probably a really stupid lighting question....

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i've just started to experiment and mess around with off-camera lighting and flashes and i've got a question or two that hopefully some of you clever people can answer.

i currently shoot with a single speedlite, sometimes naked, sometimes through a modifier of some kind but always outside (sadly, i don't have any space i could use for a studio at the moment)

anyway, i think for some more dynamic effects, i need some more lights to illuminate things from multiple angles and with different colours.

but all the radio triggers i've seen can only sync at 1/200 or less - i use high speed sync on my flash as i shoot outside with a wide aperture lens - how can i shoot with multiple strobes and other studio lights outside with a fast shutter speed?
 
Well you can invest in canon dedicated pocket wizards, [or similar dedicated units if any are available] I pressume they work like the Nikon ones, utilising both high speed sync and ttl where needed.

It is of course the great issue, over powering daylight at slow sync speeds. There is always the option of closing down apertures, but of course that widens dof at the same time & can reduce flash efficacy, its striking a balance if you want to do it cheaply and with speedlights. Its why people use studio/portable lights outdoors, more power makes it all easier to achieve.
 
Unless you for the likes of the Pocket Wizard TTL triggers that give the option of high speed sync 1/200 is your lot and even then you may find (depending on the make/model/individual example of trigger) you don't even get that....
 
couple of options... like mentioned use triggers that allow HSS (PW Flex tt5 ect) and the cheap way if you want to shoot wide open and stay under 1/250th is use an ND filter ;)
 
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Well you can invest in canon dedicated pocket wizards, [or similar dedicated units if any are available] I pressume they work like the Nikon ones, utilising both high speed sync and ttl where needed.

It is of course the great issue, over powering daylight at slow sync speeds. There is always the option of closing down apertures, but of course that widens dof at the same time & can reduce flash efficacy, its striking a balance if you want to do it cheaply and with speedlights. Its why people use studio/portable lights outdoors, more power makes it all easier to achieve.
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There is not really a cheap solution.

Yep more power from studio strobes used in conjunction with ND filters to achieve required dof
 
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The problems are a) daylight is bright, so you need a lot of flash power to match it, and b) you're stuck at 1/200sec max.

There are a few options but to cut a long story short, IMHO the best method (and that favoured by most pros I think) is to use a studio flash with a bit of poke to match the daylight, then x4 or x8 ND filters to pull the shutter speed down under x-sync.

Other methods either don't work very well, or are expensive, or very expensive.
 
There are a few options but to cut a long story short, IMHO the best method (and that favoured by most pros I think) is to use a studio flash with a bit of poke to match the daylight, then x4 or x8 ND filters to pull the shutter speed down under x-sync.
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THIS. HSS kinda sucks really...
 
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