It's been a long time.

It's been a long time since i've put my camera to the shelf and my my hobby on pause. I had a lot of things to do and had no time for anything.
But since i've seen my nikon daily, and knowing that i have a very basic "studio" gear at home the time had to come when i had to say now.
I have to admit i forgot how fun is this. You will see what is missing from your current gear.
I've found out that for background you don't have to go for an expensive fabric. You can go to a fabric shop, and get a few meters from the kind you like. (from 1,5 euro  for a 100X150 cm ). Hang somewhere (i'm thinking to get a curtain valance (4 Euros for an extendable one in IKEA. :) ) and use a flash. the rest is depends on you. And it's easier than you think. :)


For these pictures i've use on'y what i've found at home. and my chap home "studio flash" and/or my system flash.

Happy Birthday for me in advance. :)

Yes, I'm just about to get elder. Usually i don't really like birthdays, You know, the party, the presents, etc.
Ok, i'm kidding. So i don't really like birthdays, because of the counter increases. Now it's gonna be 31. Strange.
Well, this year I decided to invest a little to my hobby. (It's sounds better if i say it was a present than telling that I bought new stuff for something i don't get any money back from it, but i spend quite a lot time with it, with questionable results :) )
So as I've read the photography is about light. How You use light, and what do you do with it.
As mainly I'm a concert photographer (still hobbist :) ) I don't have any control on lights. It's already there. So instead set up the light as I would like them, I have to adapt it to my pictures. Good light, no light, red light. Any light. I have to say i don't really know anything about light setup. (Yes, I've read a lot about basic light setups, but i never had a chance to try them.)
Now it will change.
Let me Introduce my new toys. (from Mikrosat)
The first one is a simple set. Nothing fancy, a tripod an umbrella holder, and a flash-bulb.

The Second one is the real traveler pack. Few months ago i've decided to create a beauty dish, because it seen to be easy. Everything was ok, except the mounting to anything. Than i saw this:

Basically it's an Octobox - Umbrella designed for flashguns. Since i have a quite "flashy" Nissin, i decided to get this one too, with an additional tripod. (As i count, currently i have now 2 tripods for flash, 2 for camera, and one monopod at home. Seems a bit too much? :) )
Oh, yes. And the real thing. How this works? Well, the 1st test pictures seems to be nice.:)

set to BW+Vignetting effect in Lightroom. 

I will try to learn now... So Lights, Camera, Action..... Shooot!
(Images of products are taken from Mikrosat's webpage. See details above)