Actually I got a stand and umbrella at the fair, And a 43" reflector also. The stand quality is cheap but workable and really light, it's just the swivel is very fragile, but it's workable consider I pay 30$ for it.
So now I'm getting the cactus v4 so I can use it both at the same time, and the sb 800 is going to be the main light and the 285 is going to be the background light. To bad that the v4 is going to get here in 2weeks+
is there other trigger that is affortable and workable other than the cactus? It's seem that's all the rage on the Internet.
Ok I have this problem, maybe not. But how's is your workflow like? Shooting time spend? Retouching spend?
I'm currently take about 2hr of shoot time plus 2hr of retouching product photo in lightroom and Photoshop. But that time maybe cut short with the flash, since halogen light is a pain to work with.
And as concept wise, how do you plan it? And how do you research what's needed in the market?I look at the microstock as same as the stock exchange market is there a trend? Or a bull kind of thing? How do you research the consumer market?

Thanks!

i recently told a friend that i wanted to take their pic when i get my flash and they agreed.

as for my decision about the flash, im going to buy the vivitar 285hv first, with cactus wireless trigger... cant afford PW... soon i will!
and then im going to get sb600 later on the road for the second flash and use another cactus reciever, that will give me the on camera usefulness too, and ttl for event or on the move shooting.

i have read on multiple thread online that the 285hv is save to use on the nikon, so i might try to do that, but with a close eye.

thanks for the blog that was helpful, i wish MPY happened
and i do not want to put myself in the trap incase i do a tfcd, so how many picture do you guys promise on the average of an hour of shooting? or a session?

and as for flash stand does the ebay cheap stand kit work?

wow that is wierd all my stuff is accepted in istock but non, not even one is accepted in SS phooey... :/ life what can u do.
its murphys fault for making them stupid laws lol

ok so i been doing some product shoot, because i dont have a model, and outdoorsy thing is hard to get approve of.
my question is how did you guys start to take picture of people (model)? tfcd? tfp? family? friends?
other thing is that my equipment is very minimal, no flash! not yet. how do you guys overcome that, i did a location shoot with a friend and its very hard to achieve the lighting with just reflector, but i manage to snap few good one.
and for now im trying to get a flash, im stuck between vivitar 285hv or sb600, my problem is i want a flash that actually can be "safely" attach to my nikon, and easily adjusted with the ttl system. but in other hand vivitar is dirt cheap so i can get 2 of them and work from there on.

so help me. thanks.