Flash Remote Cord

[Jellycat]

Hi All. Not sure if this is in the right place so if not mods please move.

Im after buying the above for wedding photography to avoid the dreaded shadow cast when you turn your camera upright with the flash mounted direct on camera.

My question is, to anyone who uses one, do you take it off when not using it? As a wedding photographer everything is quick and i dont think i would have time to keep taking it off so it would be hand held all the time thus leaving me only one hand to work the camera.

How do you work with it? is there a fitting you can buy to keep this cord attached to the camera & flash but can mount the flash on top of the camera when you dont need to hand hold it?

Thanks all

Lyn

 

[arad85]

Don't you just rotate the flash to bounce off the ceiling?

 

[Jellycat]

Yes and that's fine when shooting in landscape, however when you turn the camera portrait way your flash sits to the side of your lens which casts a shadow to the right of the person you are shooting, hence the question!!!!

 

[ernieh]

Can you not just swivel the flash-head on its axis so that it still bounces off the ceiling, albeit slightly to one side? Not all flashes will do this, but certainly the more expensive Nikon, Canon and Metz will.


Ernie

 

[Jellycat]

Yes but when you do this you still get the shadow!!!

 

[ernieh]

Have you tried using a diffuser? I find that in portrait format, I can almost eliminate unwanted shadows by using a diffuser. Or alternatively, take your subject away from the background where the shadow is cast.

I'm not a wedding photographer, but my observation is that unless in a static set up, many use an on camera flash with a diffuser and from their results, this seems to work.

Maybe somebody in the 'trade' will be along to give better advice!

Ernie

 

[specialman]

Yes but when you do this you still get the shadow!!!

If you're bouncing off a ceiling, in whatever orientation you hold the camera, the light will effectively be the same because it's hitting the ceiling first and increasing the apparent light size. A diffuser will also help. You only get the shadow when you fire it head-on to the subject because you're creating a shadow due to the flash being a small light size in relation to the subject.....

 

[Jellycat]

Errr you still get the shadow even when bouncing off the ceiling. If that worked I wouldn't be contemplating spending over £60 on a cable!

And this was not the point of the original question, I am after advice and views from other togs who use one of these cables to find out how they work with it.

 

[specialman]

Errr you still get the shadow even when bouncing off the ceiling. If that worked I wouldn't be contemplating spending over £60 on a cable!

And this was not the point of the original question, I am after advice and views from other togs who use one of these cables to find out how they work with it.

Anyway, you obviously know more than me in this subject.

There is another thread going about off camera brackets that may help....