This is one of the most fun photoshoot I had so far.
Just today I had an outdoor garden wedding to photograph. We were all geared up for the event…but..I don’t have a flash trigger! I lend my trigger to a friend and somehow it went missing. I wanted to get a replacement at the very last minute because I thought the lost trigger could be found, when I could just get a replacement much earlier. I called up the supplier and he said “Sorry boss..no stock!”
I was really disappointed with myself for not ordering a replacement earlier. Hence, I had no choise but to rely on Nikon’s Creative Lighting System (a sort off in-built flash trigger..too complicated to explain here). We had to test out the CLS system because sometimes the flash doesn’t fire.
The setup
Testing the flash with nikon’s CLS
First test shot fail. Can see Zhi Fung clearly at the background. The thing with CLS, the flash infra-red detects signal from the camera’s pop-up flash. Too far, and it won’t fire. Too near..and this is what you get..get to see ZF clearly.
To solve the problem, we tied it to the archway…something that shouldn’t be done in the future.
Anyway, I had a good time today. Lesson learnt!
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