I had the wonderful opportunity last weekend to attend a meetup with NJ-based strobists.

For those who don't know, there's large and growing Strobist group on Flickr (16,000+) of photographers who use off-camera flash lighting to enhance their images. This inspiration for all this is the Strobist blog. (The two fashion shoots I recently posted were both done using these techniques.)

The NJ-based strobists met Saturday morning at the headquarters of Dyna-Lite in Union, NJ. We got to play with their big studio lights -- including a huge softbox and beauty dish -- and learn from each other. Here's a back-of-the-room view: