Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Every once in a while, I get involved in a highly technical photo shoot where I use a bunch of Westcott's FJ400 strobes but this time, a friend asked me to come and help him out as he got a contract to shoot full-length portraits and team pictures for 41 soccer teams. We used a total of 15- FJ400 units, 8-Westcott umbrellas, 6- Westcott Rapid Box 1x3' modifiers, 15 light stands, three background setups, 5 rolls of Savage 9' studio grey seamless, 6- Westcott triggers (we only needed three), and an entire roll of 3" tape. We turned a small elementary school gym into a photo factory for a day and completed the entire job between 9am and about 5pm. We had a total of three shooters, myself on Sony and David and Eddie both shooting Canon.

Here are my affiliate links for the gear we used for this shoot:
Original FJ400 strobe unit: fjwestcott.com/products/fj400-strobe-400ws-with-ac-dc-battery?sca_ref=2860298.TlmV1g7N5F&sca_source=youtube
new FJ400II Strobe Unit: fjwestcott.com/products/fj400-ii-touchscreen-400ws-strobe?sca_ref=2860298.TlmV1g7N5F&sca_source=youtube