Got a studio flash for my camera. **Bikini content inside**

MinGrey02Stg2

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So I shoot with a Canon 5D Mark II and it doesn't come with a pop up flash (which are useless imo anyways) so I decided to get a flash to mount to the top of it. After using it for a week (it was the Canon 430 EXII), I returned it and ordered an Alien Bees B800 studio flash. They can be set up away from the camera and are waaay more powerful than a small hot shoe flash. The only problem is that they require AC power so you can't really take them mobile. Alien Bees sells a power pack called the Vagabond II for $300 which uses a small 12V battery and a 150W inverter so you can take it anywhere. I decided to build my own using a 125Ah marine battery (the Vagabond uses a 15Ah battery) and a 1500w continuous/3000w peak pure sine wave inverter (10 times the power of the Vagabond)... for more than $100 less.

This morning I got to try it out at the beach at sunrise. I set it up to see how it would work balancing the light so both the model and the sun/clouds would be exposed properly. They were shot with Canon 135mm f/2L and Canon 50mm f/1.8 lenses, and one B800 flash bounced from a 60" umbrella. Here they are:

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Blurred because I don't want them HQ on the internetz, but you get the idea.

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Great shots!! That flash is awesome. Of course I'm sure the camera loves her. But then again, the flash, the sand, the water, the sky, and every red blooded male who views this thread loves her to... :beer:

Is she with you, or a friend? Either way you're a lucky man!
 

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Mother****er I was just thinking we need a rear shot. Scroll down its there but I cant see it FML. Great pics bud everything looks great.
 

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Awesome shots man, I remember a few days ago seeing a thread with this same chick in it. Maybe a different girl.
 

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She's definitely hot and has an amazing body...but that nose looks weird as hell.
 

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