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sorry that sharing some thoughts "definitely" didnt help - helping was the intent - hey ho

Bridge seems a good choice - dont know which ones have decent AF these days but moving objects can be quite challenging. I had a Canon Ixus that was hopeless and was always behind the movement If I was in the market I would be "focussing" (sorry) on the Bridge cameras with predictive AF...

Trying to get back on topic, but having zero knowledge of prod shots - would you always use white for this or would a colour (like grey / black) work? OP mentioned mucky items which would lead me to wipeable surfaces like Dunelm vinyls

at the risk of opening a whole can of worms, I know a chap starting out in commercial video and he uses FatLama - not just to hire stuff he cant afford (like £5k cameras) but also because he lives in a small flat and hasnt got the room to store all he needs

I get what Garry is saying, my perspective as someone who runs a business would be to ask something slightly different - and help you get some ammunition for your boss(es) How much are good images of this stuff worth to the business? What benefits are there to getting this better - that can be...

thanks folks - found the Lencarta website and had a dig around, lots of good stuff :) BTW if Bowens didnt make their own unbrellas, who did?

thanks folks - as a keen amateur I tend to buy stuff to look after but get what you mean about umbrellas being consumable fwiw I picked up Bowens 35" silver/shoot through for less than a tenner and 45" silver /shoot through for £18 each at Wex recently - which seemed very decent prices compared...

My 2 peneth, I mostly paint water colour but I do know that oils have an intensity of colour *and* a texture and they they do respond quite notceably to lighting. Often they have a sheen, brush work etc that makes them interesting to photograph. Along with kit already mntikoned I would also use...

Hi there - first post here, been taking pictures for a while :) Anyhow, I love tinkering with portrait lighting and have built up quite a bit of portable strobist stuff over the years, pretty much all Bowens kit with the bigger Pentax/Metz flashes and the odd piece of (workmanlike) Calumet...