The three major light equipment are the light sources themselves, grips or stands that support the lights, and modifiers that control the spread of light. Theirs two type of professional studio light kits, first the kit with the flash head and the monolight kit. The ‘best’ flash head for studio photography is ‘The Bowens XMS1000 flash head’ for both amateurs and seasoned professionals alike. Each power pack is different theirs symmertic and assymetric power packs. The power pack that allows the user to vary the power supply to different flash heads is the assymetric power pack. And the power pack splits power equally between multiple flash heads is the symmetric power pack. Monolights are most of the time desired for their portability. It’s more useful if you get a strobe light that lets you removed the reflector. Which then lets you attach different kinds of light modifiers. Reflective umbrellas and softboxes are the most common used type of light modifers. Reflective umbrellas are used to get more light hitting the subject. The light flies from the strobe that hits inside the umbrella then reflects back to the subject. The gold umbrellas give a more warm tone. And the white one gives a bigger space of light that’s being reflected. If you want a more efficient and a light that’s more narrow you should use the sliver lined umbrella. If you want more control get a softbox its more controllable. The reason being is because the light being spread is more contained and with the umbrella light is spilled more like on the walls and everything surrounding the subject.
