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Lighting 101
Lighting 101: Umbrella Adapters
OK, so now you've got a flash and a stand or clamp, you'll need a way to join them together.
You'll probably want an umbrella stand adapter. I suppose you could get a ball head if you were sure you would never use an umbrella (to soften the light) but the decent ones cost a bunch. And (even though you may not know it yet) you are saving your money for a set of Pocket Wizards. Because that is where you will want to splurge in your little light kit.
The advantage of the umbrella stand adapter is that it does everything the ball head will do, plus it'll hold an umbrella for bouncing or shooting through. Plus it costs less.
You just fasten this thinga-ma-jig to the top of your stand (or the stud in your super clamp as the photo showed in the post about clamps) and it'll hold your strobe at any angle you want.
Surprisingly, for $20.00, they typically come with a stud and a shoe-mount adapter. Be sure to ask, tho.
Oh, and before I forget, as soon as you get it, if the shoe mount is made of metal PUT A PIECE OF ELECTRICAL TAPE ON TOP WHERE THE FLASH SITS. It could screw up the electronics in the month's-rent-worth-of-strobe you have sitting up there if you don't. I'm not kidding about that.
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