Would it be weird to use a Vivitar 285 HV flash and an AlienBee B800 Flash together?

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It can be done, but you will have to trigger the 285 using something like a Pocket Wizard or a long connector from your hot shoe to the flash on a stand with umbrella.

Usually whew we are using a lot of external battery powered flash units, they are triggered using some king of radio remote control and they are used as accent lights in the background. The key light can be an AlienBee and you can mount a couple of external flash units in a soft box for fill if you want. You just have to do a lot of tests to get the balance correct for the shot you are lighting.
 
would the light of the b800 totally dwarf that of the 285 HV if the b800 were used as a main light (in a brolly box or umbrella) and the 285 hv as a fill light (in an umbrella)?
thanks fhotoace... i guess my main questions are 1. will it take more than one vivitar 285 to make an adequate fill light if a b800 is the key light? and 2. is an umbrella or brolly box sufficient for each of those lights? or would you recommend a soft box? i'm afraid of getting a square catchlight in my models' eyes
 
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