Small Flash Lighting Workshop
Location
Downtown Main St between University Ave and 9th St
Pedestrian mall in front of California Museum of Photography
Riverside CA 92501
Date: Sat June 23, 2018
Time: 3p to 7p
Hello,
First, thanks for signing up for this workshop on small flash lighting.
Early registration: $79
We take our speed lights on location in part 2 of the Small Flash Lighting workshop. After working indoors, this is where the actual fun begins.
As with Part 1, this is hands-on with models. I will be on hand to coach.
I encourage you to bring your own model because it will be a big advantage. You won’t have to worry about breaking the ice, establishing rapport with a model and trying to figure out your gear.
If you plan to attend, I highly recommend you have taken Part 1 of this workshop or have experience with off-camera flash techniques.
Also because I am planning to keep the photographer/model ratio low, I won’t be accepting walk-ins on the day. Keeping low photographer to model ration low is important for learning.
IMPORTANT
There is no requirement that you must have taken Part 1 of my workshop. But you must have off-camera flash gear and know how to successfully make it trigger with your DSLR. You must also understand and know how to shoot on Manual Exposure mode on your camera.
But I will need everyone to complete the form at the bottom of this page. Why?
I need to know of potential conflicts since we’ll be using radio slaves and there are only that many channels available.
Contact me by phone 951-544-5024 if you have questions or post your questions as comments below.
Articles I’ve written about flash photography and other general information
Read what previous workshop participants have said about this class …
- On-camera flash
- Getting started with off-camera flash
- Reasons to learn to light
- Controlling contrast in street painting
- Advanced uses of flash
Equipment
Canon calls them Speedlites, Nikon uses Speedlights. They are external flash units powered by 4 AA batteries. If you have other flash units that have power ratio i.e their output can be manually set for 1/2, 1/4 etc, then you’re all set. Even the old workhorse Vivitar 285HV will work.
Triggers:
- Hard wire
- Radio slaves
- Infra-red or proprietary Nikon/Canon
Hard wire
Radio slaves
These usually consist of a transmitter and one or more receivers. Capable of triggering your flashes from big distances. Reliability depends on what you pay. The more expensive ones are better built and have multiple channels so you can choose one that works best if there is interference.
- Cheap made in China ones
- Cybersyncs made in USA
- Pocket Wizards expensive
- Radio Poppers
Proprietary Infrared Nikon or Canon are based on line-of-sight. These triggers work best indoors where the infra-red signal from the transmitter can bounce around an enclosed space. Outdoors or in bright lighting conditions, they are unreliable. Based on what is currently available as far as triggers, I don’t recommend these. The links provided below are just your knowledge.
Power Source
For fast flash recycling, obviously an external power source is needed. The lightest solutions are ones powered by AA batteries.
- Canon Speedlites $65
- Canon Speedlites CPE-4 Pack (OEM) $150
- Nikon Speedlight SB800
- Nikon Speedlight SB900