Well - how many have taken this first step?
I am beginning the strobist journey today (actually I began it a couple of weeks ago but now I'm blogging it too). I bought a Canon EOS 550d ( EOS Kiss X4 in Japan, and as the EOS Rebel T2i in USA) a couple of months ago and have been strobing up since I found the strobist blog soon after.
I now have a Yongnuo 565 and a 560 (with a 2nd 560 on the way), a cactus wireless trigger and receiver, a couple of umbrellas and stands (all paid for by selling my bass guitar gear!) and I'm eager to start Lighting 102 having just finished reading Lighting 101. So I'll take a deep breath and dive in.
My results - good or bad - will be uploaded. I'm new to blogging and to Flickr so I'm not sure where to upload to for the best and how to link them all together but I'm hoping my fellow strobists will help out here. But I will share so that we all can learn. I do not mind criticism (provided it is not just mindless "Booing") so if you have a comment to make then go ahead and make it. It will be taken in good faith and hopefully learned from.
I am embarking on this journey in what I believe is the spirit that David Hobby invited all of us. However, I am me. I do not intend to offend anyone, but I will peak my mind and call it as I see it. If you don't like that then move on and thanks for dropping by. If you want to join me in my little adventure then Hi - nice to know you!
Below are a couple of images that I'm proud of to mark where I am right now - as I start - a benchmark if you like (I'll share a couple more beginning images next time), so that I have something to compare against.
In the end I hope to be able to produce images that I am proud of, that others want to look at, and that will make some people say "Hey - you must own a really expensive camera!"
