I’ve been searching on ebay for what seems like days and think I have an idea.  Ideally, my light kit would include the following:
2 – Softboxes (tungsten light with a cloth box diffuser)
2 – Key Lights (focusable tungsten with normal diffusion and gels)
2 – Accent Lights (non-focusable throws)
I think if I had all of these, I could make just about anything pop indoors.  There are kits that use all softboxes, but the examples I have seen are very soft.  I’m not a soft kinda guy.  I don’t like using softboxes as key lights.  I love them as front fills, though.  The lowel Pro Light seems to be the ticket for keys.  A lot of guys love the versatility of the Tota.  With 2 of each of the softboxes and harder keys…the possible combinations become a lot larger that any 4 piece kit available. 

 I think that if I could buy the lights individually used…I could potentially cut my $1,000 light budget in half.  So, the plan is to still buy quality equipment (cause remember: we are not skimping on camera, lighting, or sound), but find new or used deals on ebay individually to make up my ideal kit.  I realize that this is not ingenious in itself, but I figured I should record the thoughts.  Comments? Always appreciated.

|JONNYHEE|