Do any of you use always on lighting instead of strobes? I'm thinking specifically about subjects that area frightened by the flash in a studio-ish setting.

Dealing with the strays, I see my fair share of frightened dogs. Saturday however was probably my worst day behind a camera in a while.

I had one dog that was so afraid that I just called off the session after a couple shots and sat there talking to dog and handler trying to calm him down.

Three others were really spooked by the flash. I don't mean just a little, these dogs about jumped out of there skin with the flash. So I turned it off and upped the ISO a bit.

I was looking at the Westcott Spiderlite TD3 / TD5 lights, but I think I can probably build something pretty close.