RJ Bradbury Photography
Unit 1 Ground Floor, Woodbank Works
Turncroft Lane, Stockport SK1 4AR
UK
Call: 07763 418 761
Email: rick@rjbradbury.com
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Gear
Pixapro kindly sent over an early unit of their CITI 1200 Pro Pack & Head flash and it’s a monster. With 1200ws of power it is ready to tackle any job you can throw it’s way.
When I first heard about this unit being developed, I was not sure why. I mean we have the CIT 600, CITI 600 Dual head and the new CITI 400/600 Pro units. Who would need such a pack?
Then I thought about it some more.
After a few years of using the version one of this Bowens S-Mount bracket for my speedlites and Pika 200’s I have come to rely on them for wedding, event and location work.
It is great for holding a speedlite and also allowing you to use Bowens fit modifiers such as softboxes with them also. They will also hold the Pika 200 so you have a bare bulb option for your larger modifiers, it is however a tight fit.
When I started in photography years ago I used speedlites ( still do ) and whilst great due to portability they lack power for a studio environment. My first speedlites were Younnuo YN460’s and whilst they spat out light, in all honesty they were garbage. I later moved to YN 560’s and they were not much better, so I picked up a set of Canon 430EXii which a far better light than any of the YN units.
I ran the Canon 430EX II’s for a few years and added a Canon 600EX-RT later. The location kit has change some and that will be covered in another post.
Next came the studio lights. For a few years I rented local studios for clients work before opening mine so I have experience with a fair few brands (Bowens, Profoto, Various others).