{"id":13420,"date":"2013-02-09T23:29:45","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T03:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=13420"},"modified":"2017-08-11T20:55:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T00:55:05","slug":"mounting-multiple-flashes-speedlites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/mounting-multiple-flashes-speedlites\/","title":{"rendered":"How to mount multiple flashes \/ speedlites"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to mount multiple flashes \/ speedlites<\/h1>\n

Quite often, a single speedlight just isn’t enough. You need more! You might need a smaller aperture than the single speedlight would provide (even at full power), or you might be battling very bright ambient light. High-Speed Flash Sync<\/a> doesn’t help you in that case. Then you need to add another speedlight.<\/p>\n

The mount \/ bracket that I settled on is the \u00a0RPS Light Bar with Four Accessory Shoes RS-3102<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>).\u00a0It is a bit unwieldy, especially when you have 4 speedlights mounted. But when you need it, you need it. It is this bracket that I use when I’m shooting family groups with speedlights, as described in this article:\u00a0wedding photography: positioning your flash for the formals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ve used this setup for some of the photography workshops<\/a> that I’ve presented, where I need to simultaneously have Canon and Nikon speedlights. I have also at times mounted both PocketWizard and RadioPopper triggers. This bracket allows me the flexibility to choose my setup, and to do multiple setups with different systems.<\/p>\n

Now, the reason why I settled on this device, is that none of the other devices that I’ve seen, have enough space for either the PocketWizard TT5 units, or the Radio Poppers.<\/p>\n