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How do you hand your photos to your clients? Do you have a pre-printed stock of your logo medias, or do you just burn your files on blank Office depot medias and scribble the contents with a Magic Marker?

Well I admit I used to do that in the past... Before I started printing my own disks I used to deliver my work on generic medias, either branded or blank labeled. Very unprofessional, but that was in early days when CD printers were not around yet.  For large batches I would have ordered pre-printed medias with my logo on them but that was somewhat limiting as to what could be done with the design. What if I wanted to put on a photo of the couple got married? Or a portrait from the latest corporate photo-shoot? Or even just a logo of the convention I shot? I wanted to be able to custom design my disks and I didn't want to spend a fortune on that.

OK, so in part 1 I wrote about the advantages of using a portable, independent power supply as an alternative to the power grid. Now I'm going to show you how I turned that into a working device.

Once upon a time… there was a photographer who carried a bunch of 800WS monolights wherever he'd go, and if there was no electricity available on site, would also drag expensive and heavy power generators, some of which are excellent and long lasting while other smelled like gasoline… That photographer was me…

When  it comes to on-location photography, overshooting means carrying tons of equipment and wasting more time and money to get the same results. That is where my quest for portable lights began.

The Impact EX100 was added to my lighting arsenal when I was looking for a portable lightweight flash for simple tasks inside the studio ("go fetch me the grey backdrop from the storage room!") and for event photography. As I was going through the list of available items, I was captured by that attractively priced kit offered for $140-$150 including a stand and a softbox on B&H (links are available down at the bottom).