The technique works as follows... You use one flash (small or with the power turned down) on-camera and the other flash (about 1-2 stops more powerful) in your hand on the end of a 60cm cord.
You hold the second flash in your hand with your arm raised at about a 45 degree angle from the floor (pointing towards 10:30 on the clock) and point it at the subject. The object is to get the light higher than the camera and as much to the side of the camera as possible.
This allows you to get the main light off camera. The photos still look like you used a flash, but they look like the best flash photos you've ever taken. It's a technique I learned while in college working for a wedding photographer adapted to the Canon flash setup. I photographed my sister-in-law's wedding with this rig (using a 300ez on camera and a 540ez off-camera) and got amazing results.
Mr. Bill
Drikus van der Veen wrote:
Mr. Bill wrote:
What is your goal? Maybe there is a better way to do this?
My goal is to have a flexible system for an 1 or 2 flash setup, with as less components as possible.
Drikus v.d. Veen.
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