Studio Flash Trigger
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Studio lighting advice.?
Ok, so im new to studio lighting but am eager to get into portrait photography, i bought a couple strobe lights and i use a Nikon D5000, now i understand using the built in flash on my camera fires the strobe light to flash but does it have disadvatages using the pop up flash, would it be a good idea to buy a wireless trigger? also im not 100% sure how they work, or am i gonna be fine just shooting with the camera flash. any info on this subject would be great!
Thanks
Actually, that's Rembrandt lighting that creates the triangle.
I think the asker may mean that he was using the pop up flash to optically fire strobes instead of the Nikon commander system.
I would definitely get radio triggers. If the strobes you have do in fact fire optically, you can get away with one transmitter (on the camera) and one receiver (on the light), and let that light fire the other optically. Either way, don't use the on camera flash. That defeats part of the purpose of studio strobes in the first place.
There are many different kinds of radio triggers. Yongnuo makes some cheaper ones, Alien Bees have the CyberSyncs (you can use these on lights other than Alien Bees), Elinchrom Skyports, Pocket Wizards, RadioPoppers....the list goes on.
While the Yongnuos have good reviews, even among people here, I was damaged long ago by cheap triggers and won't give them another shot. I got two different sets, and they were horrible....and nothing screams unprofessional like your gear failing mid shoot....not that I know ANYTHING about that...;)
If, however, you're just going to be doing some friends and family stuff...save some dough and go for the Yongnuos. They're cheap, and recent reviews are good...and if they fail while you're shooting family you don't feel about an inch tall...
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