Sept, 23 2018
Came home to a nice surprise from Raymond. His dad's company is going out of business,(this is not the nice surprise! very sad actually) and the company is throwing everything in the dumpster. To my benefit, he scored some light stands and umbrellas that they were using to photograph their products. I was very excited, we took all the equipment out of his car and brought it upstairs to try it out. There is no flash system attached to the lighting. There are three light stands that have an attachment where you can have either one light bulb, or up to four at a time. All the stands have a light defusing umbrella, and that's it. Raymond had the idea that we could attach my flash to one of the stands and try it out with the pocket wizards I had purchased for my lighting class in the spring of 2018. It worked really well, I figured the set up might be helpful for my outdoor shoots. I have a few things lined up with people wanting Christmas cards done. I was planning on taking them to a small outdoor park called The Grange in Sayville, NY. I took this picture of Ray with the new set up and I think it's pretty good for a dumpster dive find.  Ray is always my biggest cheerleader when it comes to my photography.