Also, with continuous lights, they're always shining; usually right in our subject's eyes, causing squinting and annoyance (and ugly looking pictures). With strobes, nothing is shining in their eyes, and the flash is too short to cause any of this discomfort to our beloved subjects (until AFTER the flash, when they might be chasing all those little light blips around the room:). Additionally, with strobes, we can control the light much better! We can adjust the power output with the flick of a switch. We can modify the light with umbrellas, softboxes, softcases, filters, scrims and gobos, doo-dahs, and thingamajigs, etc., etc. We can direct the light with barn doors, snoots, honeycombs, and many other accessories. In short, with strobes, we can play God with our photography; WE CAN CONTROL THE LIGHT! And we can do it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, whenever we want, no matter what the weather is, and without regard to daylight or night. There are yet other, more esoteric, as well as mundane reasons why strobes are the preferred means of photographic lighting in the modern world, but we'll pass on those things for now. You've probably had enough information shoved down your throat already (sorry). Back to the top

BTW, technically speaking, all professional photographic flash units, even though nearly all pros call them "strobes," are not technically strobe lights. A real stroboscope is capable of dozens (or hundreds or even thousands) of flashes per second, and many can maintain that flash rate for hours on end. Our photographic strobes would die a dozen deaths if we tried to set them off 25 or 50 times a second! However, since photographers almost always call these lights "strobes," we'll just stick with the term; but, technically..... Well, you get the idea ;-> Back to the top

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Q. What the heck is a "WS" and what's a "GN," and what in the world do they mean?

WS = Watt Second | GN = Guide Number Here's a brief explanation (using, for this example, your new HS-500 strobe (well, it might be yours soon:) , which has a power level of 180WS, and a GN of 150): The "180WS" (or the 80WS, or 20WS, etc.) is the output power of your strobe and a watt second is equal to the electrical term "joules," a high-falutin term for a high power level. The Guide Number (GN) of these HS-500 units is 150 (for ASA/ISO 100 film), with a standard reflector. What good is knowing the guide number? Well, the GN gives us a method of calculating exposure (for any strobe and any film) in this way: to calculate the correct approximate exposure for any subject at any distance, simply divide the distance (in feet) that the subject is from the strobe, into the strobe's GN (guide number); the result is our approximate "F" stop. For example, (presuming you're using ISO/ASA 100 film), our GN is 180, and the subject is 12 feet away, then: 180 (GN) divided by 12 (feet away from the subject) = 15, so we'd use an exposure setting of about F16. If our subject is 20 feet away, then: 180 divided by 20 = 9 which would give us an approximate F stop of about F 8 (bracketing is always a good idea, too). See? Umm, if you don't understand it, don't worry about it (it took me years to fully comprehend). Suggestion: If you're serious about improving your photography, you might consider getting a handheld flash/ambient light meter (sorry, I don't carry any at this time; if you want recommendations, just check this out). Back up to the HS-500 description from whence you came....

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Technique: Why would anyone want to dim a strobe to 1/2 its normal power?

Why would we want to dim a strobe to 1/2 power? Because in order to get great pictures, we have to be able to control the light (sound familiar?) in a number of ways. Sometimes a full power flash is too powerful for the effect we're after; other times we may want to reduce the illumination to create a different mood. In people pictures, for a head shot (that's what photographers call a picture of a person's face, often the face and shoulders), we often want part of the face highlighted, and the other part of the face in a light to medium shadow. This interplay of light and shadow is called "modeling," and is a hallmark of good photography. Anyway, as an example, a common lighting ratio for people pictures is a 1:2 (or 1:3) ratio - full illumination on one side of the face, and 1/2 that amount of light on the other side of the subject's face (we rarely want full frontal lighting, because it gives the face a flat and unappealing look, as well as other negative aspects). The 1:2 (full/half) lighting combination gives us an interesting and often flattering image, with a good ratio of light and shadow - revealing the character, and giving us depth and texture (but be sure to play around with other lighting ratios, too, for even more creativity). Whenever we have two strobes to work with, we can achieve this 1:2 ratio by moving one strobe (the one providing the shadow side lighting) twice as far away from the subject as our main light (the strobe providing the full illumination). But often things get in the way, like walls and such; not all of us have lots of room in our studios (especially living room studios :) to move our lights as far away as we like. Aha! The scientific wizards devised a most convenient solution! A variable-power strobe (like this great HS-500)! Now, instead of moving lights all over the place, all we have to do is flip a switch, and Voila! 1/2 power without any hassle at all! In some very powerful strobes, we might even find variations from full power, all the way down to 1/32 power. Another way to achieve a lighting ratio (when we only have one strobe) is to use a reflector to "bounce" some light onto the shadow side of the subject's face. You can buy a "professional" reflector for as much as $100.00 or more, but I just use a white poster board, which you can find at any art supply store for under two bucks. You don't have to spend a fortune to make great pictures, just use your equipment to its fullest extent - and use your head! Back to the top Back up to where you were....

Here's some information about the items comprising
your new studio kit: NEW! Britek PS-300H Professional Studio Strobes

The NEW PS-300 Monolight This brand new Britek PS-300 is a great starter Monolight for the beginning professional, the pro with tight budget constraints, or the advanced amateur who is ready to bring the professional look to his or her photographs (without mortgaging the house). Why are photogs so in love with their studios? BECAUSE (in our studios) WE CAN CONTROL THE LIGHT! And a "studio" can be a corner of any room, as long as we can CONTROL THE LIGHT. In our studios, we can play God! We can make it daytime or evening or night; we can shoot 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We can CREATE anything we can imagine - as long as we can CONTROL THE LIGHT!

All the basic data & information presented about the HS-500 Pro Studio Strobe (above) also pertains to the PS-300H Pro Strobe - the only differences are: The PS-300H puts out 150WS of power (instead of 180WS); and The PS-300H has a 100 watt halogen modeling light (instead of the 150 watt halogen on the HS-500). Here are some pictures of the PS-300H Pro Strobe for your consideration. Back to the top

More about the new PS-300H.....

At the great price you'll get this kit for, you could buy 2 or even 3 of these for LESS than you might pay for just one or two competing lights! (Well, probably, anyway :) BTW, when I tested this fabulous new strobe, I discovered that it clocked in at an incredible F16 at 10 feet! Whatta powerful little sucker it is! Plus, you can set it for full OR half power.

Technique: BTW, I purposely made the photograph above to show you an example of a photographic situation (perspective distortion) that often plagues our amateur images. I used this technique to distort the relative size of the reflector, compared to the strobe's body. Look at the picture at the top of this auction description (or the small one to the left); then look at the image above. The reflector in the image above appears larger than it really is, in relation to the body of the strobe (compare the relative sizes of the strobe and the silver reflector). Why does this happen? It's called "perspective distortion" and I'll spare you the physics of the explanation, but whenever one part of an object is closer to the camera's lens than the other part of an object, the perspective is distorted (it's due to the rendering of a 3 dimensional object into a 2 dimensional image). For fun, try this: come in really close to someone's face with your camera, and with the person's nose closest to your lens, take a picture. When the print comes back, you'll see the nose looks huge (compared to the rest of the face). Of course, you can do the same with almost any object you photograph. The lesson? Beware of holding the camera too close to your subject (unless you want perspective distortion for some reason, like this example, or for fun). This most often happens when we're using wide angle lenses (since we can fit more into the frame, we sometimes bring the camera too close to our subjects), but it happens with all lenses. For portraiture, use somewhere between an 85 to 135mm lens (the short telephoto range makes most faces look better). The opposite of the perspective distortion effect is a compression of space caused with long telephoto lenses. If a subject really does have a large nose, shoot your victim with a longer telephoto lens; it will compress space, and make the nose look smaller. Just a couple more tricks up the professional photographer's sleeve. Read on, and learn more.... Back to the top

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Just as with the HS-500 Pro Studio Strobes, when you set these PS-300Hs for 1/2 power, the modeling lights ALSO dim to 1/2 power! As we can see from this top view (with the reflector removed), The PS-300 allows us to control the power level output (full or half power), and lets us choose whether or not we want to turn on the modeling light.

As with the HS-500, we can see the PS-300H's Modeling Light Bulb and the Flash Tube (the circular tube surrounding the modeling bulb). The reflector has been removed so you can see the flash tube and modeling bulb easier (but a reflector is included with every PS-300H and HS-500 Pro Studio Strobe, of course). Back to the top

Complete: Each of these PS-300Hs (just like their big brothers, the HS-500 Pro Studio Strobes) comes complete with umbrella-capable reflector, sync cord, AC cord, Flash Tube, Modeling Light, built-in umbrella holder, and standard light stand connector; it's ready to plug in and fire away! Many additional accessories are also available for these units, whenever you're ready for them (e.g., snoots, barn doors, softboxes, stands, unbrellas, honeycombs, gel holders, etc.). These are brand new, 100% guaranteed, with full manufacturer's warrantee . These are NOT seconds, blemishes, or anything other than brand new, absolutely perfect, current 2004 models! Back to the top

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Q. What the heck is a "WS" and what's a "GN," and what in the world do they mean?

WS = Watt Second | GN = Guide Number Here's a brief explanation (using, for this example, your new SM-1250 strobe - well, it might be yours soon - :) which has a power level of 125WS, and a GN of 125): The "125WS" (or the 80WS, or 20WS, etc.) is the output power of your strobe and a watt second is equal to the electrical term "joules," a high-falutin term for a high power level. The Guide Number (GN) of these SM-1250 units is also 125 (for ASA/ISO 100 film), with a standard reflector. Often, the Watt Second power output is close to the guide number. What good is knowing the guide number? Well, the GN gives us a method of calculating exposure (for any strobe and any film) in this way: to calculate the correct approximate exposure for any subject at any distance, simply divide the distance (in feet) that the subject is from the strobe, into the strobe's GN (guide number); the result is our approximate "F" stop. For example, (presuming you're using ISO/ASA 100 film), our GN is 125, and the subject is 12 feet away, then: 125 (GN) divided by 12 (feet away from the subject) = 10.4, so we'd use an exposure setting of about F11. If our subject is 8 feet away, then: 125 divided by 8 = 15.6 which would give us an approximate F stop of about F 16 (bracketing is always a good idea, too). See? Umm, if you don't understand it, don't worry about it (it took me years to fully comprehend). Suggestion: If you're serious about improving your photography, you might consider getting a handheld flash/ambient light meter (sorry, I don't carry any at this time; if you want recommendations, just ask me). Back to from whence you came...

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Here's some information about the items comprising
your new studio kit: The AS-66 Mini-Strobe Slave -Plus- Custom Accessories and Bulb Holder

AS-66 Mini-Strobe: This has got to be the cutest little Mini-Slave you've ever seen! It's great for adding a hairlight, or a fill light, or for anyplace you might want an extra spot of light! It pumps out 20WS of light, and with all it's included accessories, you'll be able to place that light exactly where you want it. Hey, this is small, but it allows us to add those extra highlights that separate the amateur images from the professional images! This is an accessory light that you'll find yourself using for just about every shot - you'll see! Back to the top

The Specs: AS-66 Mini-Strobe Slave: 20WS Output GN No.: 66 feet with ASA 100 Receptacle: E27 Edison Screw Base Triggering: Test Button and Slave Sensor Recycling Time: 4-6 seconds Effective Slave Distance: 50 feet WeightL 100 grams Size: 12 x 6 x 6 CM Accessories Included: Custom-Fitted: Barndoors Honeycomb Snoot - Plus - E-27S Tilt & Swivel Panning Light Holder with integral Umbrella Holder, 10 foot Power Cord, and On-Off Switch

Reality Check: But be aware, though, that this unit is NOT sufficient to light a large subject (e.g., people) all by itself. But to illuminate small items, or for a fill light, an accent light, a hairlight, a copy light, or as an additional light for all your setups, etc., this 'lil beauty is a photographer's best friend! It will come in handy for almost every shot, and will allow you to fill in those little areas where an extra highlight or a little spot of light - right where you need it -can make all the difference in your shot. The accessories included will allow you to direct the light to the specific spot or area you want. Remember, it's all in the little details!

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You're getting Three of these AS-66 Mini Strobes (+ 3 sets of accessories)!

Remember, folks, there's virtually nothing for sale nowadays that someone couldn't make a little cheaper, using lower quality materials, less reliable components, poorer manufacturing processes, and unskilled workers. Those of us who make our purchasing decisions based solely upon price are this unscrupulous person's legitimate prey. For goodness sakes, don't pay a cent more than you have to for a product - but in my (sad) experience whenever a deal seems "too good to be true," it usually turns out not to be true. Please check my feedback - and then make your purchasing decisions; after all, it's your money, and you have to decide upon what to purchase, and from whom to purchase it. Thank you for being kind enough to visit this auction, and may the Photographic Gods smile upon you (um, a little help from the Lottery Gods wouldn't hurt either, huh?).

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Here's some information about the items comprising
your new studio kit: Brand New Light Stands <- FREE upgrade to 7 1/2' light stands!

These fabulous light stands are truly quality units for the price without compromises. Unlike many of the items you'll find listed on eBay, these light stands are Brand New, not old, used, banged-up cast-offs that someone else is trying to get rid of. These are 100% new, perfect, and come with the manufacturer's full warantee. Consider this when making your purchasing decisions.

These Brand New Britek light stands extend to a height of 6 1/2 Feet, and fold down (fully assembled) to only 2.8 feet, for easy packing and transport. These stands have a black finish which reduces unwanted glare; three vertical sections (22mm, 19mm, 16mm), and three double-braced legs (16mm), which provide excellent stability in the studio or on location. They're topped with a standard 5/8" stud, with a 1/4" thread, type B. Sturdy as all get out, yet only weigh about 3.3 lbs. (so you can pack up a set of stands for under 20 lbs. for location shoots - believe me, schlepping around anything heavier can give you a hernia, especially when added to all your other gear). Yet these babies can be folded up and put in the corner of your closet and take up very little space. I've been using these same stands for over 3 years now, and couldn't be happier! You'll probably love 'em, too. They're sized perfectly for multiple uses: with a low height of 2.8 feet, they're great for background lighting; at their full 6.5 feet, they're perfect for lighting from above, or hairlights; and adjusting them anywhere in-between, they're perfect for subject-level lighting, whether you're photographing kids or basketball players (or things)! BTW, as stated above, you'll be buying brand new stands here, NOT my used ones (those are mine! you can't have them; I like them, and I'm gonna keep them; you go buy your own! Reality Check: Hey, if you're rich, I'd suggest buying a set of bigger, heavier (& more expensive) stands for your pro studio setup, and another set of lightweight stands for location shoots; but my studio is in my house, and I don't have 20 foot ceilings for the 18' stands anyway, so these stands work just fine for me. 7 1/2 feet is plenty high, even for hairlights, or toplighting, etc. And they're unquestionably sturdy enough for studio work, and light enough for location work. Realize, though, that these stands, while certainly a great deal and a marvelous value, are the working photog's reliable, blue collar light stands; not the prissy luxury models. Treat them with minimal respect, and they'll see you through to old age. These light stands, like all this equipment, are brand new and, of course, they come with the manufacturer's full warrantee. Additional accessories are also available (booms, clamps, studs, swivels, adapters, ball tilt heads, etc., etc.), as your needs may dictate. These sturdy light stands are rated to hold a load of over 12 1/2 pounds (but, personally, I try to keep the load under 10 lbs when it's fully extended out to 6 1/2 feet) either way, they're likely to be able to hold darn near any lighting units you're using. All the sections of these stands are quality tubular stock, NOT the cheapie solid ones (which are heavier and less versatile, as well as heavier). The only "cheap" part of these stands is the price - not the quality! Bid now, while they're still in stock. Back to the top

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Here's some information about the items comprising
your new studio kit: The Backlight Stand!

Backlight Stand Now here's one of the best backlight stands I've ever come across. First of all, it comes apart and folds up into a tiny little package when you're not using it. Next, it's got some really neat extras, like the additional connector on one of its legs that allows us to connect another light or accessory to it, right where we'll need it, too (it's removable, too)! And it's adjustable from a low of only 1.1 foot up to 3.3 feet. It's black, to reduce glare and interference, it has neat little rubber pads on all three of its feet, and comes with a standard light connector on top. Basically, this is the coolest backlight stand I've seen in a long time. Specifications: 3 Section pole: 22, 19, and 16mm tubular stock Weight: 2.9 lbs. Attachment: 5/8" stud with 1/4" thread, type B Base attachment: Type D Back to the top

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Here's some information about the items comprising
your new Starter kit: The Economy Background Support Set

Great New Economy Background Support System!

This set can hold backdrops up to 9 feet Wide! Extends to 8 1/2 feet high!

Here's a marvelous background system for an amazingly low price! For those of us who are ready to improve our photographic skills with the many and varied backgrounds now available, but who don't need (or aren't in the financial position to spring for) the more expensive and larger background packages, this economy setup fits the bill perfectly! This system can hold backgrounds up to Nine Feet wide (it extends to 9 1/2 feet wide), and the two background stands extend up to 8 1/2 feet high, which is all the height and width you'll need for the vast majority of photographic setups. In fact, 8 1/2 feet high just might be all the height you could FIT into a home studio (how high are your ceilings?). Of course, you can use paper rolls, canvas, muslins, fabrics, or whatever your creative little heart desires (well, whatever you can figure out how to hold on a three section extendable background bar, anyway :). All in all, this is a dynamite background system for a firecracker price! Bid now! Order several at this great price. Back to the top

We all know (er, well, we all should know) how a different background (also called a backdrop) can completely change the look, feel, tone, and atmosphere of a shot. That's why there are backgrounds! Hey, this isn't the forum for a photography lesson, but just as a "quckie" (no, not THAT kind of a quickie :) to give you an idea, look at the pictures below; both are the same girl. Only one has a blue background, and the other has a green backdrop. Look at her eyes. See? If you want to improve your pictures, you might consider different backgrounds. If you choose to try this, you'll need something to hold the backdrops: ergo, background stands and systems!

Yeah, yeah, I can hear the purists already complaining about the lighting differences, but I ain't trying to make art here, nor is it a "lesson" but just an imperfect example, so keep quiet and make your own pictures; if you've got a better example, send it in, OK? If not, then buy one of these great packages and make better photographs!

Here's what comes with this brand new background package: 1) Two Background stands (2 sections, 25mm, 22mm; expandable from 5.8' to 8.5') 2) One Background roll cross bar (3 sections, expandable from 3.5' to 9.5') BONUS: I'll include with this package two TRIPLE background/backdrop crossbar holders! This means that you can UPGRADE this great single background set to a Triple Background Support set simply by adding 2 additional crossbars! This set comes with one crossbar, but you can add additional crossbars at any time to upgrade whenever your needs require (each crossbar can hold one background/backdrop).

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How can you sell brand new photographic equipment for such low prices? What shipping and payment options do you offer? How do I know I can trust you with my hard-earned money? What's your policy on customer service? Will these pro strobes work with my camera? With my digital camera? What if my camera is old? How do I contact you? If I live in Southern California; can I pick up the equipment myself? Will you offer more photographic equipment (than you have now)? Are your products guaranteed or warranted? What if I want certain equipment, but you don't have an auction with the equipment I want? Do you accept Lay-Away payment plans? Will you ship to Canada or Europe or Asia? What if I have some technical questions? Hey! Somebody else e-mailed me after I bid on your auction(s) and told me the most terrible things, or offered me a "deal" on cheaper equipment... and many more of your questions answered - just click below!

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Here's some information about the items comprising
your new Starter kit: The "Stormy Weather" Custom Muslin Background/Backdrop

"Stormy Weather" "Hot Spot" Background Backgrounds, also called Backdrops, are one of the photographer's best friends. A good background adds immeasurable class, quality, and - most importantly for the struggling photographer - VALUE to our work! Whether your "studio" is in a corner of your your living room, your garage, or a fully outfitted professional photographic studio, makes no difference. In the final print, all anyone will see is your subject looking beautiful in front of a professional background! "Stormy Weather" This backdrop is a full 6 feet wide by 9 feet long!

Ever wish you could get those fantastic glowing "Hot Spots" behind your subjects like you see in all the top magazines in the pros' images? Think they were all done with lighting techniques? Nope! Hot spots are very difficult to achieve using only lights, unless you can afford some really expensive and powerful models, anyway. Here's the real secret almost all the pros use: "Hot Spot" backgrounds! With these fabulous "Hot Spot" backgrounds, you can get this kind of image simply, easily, and inexpensively! The backdrop artist has done all the work for you. The bright, glowing, "hot spot" has been painted onto the backdrop for you! What's the value of Hot Spots? Just look at the picture above; where does you eye automatically go to? To the lovely model! Why? The glowing bright area surrounded by darker areas, draws your eye to the lighter area - and your subject! That's the photographer's job - to draw the viewer's eye to our subject! And, as you can so clearly see, the hot spot background does exactly that! Pick up one (or more:) of these dynamite backgrounds and "wow" your clients, too! The photographer creates the mood, and creates the art by using many different kinds of creative and ingenious photographic techniques! And no other photographic tool is as powerful or as impressive as the background (also called a backdrop)! Why are photogs so in love with their studios? BECAUSE (in our studios) WE CAN CONTROL EVERYTHING! In our studios, we can play God! We can make it daytime or evening or night; we can shoot 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We can CREATE anything we can imagine. And nothing is more powerful than the location where we choose to present our victims (um, er, our "subjects," that is:) to the world through our images. Look at the wonderful background above, and just imagine how much the judicious use of these marvelous photographic tools can be to our photography. Many more of these fabulous backdrops are available right now - just check my eBay auctions or my eBay store to choose the ones best for your needs! See below for some photographic tips and advice. Back to the top

Yes, I know you can find cheaper backdrops, but you can't find any better than these fabulous creations. In fact, when you consider the extraordinary skill, time, effort, and talent that goes into creating these masterpieces, not to mention the cost of the top-of-the-line muslin and supplies, it's amazing that these can be sold for so little! Sure, I could have chosen to sell the cheaper muslins for just as low a price as all the others, but after experiencing the frustrations and disappointments with the stretching, wrinkling, tearing, and fading problems common to the cheap muslins, I decided not to sell inferior quality items to my (beloved) customers; I found that the top quality muslins (like these) quickly amortize their small additional cost, and will last you for decades; they're by far the best value for your money. With these pro quality backgrounds, no matter where your "studio" may be, your portraits (and product photography as well) will glow with professionalism, and will impress and amaze your clients! It ain't magic, folks, it's just one more of the the "secret weapons" that make the pros' pictures so much better than ours: They have the right tools for the job! And now, so can you! Check out my other auctions for more great deals!

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Here's some information about the items comprising
your new studio kit: FREE Bonus! The "Anywhere" Slave Strobe

Fabulous NEW 2004 Wireless Slave Flash - Brand New!

Here's a GREAT New Little "Anywhere" Slave Flash

Another great photographic deal from Photographer's SupplyStation! "PhotoSource3" on eBay photographerssupplystation | myphotohome | photobackdrops

This is perhaps the easiest to use and most useful little flash you'll ever own! NO wires, NO Hot Shoes, NO connections of any kind needed - ever! For the times when you don't have yourprofessional lighting equipment available (like when visiting relatives, going to the park, watching a little league baseball game, or anywhere you're likely to take your camera but not your studio equipment. This fabulous little battery-powered flash will help make your pictures pro-quality! With this little flash unit, the flash from any other flash unit (like the one built-into your camera) will fire this one! Simply "Stick" this great little unit virtually ANYWHERE there's a smooth surface (or stand it on any flat surface), and watch ALL your pictures turn out GREAT! The suction cup holds the unit firmly wherever you put it, and the ball and socket joint allows you to twist, turn, and point it wherever you like. NO external power source needed (runs on 2 AAA batteries). See placement diagrams below for some guidance.

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The NEW 2004 DS-33 "Anywhere" Flash

What about the times when we go visiting friends, relatives, or anywhere we're not likely to bring our professional lighting equipment with us? How can we eliminate "red eyes" and get rid of those ugly shadows behind our people pictures? How can we make great images without schlepping an entire professional lighting studio wherever we go? --> Use the DS-33 "Anywhere" Flash! <-- NO TRIPODS needed; NO WIRES needed; NO HOT SHOE needed; NO plugs or power connections needed; NO CONNECTIONS needed at all! LIGHT itself controls this fabulous little "Anywhere" flash unit. When your camera's built-in or accessory flash goes off, the light AUTOMATICALLY fires this fabulous new "Anywhere" flash! If you're using more than one "Anywhere" flash, EVERY ONE of them will fire - perfectly sync'd with your camera's flash! These little units are small, light, and easy to place. Don't leave home without one (or 2, or 3)!

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This little beauty can improve ALL your pictures! Why do photographers want flash equipment (strobes)? Because (both indoors and outdoors) with strobes, WE CAN CONTROL THE LIGHT! And now we can bring "the light" wit us, wherever we go! By controlling where the flash (light) comes from, we can "design" beautiful pictures! But we gotta CONTROL THE LIGHT! Back to top

For the price (free), this little baby just can't be beat! ;-)

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As you can see from this view, the DS-33 "Anywhere" flash is a "Slave" strobe which means it can be fired without ANY type of connections at all! It's 100% cordless via the optical slave sensor (see below for an explanation of slave sensors). This gives us the maximum possible freedom in the placement of our flash units. The "Test" button allows us to test the flash by pressing the test button, which will fire the flash to assure us all is well (although there have been unconfirmed reports of disgruntled photographers lying in wait in the dark of night for neighborhood neer-do-wells, then leaping out of the darkness, and flashing the strobe in their faces; dozens of terrified juvenile delinquents have been reported running for their lives down city streets and country lanes, overwhelmed with terror, shrieking with fear, and certain that aliens had landed and had attacked them with a futuristic light weapon:). The "Ready" light glows to assure us the flash is charged and "ready" to fire whenever we press our camera's shutter button, setting off our built-in flash which will automatically fire the DS-33.

More about the new DS-33 "Anywhere" Flash.....

The New DS-33 Slave Strobe	PhotoSpeak: What's an "Optical Slave Sensor?" It's a tiny little sensor built into most good strobes, that sits & waits for a short, intense burst of light. When it detects this burst of light (the flash from any another flash, often the flash built into your camera), it automatically sets off the flash tube in the strobe its built into. Voila! Now, with flashes that have slave sensors (often just called "slaves"), when we press the shutter button, firing the built-in or dedicated flash on our camera, the burst of light from our camera's flash will automatically set off all the other "Anywhere" flashes we may be using for that shot! Ah, ain't technology wunnerful (sic)? We never need to use any cords, wires, or connections of any type whatsoever! We just let the little flash built into most cameras set off all the DS-33 units we may be using via their optical slave sensors. BTW, EVERY strobe I sell comes with an optical slave sensor built in. And as you can see, there's even a handy little camera settings guide imprinted on the side of every little DS-33 "Anywhere" flash!
Complete: Each of these DS-33s comes complete with removable Tilt/Swivel Base, Flash Tube, suction cup, and diagrams showing you where to place them for best results; just add 2 AAA batteries (not included), and it's ready to fire away! These are all brand new, 100% guaranteed flash units, with the manufacturer's full one year warrantee . These are NOT seconds, blemishes, or anything other than brand new, absolutely perfect, current 2004 models! Just 'cause the price is great, doesn't mean these are in any way less than perfect! Questions? Requests? just e-mail any questions or requests, to me at PhotoSource3@pss3.com or see links here.- Back to the top
Simply place one of these "Anywhere" DS-33 Flash units to camera right or camera left, and fill in the shadow side of your subjects. Experiment by placing the "Anywhere" DS-33 Flash unit on the right, then on the left; try it at different levels and different distances from your subjects to determine the results you like best. I guarantee you, you'll be amazed at how something so small and so simple can make your pictures look so much better!
BTW, technically speaking, all professional photographic flash units, even though nearly all pros call them "strobes," are not technically strobe lights. A real stroboscope is capable of dozens (or hundreds or even thousands) of flashes per second, and many can maintain that flash rate for hours on end. Our photographic strobes would die a dozen deaths if we tried to set them off 25 or 50 times a second! However, since photographers almost always call these lights "strobes," we'll just stick with the term; but, technically..... Well, you get the idea ;-> Back to top

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	Similiary, place one of these "Anywhere" DS-33 Flash units to camera right or camera left, and fill in the shadow side of your single subject pictures, too.   Back to top
	Want to get rid of those ugly shadows we usually end up with behind our subjects? Want to separate the main subject from the background, giving the depth and separation characteristic of pro images? Huh? Just stick an "Anywhere" Flash as shown in the diagram to the left, and "zap!" the shadows disappear! Order several of these dynamite little units, and improve ALL your flash pictures! Order 2 (or more:) of these babies, and use one to blow away the shadows behind your subjects, and another to serve as the fill light for your subjects (as shown in diagram above), and watch how much better your pictures look! Quickly, easily, and inexpensively! Back to top
Specifications: Power Source: 2 AAA Batteries (not included) Guide Number: 33' (ISO 100) Subject Distance: 1.5-10 feet with ISO 100 film; 3-20 feet @ ISO 400, 6-40 feet @ ISO 800, etc.) Size: 64mm x 60mm x 19mm Weight: 45 Grams (under 1 1/2 ounces) Camera settings guide imprinted on side of units. Placement diagrams included with every unit.

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Now with a fabulous FREE Bonus: Cell Phone Antenna Extender!
A $20.00 Value - Absolutely FREE!
Each order comes with one FREE Cellular Phone Antenna Booster.

Ever have your cellular phone fail to find a signal when you really needed it? Those of us who have cell phones, have them because we never know when we'll find ourselves in a situation where it will save our butts (or those of our spouses, kids, or friends) from some emergency. Other times, when we're on our cell phone with an important call, we discover that we've just "dropped" the call during the most important part of our conversations. It's happened to all of us, and I really hated it when it happened to me! We've all seen the ads on TV and in the magazines and newspapers for these Cell Phone Antenna Boosters, and hundreds of thousands have been sold for $19.95 each! And, yes, they DO help (I've tried them on my own cell phones). They're easy to install (just peel and stick them behind the battery). To be perfectly honest (and I always am:), they're not as "Wonderful" as the TV ads make them out to be (what is?:), but they really do help pull in the cell signals when you're in a "fringe" area or inside buildings. I certainly don't think they're worth $20, but in an emergency, these little antenna boosters could make the difference for you. And one thing's for sure: you can't beat the price! It's FREE! I just happened to come upon a fabulous deal for these cellular phone antenna boosters, and I feel that it's something we should all have - after all, when an emergency happens to us, we'll NEED to have a connection that will work (but no guarantees:)! Sure, I could have sold these for five, ten, or maybe even fifteen dollars each (as others are doing) and I could have made a great profit on them - but I'm NOT the average eBay seller (you might care to review my business philosophy, here), and I feel that if you're kind enough to purchase this great professional lighting equipment from me, the least I could do would be to give you one of these as a FREE gift! So I'm including one of these Cellular Antenna Boosters with EVERY order. For FREE! Just my way of saying: "Thank you for your patronage!" So "Who da man?" Huh? Who da man? ;-)

Each and every order (placed from this eBay auction listing) will include one FREE Cellular Phone Antenna Booster. Please understand that you will receive one free antenna booster with your order (regardless of how many kits or packages you may order from a dutch auction). Unlike with other sellers, this is not a gimmick - there's no "catch," there are no additional costs to you, there are no additional "shipping" or "handling" charges tacked on (as so many other sellers do) - this is really and truly a FREE bonus! Wondering if my products are really as good as they sound? Just check my feedback for assurance, and see for yourself!

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Here's some information about the items comprising
your new studio kit: The Umbrellas & Accessories!

	Two WHITE/BLACK Reflection Ubrellas: 32" The White/Black umbrella is made of the new P-Satin clothes-PU bonding with high denier Satin. Their Black cover can achieve almost 100% light reflection rate and provide soft almost shadowless light, which is suitable for indirect and diffusive lighting. A wonderful method of softening the light. Technique: Photographers use these umbrellas to diffuse and soften light; in portraits, for example, this soft lighting very effectively hides many of the lines and wrinkles on the faces of our victims (umm, our "subjects" :), making them look younger and more vital. It's also great for photographing highly reflective surfaces, such as jewelry, glass, and chrome (it avoids the bright reflections that mess up our pictures). But don't let our clients know our little secrets, just accept their appreciation (along with your quickly-escalating fees), and let them believe it was your phenomenal photographic skill that made them (or their products) look so damn good! Look, you're spending a lot of time and money acquiring the equipment, and learning the skills of the photographic arts; you're becoming a skilled professional; your work is valuable as well as beautiful. Don't price yourself out of the market, certainly, but don't sell yourself cheap, either.
	Point of Information: BTW (which means "by the way" for any "newbies" paying us a visit), a "Reflection" umbrella is one that reflects the strobe's light back onto the subject, and thereby softens and diffuses the light. This technique is often used in portraits and for photographing reflective surfaces, and performs many beneficial services for all us hard-working, underpaid, and under-appreciated photographic artists. Keep it a secret from others, though, and let them think we get our beautiful images through some sort of esoteric magic, passed down through the centuries, from master to disciple. It helps increase our value ;-) - and please don't send me any e-mail explaining that photography hasn't been around for centuries, I know that. Duh (actually, photography in one form or another has been around for about a century and a half). Back to the top
	Silver / Gold Reflection Umbrella 32" The Gold & Silver umbrellas are made of high 300 denier black cover with PU coating. Inner surfaces are bonded with Silver and Gold aluminum metallic foil. The Gold side produces a lovely, warm reflected light that creates those warm, soft, healthy skin tones that are so desirable for portraiture, especially to help make our overworked and sunlight-deprived clients look a bit more tanned and healthy (and in many other areas of photography, too). As with all well-designed, and properly thought-out photographic packages, the accessories included with this great professional kit are those which the photographer needs most, so s/he can create the most effective and striking images for the majority of situations in which we find ourselves in today's world. Back to the top
	H70- 150mm 7" Umbrella Reflectors Used alone for about 60º coverage, or with barn doors to control lighting spread, or with an umbrella to create soft and diffuse lighting. This custom reflector is designed with a special "slot" in it to allow for the use of an umbrella, without the need for a special umbrella holder accessory! A unique Britek innovation! This is usually the reflector that comes with the HS-500 and SM-1250 Strobes, since they have an integral umbrella holder built in to the strobe's light stand connector. You get 4 of these reflectors with your package.
	H70MM Snoot The Snoot provides a 30º concentrated light source for spot lighting or dramatic accents. Often used to "spotlight" a product, or a specific area of a photograph; often used for hairlights in people pictures. One of the photographer's "must have" accessories (for the SM-1250s). Back to the top
	Medium Honeycomb This unit attaches to the end of the Snoot, above, and restricts the light beam to 15º as well as softening the light. Often used for hairlights and accent lights, as well as many other uses. Another one of the photographer's "must have" accessories (for the SM-1250s). Back to the top
	Barndoors This unit attaches to the strobe's reflector. Barndoors are used by photographers to restrict and control light; wide, narrow, and anything in-between, can be easily achieved by moving the "doors" open or closed over your strobe (for the SM-1250s). Back to the top
	Here's a great little accessory that all photographers always need more of: a panning light head with integral umbrella holder! You get 3 of these with this phenomenal package. Truly, you'll have everything, all in one dynamic kit! It's hard to wax philosophic about a photographic accessory, but anyone who's ever worked with lights knows that these little tools are absolutely indispensable. For example, even a super-duper, antique, $100,000.00 table lamp isn't going to do anyone much good without a light bulb that works. It's hard to admire anything sitting in the dark! But this little baby works, and keeps on working. You'll need one of these for every standard e-27 Edison base strobe or continuous light you'll ever work with (the E-27 is the standard household light socket size, so you can use "regular" lights with it too, if need be). Plus, this little baby has an integral (built-in) umbrella holder, which saves you from having to buy an additional umbrella adapter, whenever you might want to "bounce" the light off of (or through) an umbrella. You're getting one of these great Tilt/Swivel Bulb Holders with every AS-66 included in this package. Specifications: Single standard E-27 bulb socket On / Off switch 10 foot power cord 3/8" Stud for attaching to light stands Integral Umbrella connection
	Yet another FREE BONUS! This fabulous new Photo/Video/Digital Camera carrying case is now included! Read more about it here. However, please be aware that this little case will NOT be able to hold your 7 Strobe Professional Lighting equipment; it's great for a couple of cameras and accessories, though - and you can't beat it for the price! ;-) Optional carrying cases are always available, however. Back to the top

More FREE Photographic Tips & Techniques

Note: Although this rarely happens, sometimes item numbers or minor appearance differences may change, or new models replace older ones, as manufacturers alter, or update equipment, etc.; items are subject to change (but any changes or replacements will be with items of equal or greater capabilities). Being human (yeah, even though I'm a photographer, I'm still human, believe it or not:), sometimes a typographical error might creep into the descriptions; please forgive any mistakes, and please rely on the large listing of the package contents at the top of this description, and repeated again down at the bottom, for the final word on what this package includes. Thanks for understanding. Take care, and, as always, take (or better yet, "make") lots of great pictures!

Technique: The most important "secret" of good photography is the thought the photographer puts into a picture before s/he even considers what type of film to use! The point here is that we have to train ourselves to think before we shoot! What color is our subject? How can we make that color (or shade) stand out? Look at the example here, and see how the simple choice of using a background that matches our subject's (blue) eye color can improve our pictures. In the lovely picture to your left, notice how the blue-violet shadows to the right of the model's head accentuate her blue eyes. Notice, too how half the face is in a light shadow, adding depth and texture. We have to ask ourselves: What do we want to emphasize in our picture? How will we direct our viewers' eye to our subject? If it's an outdoors photograph, how will we separate our main subject from any other distracting elements in our photograph? At which angle should we shoot? Is it important to establish place in this photograph (i.e., is it important for the viewer to know where our subject is? Or do we want to hide the location)? If we're shooting people, what is our victim's least appealing feature (i.e., a large nose, a bald head, pot belly, lotsa wrinkles, etc.:)? How can we hide or de-emphasize it? What's our subject's most appealing feature (i.e., eyes, profile, smile, boobs - oops! sorry, I couldn't resist:) ? How can we emphasize the attractive aspects of our subjects? These are the questions photographers have to ask, before we shoot. THINK before you shoot! MAKE a photograph - don't "take" a snapshot! Learn to "design" your picture before you pick up your camera! Take a piece of paper and a pencil, and sketch out what you want in the picture you're considering; this will be a great help in the beginning, and after a few weeks or months of doing this, you'll start to do it all in your head, and won't need the pencil and paper any more. I promise you that a good photograph doesn't require the genius of an Einstein - it just takes a little thought and preparation (creativity and practice doesn't hurt either)! You don't have to study photography for 20 years, just train yourself to think before you shoot! Don't try to plan out 100 subjects all at once; think about one or two, and then use 10 rolls of film on just a few ideas. Shoot from different angles; shoot from different heights; shoot with different lighting angles; shoot with color film; shoot with black and white film; think, then shoot! Pretty soon, you'll wake up one day and realize that you've changed; you'll look at the world differently; you'll "see" things most people never even notice; one day, you'll realize that you've become something special; something different, but different in a most amazing and wonderful way; you will have become - a photographer! © 2002 Quickie Technique #5: Exposure - All meters built into all cameras are "reflection" meters; they read the light reflected by our subjects AND everything else in our viewfinder! This often causes incorrect readings, and pictures that turn out looking like doo-doo. Instead of letting our camera's meter read the exposure from our whole frame, set your built-in meter to its "spot" setting. Then, center the most Important part of your subject (i.e., the face of a person, the flower petals of a flower, the coat of a dog, etc.) in your meter's spot circle and take your reading; then, when our viewfinder's spot circle is filled with our subject and NOT with the surroundings, lock in exposure (e.g., press the shutter button half-way down), re-compose the shot, and then press the shutter button all the way down and make the exposure! I think you'll be pleased with the results! More "quickie techniques" information will be included in my other auction descriptions. Thank you for viewing this auction, and may you have the very best of luck! Back to the top

From whom should you buy your photographic equipment? Hey, it's your hard-earned money, so you should buy from anybody you darn well like! However, one of the advantages of buying from another photographer is that, unlike "salesmen," who just want to "sell" things to you, a photographer will know what you need, and what you don't need; a photographer will know why you'll need something, and why you won't need something; a photographer will have actually used the equipment being sold, and will be able to offer advice based on real-life experience. Of course, the facts that photographers (like us) are usually much better-looking, a lot smarter, definitely kinder, and unquestionably much more creative than other folks, doesn't hurt either, does it? ;-) Unlike the others who try to cover up their own ignorance with vague warnings cautioning you against buying from anyone else (but them, that is:), I won't stoop to such reprehensible behavior; I guess I'm just not greedy enough to do such things. In addition, I trust you to be smart enough to make up your very own mind, without my self-serving advice, telling you who you should and shouldn't patronize. Sure, I'm in business to sell photographic equipment, but I'd rather lose a few sales than insult my customers' intelligence with admonitions like: "Buy from me! Don't buy from the other guy!" So go ahead and check out what's available, compare prices, quality, and customer service philosophies see here; see who you think will provide more help and support. Then, check out the feedback profiles; go look to see what the other "photographic experts" were selling a few months ago (that'll be a revelation:). Next visit the web sites see here, of your potential suppliers (especially those who claim to be photographers with "100 years experience," and see how much they really know about photography). Then, in addition to the usual, logical, informed, procedures for making your purchasing decisions, check with the old standby that's almost always right, your gut feelings. Check things out; make up your own mind. Then, without doubt, you'll probably come to the right conclusion. [However, - just in the interest of saving you time and trouble ;-) the conclusion you'll surely come to is that "PhotoSource3" on eBay (who is also the beloved founder and talented creator of MyPhotoHome and Photographer's SupplyStation) is "Da Man" from whom to buy your photographic goodies! =:-) ] Thank you for being kind enough to view this auction (I hope you realize that my humor is meant to be fun, and is intended with all good will), may you have the best of luck, and don't forget, as always, no matter who you choose to honor with your photographic purchases, take (or better yet, "make") lots of great pictures! And remember, you can't get good - unless you get started. Back to the top

You'll also be receiving a Sync Cord (also called a "PC" Cord), and a power cord for each and every one of your new HS-500 Pro Studio Strobes and PS-300 Pro Strobes. And don't forget that all the HS-500s,SPS-300s as well as the AS-66 Mini-Strobes' Tilt/Swivel Bulb Holders have integral (built-in) umbrella holders, too! Everything you'll need is included, so when your new photographic equipment arrives, all you'll have to do is plug 'em in, and rock & roll (fire away)! Unlike some other lighting equipment which requires additional power supplies, light heads, and connector cables, this great A.C. kit comes 100% complete - no additional attachments or accessories are needed to use this equipment! I really HATE IT when I buy a new toy, and then when it arrives, I discover I can't use it because something else (usually at additional cost, too) is required before it will work! So I never to anything like that to my (beloved) customers. Don'tcha wish everybody was as considerate as that to their customers? So do I. =:-) Back to the top

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Photo Secrets Revealed: The Myth of the "one-shot" professional photographer Most folks will look at a marvelous, prize-winning photo in a slick publication, and think that some great pro pointed his/her camera at the subject, took an exposure or two, and - Voila! A "perfect" photograph! Sometimes we let folks think that, but the reality is more like this: perhaps the most famous publication for stunning photographs is National Geographic Magazine. Most National Geographic feature articles contain somewhere between 10 and 20 images. So how many pictures do you think the photographer(s) working on each assignment make to submit for each article? Thirty? Fifty? Maybe even five hundred? Nope! The world's greatest photographers make and submit an average of 36,000 images for an article which will contain only 10 or 20 of them. No, it's NOT a misprint - they make Thirty-six Thousand exposures for each assignment! Pity the poor photo editors who must view them all, and choose the best ten or twenty to include in the magazine. That's way over a thousand images the world's finest photographers will take for each picture that's good enough to make it into print. The point here is to understand two things about photography: one, nobody, no matter how experienced, and no matter how sophisticated his/her equipment (cameras, lenses, exposure meters, etc.), knows exactly how a shot will come out ahead of time; and two, the greatest photographers are the most dedicated. Think about it for a moment; have you ever made 36,000 pictures for a single project at one time? Don't feel bad - neither have I - but then again, I'm not one of the world's greatest photographers (heck, if I could afford all that film, maybe I could be:). The lesson? 1) Don't think there's ever going to be a time where you can predict exactly which shot will be perfectly exposed (so make many exposures), and don't hesitate to use film; burn up as much film as you possibly can, and then shoot a few more rolls (no, I don't own stock in a film company); and 2) for every important shot, bracket like mad! "Bracketing" in case you aren't sure, is the practice of determining (or guessing) the proper exposure for a certain shot (using meters, charts, or experience), then using those settings for a few shots, then making additional shots both under and over those settings (i.e., 1/3 of a stop under and 1/3 of a stop over, 1/2 of a stop under and 1/2 of a stop over, 3/4 of a stop under & over, a full stop under & a full stop over, etc.). This way, chances are, at least one (and probably several) of the pictures will come out nearly "perfect!" Many of the new cameras can be set to automatically bracket your shots for you, so (as much as I know we hate to read manuals) READ YOUR MANUAL and learn how to get the most out of your camera. Remember, greatness demands dedication. Hell, even mediocracy requires some serious study. You don't have to learn everything at once, just a few minutes a day will help. But I warn you, if you get some studio lighting equipment, you just might find yourself happily snapping away for hours at a time; I've often looked up from my camear's viewfinder only to discover that the whole night slipped away, and it was light out again!

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7 Strobe & Backdrop Portrait Package XII (K630) On Sale for only: $1089.00 Shipping (UPS Ground): $84.55* Click the PayPal link to go to a secure site where you can charge your new equipment to your MasterCard, Visa, or pay with an Electronic Check. Back to top of page	My PayPal account is in my company name: Adam Publishing Co.
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Note: Although this rarely happens, occasionally item numbers or minor appearance differences may change, or new models replace older ones, as manufacturers alter, and update equipment, etc.; items are subject to change (but not to worry, because any changes or replacements will be with items of equal or greater capabilities and value (just check out my feedback and you'll see). Being human (yeah, as hard as it may be to believe, most photographers ARE human, and contrary to popular belief, I'm not perfect), sometimes a typographical error might creep into the descriptions somewhere; please forgive any mistakes, and please rely on the large listing of the package contents at the top of this description, and repeated again down at the bottom (just to be sure:), for the final word on what this package includes. Thanks for understanding.

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Just scroll up to see pictures / descriptions, or jump to an item by clicking on the "Show Me" links. Kit # 630 1) One Britek HS-500 Professional Studio Strobe 180WS! <- NEW! show me 2) Three Britek PS-300H Professional Studio Flash Units (150WS) show me 3) Three Mini Slave Strobes (20WS) show me 4) Three Custom Snoot, Barndoors, Honeycomb Sets for Mini Strobes show me 5) Six Britek 2.8 to 6.5 Foot Light stands show me 6) One 1.3 to 3.5 Foot Backlight Stand Show Me 7) One 32" Silver / Gold Reflection Umbrella show me 8) Two 32" White / Black Reflection Umbrellas show me 9) Four Unique Umbrella Reflectors show me 10) One Snoot show me 11) One Honeycomb show me 12) One set of Barn Doors show me 13) A Complete Economy Background Support System show me 14) Three Pan Head Bulb Holders (for AS66 strobes) show me BONUS! 15) A Great New 6' x 9' "Stormy Weather" Custom Muslin Background show me FREE BONUSES! 16) A FREE Photo/Video/ Digital Camera Case! show me 17) A FREE 8th Strobe: DS-33 "Anywhere" Flash Unit Show Me 18) A FREE Cell Phone Antenna Booster! Show Me Package 630
Wondering what the price is? It's $1089.00! I never hide anything from my (beloved) bidders! Just look for "Elv*s" and you'll see the reserve price minimum clearly and honestly listed, just above the "Ladies and Gentlemen, Elv*s has left the building..." line. It's the same with all my reserve auctions; the reserve prices are always clearly and honestly listed for all to see. Thank you for viewing this auction, good luck, and please accept my most sincere wishes for a wonderful, prosperous, joyful, and photographically creative future. Now you can not only make great photographs, for the first time, it's affordable!
This is truly a fantastic professional photographic lighting studio setup! With FOUR powerful main master strobes (1 powerful 180WS unit plus 3 great 150WS units) to light your victims (um, your "subjects" that is:) and your background in the most creative manner, 3 great Mini-Strobes for highlights, hairlights, spots, etc., a huge 44" umbrella to soften the light and minimize hot spots and reflections from reflective surfaces, or for portrait use, to hide those facial lines, sags, and wrinkles (making your subjects look younger and more vital), a silver/gold umbrella to add those lovely warm tones to our sunlight-deprived victims, and in addition, a background support set to hold your backgrounds (also called backdrops), plus a beautiful custom-made Muslin background/backdrop to start you out, you'll have everything you'll need to start getting the fantastic pictures that will flatter and amaze your clients (or your kids, parents, friends, or relatives)! Also, by including 4 powerful master strobes, you'll have enough power to light larger subjects (cars, interiors, sports teams, etc.) and/or groups of people (weddings, family groups, inc), as well as plenty of power to get those pure, white, "drop-out" background effects so popular nowadays. Whether you want to make great pictures of your products, or magnificent portraits of people, this equipment will provide you with what you'll need to get started with a pro studio setup! And you can own this complete lighting studio for LESS than you'd pay for just one or two strobes from a competing manufacturer! And don't forget the full one year manufacturers limited guarantee! Hey, for less than you'd pay for couple of strobes from a competing manufacturer, and a LOT less than it would cost for weekend vacation for 2 people, you'll have everything you'll need to start a photography business! And this equipment will serve you faithfully for as long as you need it; don't forget, nobody ever succeeded by wishing they had given their first love (photography) a shot. If you earn your living doing something you love, you'll never "work" another day in your life! Read this --> Tell me more about photography!
Important: I just HATE IT when I buy a "kit" or "package," and then when I receive it, I discover that I can't use it because there's something else I need (usually at a substantial additional cost, too) to make it work (i.e., the "batteries not included" syndrome)! So I'd never do that to any of my (cherished) customers! With this fabulous package, everything is included (well, except a camera, film, and photographer, that is)! When this package arrives, all you'll have to do to start making great photographs, is open it up, unwrap your new goodies, put the strobes on the light stands, plug 'em in, point them at your favorite subjects, and, baby, just like Elv*s, go ahead and rock and roll (fire away)! And, NO you won't have to buy anything extra! Back to the top
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