My portable strobe set up

[Al Blanco]

have a portable speedlight set up which I just thought I'd show anyone whose interested or considered doing something similar.. this is a Bowens fit adaptor on which I have a Canon 580EX II fitted with a Canon battery pack to ensure faster recycling and there is a Yongnuo RF-602RX wireless trigger which I fire with the Yongnuo RF-600TX. This requires me to set the flash manually which gives nice consistent results, but I also have the option of a Canon ST-E2 which gives me full ETTL (and a focus assist light).



Here it is with a Bessel softbox attached, it has an umbrella style assembly and I am amazed by how quick it is to pop up (less than 5 secs). It has an interior baffle and the whole this is very well made using quality products, think I paid about £45 for it at a trade show:



And I also have a couple of these Manfrotto umbrella brackets which are totally over-engineered for the job.. very quick to set up with a 430EX and again can be fired via a Yongnuo RF-602RX or the ST-E2 and I have a selection of shoot through and reflective umbrellas.

 

[HarveyM]

Thanks for your post, very useful. I hope to acquire similar equipment to achieve the same portable lighting functionality for my Canon fit Metz flashes. I see on Ebay that S Fit Flash Gun Mounts result in either a horizontal or vertical orientation for the flash gun. Does your horizontal mount cause any issues or strain on the flash foot/trigger mount, or, do you consider that it really isn't an issue? I will probably acquire the Yongnuo YN622C route to enable both ETTL or manual control.

 

[JennyGW]

Perhaps I am missing something, but why didn't you use a set of Yongnuo 622C's ?

 

[Al Blanco]

Because they hadn't been invented when l bought my triggers...