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Few weeks ago I earned my first money taking pictures... Someone wanted to have some portraits and pictures of his business and I did the job.

It was not so much but enough to buy my first softbox!! It is so cute... it is walimex pro, octagonal 60cm, and it is fantastic! The light is great! In some point I was afraid it wouldn't work fine because of the size, but I couldn't have anything bigger...

After fighting more than half an hour to build it up... I tried it just with things I had at hand... Amazing! 1/200sec., f22, ISO 100 and I only used 1/4 of the flash power... I am very happy because this will give me a lot of room to work, and for my setups...

Here are just my two tries...







Now you know what I will be working on in the next few days...

Pongratulations Irma to your first paid assignment. Now reap the rewards.

Pavel

Great Irma - you won't know yourself now you have a decent soft box.

Wonderful shots.

Congratulations on your first paid gig. Don't let the lure of making money spoil your love of experimentation and taking photos for the joy of it.

Thanks all...

Pavel...
I don't know if I will have any other job in the feature... it will be nice because I still need some things for my own photography....

Chris...
I am still taking pictures and I am so happy!!

Toad...
No, I will not let this happen...

Well done Irma! You deserve it!

Congrats on your new toy too

You have come a l;ong way Irma. Congratulations.

Hi Irma, what a wonderful news, congratulations! And yes, I can see how beautiful, you always bring exciting and inspiration for us, have a nice and enjoyable days with your amazing works and creative mind. Thank you for sharing with us, you are so nice.
Blessing and Happiness,
with my love,
nia

Love the jar with the wick. Irma.

Thanks all...

My softbox has been an incredible improvement in many ways...

great stuff and very nice pictures!
Ilike the bottle, it instantly takes on such a professional look with the lighting..

Uli

Irma, with all your skill and hard work, it still gladdens me when a simple piece of kit has so much of a dramatic effect on someone's work: this is evidence that it is the photographer who is skilled rather than someone needing expensive lens/camera upgrades as soon as they're out to tell themselves they're any good. I think I'm sure in imagining that your motivation and "first love" of photography have been given a huge boost. Lovely to see...and Uli is right, such a professional look.