I'm wanting to buy an Octagonal softbox and I'm thinking about going with the Westcott ones. No real reason other than I know that they make quality stuff and I think that seems to be right in my range. The prices just went way down too on B&H and I want to buy ASAP before they go back up or something.
The 5' one is only 349 now and the 7' one is only 599 ($150 off).
I love the lighting these produce but I don't quite understand one thing....
on the B&H site it says to use the 7' for full body shots and the 5' one for 3/4 length shots.... is that true? Does that mean that the 7' one will not perform optimally if I want to do waist up shots?
Here is what kinda confused me...
http://www.pbase.com/szuszyn/image/56327789
that shot was done with what looks like the 39" or 53" Elinchrom octabank.
here is the setup from that shot...
http://www.pbase.com/szuszyn/image/56327792
Also....
I saw an HBO special on Timothy Greenfield-Sanders shooting the Porn Star Portriats book and he was using huge octabank (which looked to be at least 5 feet) about 5 feet up angled downward about 45 degrees off to his side. I love the lighting he achieved using that setup and that's pretty much what I'm wanting to do.
here is a pic to give you an idea of waht I'm talking about from that exact show...
http://www.hbo.com/docs/img/programs...nkingxxx02.jpg
Anyone with experience using these things please reply.
