Ask any professional portrait photographer what artificial lighting they use for outdoor portraits, and the chances are good that many of them will respond by saying they use a monolight.

Monolights are ideally suited for outdoor portraiture because their light output is highly adjustable and their heads can be fitted with modifiers and other attachments to modify the light.

The problem with monolights is that they aren’t exactly lightweight, nor are they easy to carry around, especially once you have a modifier, light stands, and so forth in tow as well.

Besides, there’s a much cheaper option than using a monolight, and that, my friends, is a speedlight.

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