On Sunday, I finally stopped by Glazer's Camera to continue my equipment acquisition. I asked an employee about syncing off-camera flash, and he first suggested Radio Poppers or Pocket Wizards--wireless triggers that 3-4x my budget. I brought up using cords, and he pointed me in the direction of the separate Glazer's supply store a street over. There, I found exactly what I needed.
Attached to the camera's hotshoe is an adapter, with male and female ports for the PC cord. A 15-ft long PC cord connects the adapter to the PC port on the speedlite. This solution enables me to use the speedlite at full power off-camera, without having to worry about the commander flash and any sync problems. Although it increases how cumbersome my set-up is, this solution is cheaper than getting a wireless trigger (I spent less than $40.)
Total time at store getting cord and adapter: 30min.
Total time at store getting cord and adapter: 30min.
Glasses
When photographing someone with glasses, using flash often leads to dreaded reflections. Although Strobist doesn't mention it, this is where some basic physics comes into play.
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The Law of Reflection states that the angle of reflection is perpendicular to the light's angle of incidence. When the speedlite is reflected in someone's glasses, the issue is that the camera is in the path of the reflection angle. The obvious solution is just to change the angles.
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By rotating the glasses-wearing subject so they face away from the light source, the reflections are moved away from the camera.
This seemed simple enough, so I tried this out. Unedited photos are below:
This seemed simple enough, so I tried this out. Unedited photos are below: