Comments on: more off-camera lighting

By: Neville Stringer

Neville Stringer — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:32:34 +0000

Thanks for your quick reply Neil. I’ve just purchased my first T5D-R and am excited to begin using it. I’ll be retiring some old Metz heads. Not having to hoist the stand up and down to make changes will make my life a lot easier!! Glad the bracket comes with the extension cord.
Neville.

By: Neil

Neil — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:37:55 +0000

Neville, the bracket you see there comes with the QF36T Remote Flash Head & Extension Cable. Even though the B&H link doesn't mention it, it comes as part of the set-up, as shown in this photo. (courtesy of Quantum Instruments) Neil vN

By: Neville

Neville — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:37:17 +0000

Neil – thanks for your ever-educational site and your commitment to sharing your knowledge.
I’m wondering about the bracket that holds your Qflash to the stand when you use the ext cable. Is this available at B&H?
Neville

By: Neil

Neil — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:59:54 +0000

Darek and Harry …

Wood paneling would eat a lot of the output from your flash. How much isn’t something I’d know offhand or be bothered with much.

If I am shooting manual flash, then the drop in output is something I’d have adjusted for already in getting to correct exposure – whether exposure metering was done with a flashmeter, or using the histogram or as roughly as just judging the image on the LCD.

If I am shooting with TTL flash, then the technology will largely compensate for it in how the camera and flash meters for the flash exposure.

Neil vN

By: Harry Simpson

Harry Simpson — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:03:59 +0000

Along with wood paneling, these same techniques may apply to leather couches too…..they can be difficult.

By: Darek

Darek — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:14:51 +0000

Hello

I’m a beginner in photography, and I would like to ask you about other aspect of wooden (or painted with dark colors) rooms: I’ve seen in the first photo that the the ceiling of that room is also wooden, and when I bounce the flash from such surfaces it eats a lot of flash power and gives some color cast. A color cast can be undone in post processing, but how you manage with flash power?

Regards,
Darek

By: turo fidelino

turo fidelino — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:56:45 +0000

Thanks Neil.

You know, eversince I learned about your site, from a Wedding Photography book, I learned a lot from it. In fact, I’m more comfortable in using flash than ambient light. It gave me the courage to try so many things that are not the norm.

Though being just a newbie, admittedly, oftentimes I could not understand technical terms you discussed.

Have any plans of going to the Philippines for a workshop? Give me a holler. Will surely attend.

Regards,

Turo

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:52:09 +0000

Hi there Turo …

Another way around it is to position yourself such in relation to your subject that the hot-spot appears behind them.

Here’s an example.
The hot-spot here is fairly diffuse, and not that hard glare you so frequently see … so that did help. But it should illustrate my approach here.

Neil vN

By: turo fidelino

turo fidelino — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:47:02 +0000

Neil hi.

Had the same experience re wooden panel and really, I had a hard time. I only used on-cam flash Canon Speedlite 580EXII. Thanks for the tip.

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:05:12 +0000

Rachel, The group shots of the bridal party were taken with the Canon 16-35mm f2.8 II lens. Neil vN