Off-camera Lighting | Michael Gniewosz

Off Camera Lighting with Dave Black

Friday, September 11th, 2009

I came across the work of Dave Black today. He’s doing some cool things with speedlights off camera to create some great looks. He set up 4 SB-900 flashes in a single softbox to overcome the camera’s limit to sync a flash with the shutter. Most camera’s today have a limit on what the shutter speed is when using the flash because the duration of the flash and the shutter speed don’t overlap past a certain speed. You can overcome this by lowering the output of your flash, but that way you lose power. You can read a better explanation over on Strobist

So by stuffing 4 flashes in a softbox Dave is able to regain the power he is losing and shoot at much higher shutter speeds and create the dramatic looks you see below. Check out more of his work on his website Dave Black Photography.

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