Well, the homemade thing won't work, at least for me. I'm trying to get my business started and I need to have the right equipment. :~) I need to look professional, even if I'm not.... I certainly won't win anyone's confidence in my photography skills by setting their house on fire.... nor will I get referrals if I come back with poorly exposed images. Misha.....the Nikon I have is able to do the TTL flash metering, yet I've never really used it.... I really don't know how to figure out the metering for flash manually. I could always put the camera into Program mode and the flash unit into Auto, but I loathe to do that.... I'm not one to give the camera control over how my images will look. So this is why I think I prefer the continuous lighting over the strobe. I set up, I just meter off the face in spot mode..... although I know I need to get a light meter too.... Donald thanks for the links.....will check them out, I'm sure they'll help....

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