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For example, can these Vivitar 283's be used wirelessly with the D90? i-TTL or manual? If not wirelessly, then how?

VIVDF283NIK Vivitar DF283 Digital TTL Shoe Mount Bounce / Zoom / Swivel Auto-Focus Flash for Nikon TTL, Guide Number 42m (137')

Only manually.

You can purchase an optical slave to fit in their sync port, use a cable that runs from your camera to the flash, or use radio triggers to fire the flashes wirelessly.

Here's a group you may be interested in:
Flickr: DC/Baltimore/NoVa Strobist

Also, check out the lighting resources thread in the lighting forum. It has links to the Strobists 101 tutorial that explains a bit about how to get a hotshoe flash off camera and start using it effectively.

Yeah,thanks. I was looking at Strobist earlier today. I will keep looking there and will look into the Flickr group. Thanks.
 
I'm guessing Derrel is being amusing but you don't know what you don't know, right? I think I'll make my own reflector with cardboard and aluminum foil. It's the lighting that I'm wondering about.

Off to strobist for more answers. Thanks folks.

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White rip-stop nylon, comes in 59-inch wide rolls, $7.99 per yard, so just a bit over $15 per panel in cost.


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I think one essential a guy needs is at least ONE LARGE rectangular reflector panel, approximately 72 inches tall by 48 inches. A "door-shaped" panel, if you will, made from PVC pipe framing, and fitted with fabric that uses corner elastics to keep the fabric tight on the frame. With two identically-sized panels, the two can be clipped, taped, tied, wired, or zip-tied together to form a VERY useful, self-standing lighting device called a V-flat.

Okay, so how do you use the V Flat? Do you push the light from the speedlight into the V and bounce it back at the subject? How do you prevent the V Flat itself from appearing in the photo?
 

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