Hang the optical slave now in the softbox outside of the softbox via a
short wire. You implied that you couldn't use your radio triggers
because they don't make reliable contact in the camera's hot shoe.
Dr. (practical) Flash
On 3/20/2013 10:21 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> The point to my little exercise is to demonstrate and practice
> "non-standard" techniques in a controlled environment before having to
> lean on them (again) in a situation where things will bite you.
>
> I've got radio triggers and enough receivers for all three monolights.
> When I need radio triggering, I know I can use radio triggering. But
> there are times when the radio triggers don't always work reliably.
> For this, you must fall back on a backup plan. The optical slaves are
> my backup plan. I do also have wires, but those are my backup to my
> backup and I'd rather take up chuteless skydiving.
>
> What I normally do is just radio trigger one of the strobes and let
> the others optically slave. If using softboxes, the optical slaves
> don't always fire so I'll but the wireless receiver in the one flash
> that is in the softbox. (I have only one softbox, everything else is
> umbrella).
>
> This was a situation where I chose the technology first. I chose to
> optically trigger from the camera because the camera had a built-in
> flash. After determining that the built-in flash wasn't going to work,
> I went with a backup plan that still stayed with that technology. I
> could have just as easily tossed the radio triggers in the bag, but
> stuck with my chosen technology out of stubbornness or something.
>
> In all honesty, I prefer to have just a tiny hint of flash coming from
> the camera position when using studio lighting. This brightens up the
> eyes more and also tends to take a couple years off of people as it
> reduces the shadowing in the neck wrinkles. Not always, but it is
> another nice tool in the bag. More than once, my "on camera flash" is
> actually hung below the camera. Otherwise, I use a reflector.
>
> So, for this controlled lighting shoot, I'll have the 285HV on 1/16
> power, pointed over at one of the studio strobes. My strobe lighting
> is set high enough that any bouncing around of the 285HV light is so
> far down as to be negligible.
>
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