trying out the new stuff

My friend April was willing to come sit for me
while I tried out my new light.

We chased around our kids, around the equipment
and wires were flying everywhere.

Then we had to cuddle them and calm them because of course
they were wanting our distracted attention.

And then finally, I got a new truthful image.

I'm really glad I have friends who are willing to sit for me while I try out project ideas. AND if you remember THIS POST, it has now come to fruition: this background is a curtain. Now, understandably, this is not to the full level I am planning on using it. I'll be getting a C stand soon, that's how I standardly like to hoist my backgrounds, since I don't do much full body. I haven't found a softbox yet that I'd be happy with, so this is an umbrella. Haven't found a softbox because I'm much too accustomed to shooting with ones that are at least 4 feet on one side, which is wildly impractical right now, and I know the light would fall too fast for me to get the power I wanted (for f/stop ratio, etc) if I was using one, but all the same, nice to have a little set up to do some tabletop stuff in my house. YAY!