Foto Tech » flash http://www.foto-tech.com Technology for Photographers Sat, 12 Jun 2010 05:06:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Wireless Flash Controllers http://www.foto-tech.com/wireless-flash-controllers/ http://www.foto-tech.com/wireless-flash-controllers/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:18:00 +0000 admin http://photographytechnologies.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/wireless-flash-controllers/
We used to joke about photographers who “had their lights on strings.” This was an old school way of producing consistent results, but not creative ones. The modern version of that is photographers with their flash still on the camera. With all the options for remote-triggering strobes there is no excuse for using just an on-camera flash. That deer in the headlights straight on small light source look look is so tired. Here I light myself with two Canon 580 EX II flashes. I also used a ring light for fill, then added some lens flair in Photoshop
I really don’t need that much power most of the time, so a a battery powered TTL flash is fine. You can control additional flashes from an on-camera flash or use an IR controller.


I’m using Canons ST-E2 IR controller with a couple of flashes and loving it. Nikon’s solution, the SU-800 has more features. The only problem with these is you need a direct line of sight. There is a radio controller being developed by Raido Popper. I can’t wait to get my hands on one.


The Strobist is a really great blog for all things flash and Joe McNally is one of the absolute best shooters using off camera battery flashes. Joe also has a book new book out titled “The Moment It Clicks.”

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