Recent content by computerbarry

Hi peach I had a similar problem some time back, I also only had 1 speed light. I managed to buy a umbrella with a stand and fire the flash into the umbrella... worked great. Set your on board flash to commander/master in the menu settings, and set your flash unit to slave... with a bit of...

:lol: Thats my mum above. Yes I remember you helped me on my last thread... that was about a year ago FITP :) I ended up doing about 9 shoots with the lap dancers, turned out ok... I used my sb800 with an umbrella and triggered it from my camera, lucky enough I got the shots I was hoping...

Ok cheers Hacker, I'll have a play around and see if I can solve the problem and get back. Thanks again all :)

How do I get the camera to use the good(flash) WB settings so its the same when I use the external? Whats that and how do I do it? studio and lighting novice... any help much appreciated :)

Thank FITP, that's what I thought, but I shot about 30 frames yesterday with different people at different angles just with the flash and all look warm like the first example. Today I've shot also 30 frames with different people and different angles with the external triggers and all very...

Hi all I had a thread a couple a days back regarding a studio light problem, basically triggering the strobes via my on board flash works great now problem solved. I've bought a pair of triggers so i don't have to keep using my cameras flash to set off the lights as above, but I've...

:) a know it does sound a bit far fetched, still learning and as above I'll check again tomorrow, might of knocked the setting on something else and thanks for the detailed explanation Garry. Good pictures JD, nice variety, ironically I have a Lastolite Hilite on order so should be getting...

Like I said JB, not hundred % sure on that so I'll double check tomorrow and get back if any problems, don't want to be running with a not needed problem :) Just looking at your site... Good Stuff :cool: (i take it you prefer the black BG instead of white, I'm the same at the moment getting...

yes with you on that, struggled many of times trying to get focus in dark situations not just studio work thanks. I mean, say I have the modeling light on REL, I shoot the subject with just 1 light to the side with a softbox metered @ F11, I get a half lit shadow effect on the face as you'd...

:D Works great! Thanks and thanks to everyone who mentioned this. I was washing the picture out, but once I covered the flash to avoid hitting the subject, works perfect! :) So, metering now sync's with the camera producing sharp well exposed pictures, understanding the M flash stuff, I'll be...

Yes, the modeling lights, I spoke with a guy before I bought them, he said its the best way, plus i don't need to keep firing the flash... or is it better without the modeling lights? Yes but again if I leave the modeling lights on with out using the flash its the same. Well explained thank you...

250 I think, when I pop up the flash I can't set my shutter any faster than 250... I eventually want to shoot s500 to catch people jumping, is it just a matter of changing the setting to 500? thanks. I think so. If I switch the cell buttons on, the strobes flash when I use the flash to trigger...

:) already checked that. Correct, on camera flash but I also tried without and shot with continuous lighting (if that what it is?) and still black? I'm not connecting the camera to the lights, I've taken a reading with my light meter using the sync cord and typed the settings in manual onto the...

Hi all I've recently bought a set of bowens studio lights, my problem is I've metered each light f11 s125 and f8 s125 iso 200... set my camera to iso 200 s125 f11, but when I shoot any test shots the images are completely black, the lights are on and lighting up half the room but stays black...

Ok thanks Garry, some good advice here cheers again for the time, I might post some photos next week... :)