Beautydish and Octabox!

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Woooho!! Finally!
Today i got new stuff fro my studiolighting.
Smuggled by my working colleague Annlie from Sweden over to the russian border.
Its one Beautydish 42cm, Silver, with raster (its not exactly the one on the picture) and one huge Octabox 170cm.
Really looking forward to try these new accessories out.
Though i need to get my strobes at Martinas place first...

Im in a serious buying process right know.
Everyday im thinking about photography, how i can improve my work and getting some new ideas for themes etc..
Some say its not about how much or what gear you have, and yes partly i can agree.
But it depends on what level you want to put yourself and your work at.
At the direction that i strive against, these kind of equipment is relevant for me.
Not super proffesional, but on a level that suits and pleases me.
I love the work and the feeling of the whole photosession process.
And then when you look at the pictures, you get much more saticefied but yet you discover new things you really should have thought about. Then you bring those to next one.

Had some new ideas i wnat to try out aswell.
Im having a weddingshoot this summer and for this i wanted to learn how to shoot decent panoramas.
Not like 360 degrees panos, but maybe 10 frames that catches a little bit more of the enviorment.
And i want to blend in the model in these aswell shot with studiolighting.
Looking forward to try this, either it works or it will get screwed up completely.
We will see.
Anyhow, this panoramastuff is a very new area for me and it seems very interesting.
So..hehe...i will meet a guy on Saturday and he will show me a Nodal Ninja Head.
Its a panoramic head that you fix to your tripod, then fix the camera, wich makes it possible for you to take panoramas around the nodpoint to avoid paralax misstakes.
It basicilly means that you can turn your camera in different angles, but the focuspoint of the lens stays on the same place, just to get the perception correct.
This head is unfortunately quite expensive..

Another buy i just HAVE to make is a new tripod for one of my strobes.
It was broken last weekend during the Andrew Martyn shoot...
I think i found a place where to find tripods for elinchrom....otherwise Manfrotto is an option.

As i have mentioned in previous texts in this blog is about my interest for the new portable studiolight kit from Elinchrom. Elinchrom Ranger Quanta A-Speed.
Cant wait until they will start to sell this one!!

So i guess this summer i will have to feed on hardbread and water..

pakka!

//enik1