Alien Bee B800 Studio Flash

Have you been abducted by Alienbees? If you haven't maybe you should if you are considering picking up studio photography as part of your growing photography business or want to add an extra punch to your on location photos. Alienbees are a brand of studio flash that are made by Paul C. Buff, Inc. They only sell there products direct from there factory from there website. These lights are solid built studio strobes that have plenty of power and have an array of great accessories to modify light distribution. The lights are professional but they come at  modest price tag. You have your choice in the alienbees of 400, 800, 1600 and these numbers reference the amount of power that they can push out. I personally only own B800's, I have 4 identical strobes. The modeling light and the strobe light are both user replaceable if need be, I have had to replace 3 modeling lights and 1 strobe light over the past year, completely due to me dropping the units, if you are more careful than I, these bulbs could lat year for several years without replacement. Studio lighting can be a expensive and difficult subject to learn and start out with, but I feel that it is also an important part of what a photographer does to help separate themselves from everyone else. You don't have to have a studio though, bringing these lights on location and using them to evenly light your subject and balancing them with natural light is a great way to get your subject to stand up from the background and make them the true center of attention in your photo. These lights serve purposes for wedding photographers as light can be a problem in many reception venues, consider instead of firing a powerful light right off in people's faces, you could reduce the power of your on camera flash or just remove it if possible and fire a couple of large lights off a ceiling or a  wall in order to generate some pleasing fill light in the room. Check out the video below for a complete explanation of this light. Any questions or comments just leave them below.