Join us in learning about new ways to “empower” your off-camera flash light with photographer David Bergman, AdoramaTV, and a couple of strobes!
David shares: “I’m a really big fan of using speed light flashes off-camera for things like portraiture and event photography. The reason is because they’re small and relatively affordable. For example, in a system like the newest Canon they have radio transmitters built right in and you can control them remotely from the camera without having to access each strobe individually.”
“But if you’ve been using small strobes for a while you’ve probably figured out the one big limitation – power. These things certainly pack some punch for their size but they can’t give you the same amount of light that a studio strobe does.”
“This can be a challenge when shooting outdoors or using something like high speed sync. The only way around it before was to gang up multiple flashes in one light modifier. That works great but gets expensive really quickly! in the past if you want to upgrade to big studio lights but still wanted to mix in your speed lights, there were some challenges getting everything to work together. You couldn’t use TTL for example but more importantly you couldn’t shoot with one dedicated radio system, and you can forget about high-speed sync…
Well I’m happy to say that ‘times they are a-changin’. There are multiple options now to upgrade the studio strobes while mixing in your radio triggered flashes. Profoto makes really nice high-end units that have radio triggering built-in and TTL flash.”
“There are also less expensive options like the new or Orlit Rovelight RT610, which gives you 600 watt seconds of power – about three or four more shots than a speed light. If you already have a Canon or Nikon wireless systems, then this thing is an absolute no-brainer. You can trigger it either with your existing radio transmitter or with another speed transmitter if you don’t have one. But the coolest thing is that you can shoot high-speed sync so you get much more power in that mode than you’ve ever had before.”
*For more information visit AdoramaTV YT page, and of course you can keep up with David on Instagram and Twitter @DavidBergman. LATEST UPDATE: David opened up new IGTV episodes where you can ask him questions live! find out more at http://www.AskDavidBergman.com
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