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Even though most of the tutorial pages\u00a0here deal\u00a0with on-camera flash, I don’t limit myself to just using on-camera flash. When I need off-camera lighting or when I need more juice from my flashguns than a speedlight can deliver, I use the Q-flashes made by Quantum.<\/p>\n
For this wedding in Las Vegas, I decided to travel light and as an additional flashgun, bring along a single Quantum Q-flash in addition to the two\u00a0speedlights I normally take along with me when I photograph a destination wedding<\/a>. \u00a0I also wanted the flexibility of wireless TTL control over the flash, and therefore I chose a Quantum T5D-R with the Quantum Freewire Wireless TTL set-up.<\/p>\n In the photo above taken at Red Rock\u00a0near Las Vegas, I had my assistant hold the Q-flash up high on a monopod and triggered it wirelessly.\u00a0 This way I could fine-tune the flash exposure from the camera itself.\u00a0 This allowed me to work faster than having either me or my assistant manually adjusting the flash the whole time.\u00a0 (Anyone who is interested in my specific settings, the thought process is similar to the explanation here<\/a>.)\u00a0 I had the Wide-Angle Diffuser over the Q-flash, to spread the light more widely.<\/p>\n The Q-flash’s flexibility and power really came in handy for this next image.<\/p>\n After the wedding we went to this famous landmark for a big group photo. I had to work fast to keep everyone’s attention since it had been a long day. \u00a0Also, the cops had just stopped to move the two buses out of the middle lane … so I really had to shoot fast and nail the few images I took here.<\/p>\n I needed a lot of light, and I needed the light as even from left-to-right as possible – so I had my assistant hold up the\u00a0 Q-flash T5D-R with a Quantum wide-angle diffuser – \u00a0and had her\u00a0pointing this through\u00a0a white shoot-through\u00a0umbrella to get the light spreading more evenly.\u00a0 In the end I did have to\u00a0go in to Photoshop to dodge the people on the left a little to bring them up to the same brightness as the rest of the group.\u00a0 But using a powerful flashgun in this way gave me a very good head start on this image.<\/p>\n So I am showing this here as an example of something simple that you can’t do with a speedlight.\u00a0 When I\u00a0need juice! .. and an even spread of light and a set-up that works fast, I revert to using Q-flashes.<\/p>\n For those who are interested in the specific gear, here\u00a0are the details of the exact equipment : The camera with the Wireless QTTL Adapter<\/strong> (B&H), on top of the camera, . The umbrella clamp is a very simple device, and something I scrounged from my bin of odds-and-ends, so I can’t give you a specific link to it. The flashgun and umbrella clamp is attached to the Manfrotto monopod, via the Manfrotto Quick Release Adapter<\/a><\/strong> (B&H).<\/p>\n . more equipment reviews of lighting gear<\/a><\/p>\n more articles on off-camera flash … <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even though most of the tutorial pages\u00a0here deal\u00a0with on-camera flash, I don’t limit myself to just using on-camera flash. When I need off-camera lighting or when I need more juice from my flashguns than a speedlight can deliver, I use the Q-flashes made by Quantum. 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\nand the Quantum FW9T FreeXwire Digital Transmitter<\/strong> (B&H),\u00a0clamped onto the bottom:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/lighting\/Q-flash-wireless-07.jpg\")
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\nThe Quantum Q-flash T5D-R<\/strong> (B&H), with the\u00a0Quantum FW7Q FreeXwire Wireless Digital TTL Receiver<\/strong>\u00a0(B&H), attached to the side of the Q-flash.\u00a0 This is a very neat design with the Receiver fitting flush to the\u00a0Q-flash, and drawing power from the Q-flash itself.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/lighting\/Q-flash-wireless-10.jpg\")
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\nThis set-up is all powered by a Quantum Turbo 2\u00d72 battery<\/strong><\/a>, which is attached to the monopod via the Quantum Pole Mounting Clamp<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/lighting\/Q-flash-wireless-18.jpg\")
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