Well I finally purchased this light kit: http://www.amazon.com/Fancierstudio-...watt+light+kit. I am pretty pleased with it. I bought it for use with a still camera, but with the option of doing video later. It comes with 2 larger soft boxes for side lighting and 1 smaller soft box for overhead lighting. The soft box for overhead lighting takes 4 light bulbs and has 2 switches, so you can have 2 or 4 light bulbs on at the same time. The 2 larger soft boxes take 5 light bulbs each, and have a switch for each bulb. This really lets you control how much light you have. I found that for lighter snakes, like the Graphite Ivory below, you need less light, but for darker snakes like the Mystic Cinnamon, you need more light. Overall, this is a good kit with lots of versatility for the price. It comes with 14 light bulbs that are large, but good. My only concern is that it is not the most sturdy kit, but for $170, that is to be expected. Here are some pictures of the set up in my house and of some photographs that I took with it.
Light Kit Set Up:
Graphite Ivory (his graphite markings are just starting to show up on camera, but you have to zoom in to see them). As I said earlier, I used less light (2 bulbs in the overhead and 2 in each side light).
Hypo Pastave (again I only used a few of the light bulbs)
Pewter Mystic (used all the light bulbs)
Pastel Mystic (used all the light bulbs)
Cinnamon Mystic (used all the light bulbs)
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