Now some people may get a little touchy when it comes to firearms. I hope you can look past that and see the underlying decent photo beneath this.

This was all done in about 30 minutes, on my couch with a white sheet from Evil*Mart as a background. Simple two light setup, using a lighting kit that all together cost under $500. When you figure most “professionals” use lights that costs thousands of dollars, it’s pretty amazing what you can pull off on the cheap.

Want to know how to do this? It’s easy, start here :: www.strobist.com

It’s a web site devoted to off camera lighting, on a budget.

One of the biggest single destroyers of good photos is the little pop up flash you have right on your camera. Get that thing off camera and your whole world will change.

Want to learn more? Keep an eye out on the blog, or I do offer 1 on 1 lessons, for a very reasonable price. Contact me for more details.