"Your Mission Benny, Should You Decide To Accept It......"

[cgipson1]

Oh come on this is a misson, McGuiver could make an atom bomb out of an ink pen and a match, I gotta be able to do something here.....
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What we are trying to tell you about those lights.. is that they are USELESS. Did you do the math on that lighting equation I gave you... 300 watts per light per second. Shoot at 1/100 of a second... how much light do you get in 1/100 of a second? 3 watts! Set them up in the house.. before you go, and try and get some shots. Hope you have a subject that does not move.. and that you have a tripod... you are going to need it!

 

[amolitor]

Watts are a unit of power. What you mean is "300 watt lights spit out 300 watt-seconds of energy per second (well, actually, I think they CONSUME it -- what they emit is less than that), so in 1/100th of a second you only get 3 watt-seconds of power"

Then you need to have some notion of whether a watt-second is a lot of light or a little light. The answer, as you have correctly noted, is "no, it is not".

 

[cgipson1]

Watts are a unit of power. What you mean is "300 watt lights spit out 300 watt-seconds of energy per second (well, actually, I think they CONSUME it -- what they emit is less than that), so in 1/100th of a second you only get 3 watt-seconds of power"

Then you need to have some notion of whether a watt-second is a lot of light or a little light. The answer, as you have correctly noted, is "no, it is not".

Trying to keep it very simple! Just to make it easier to understand.... without an understanding of the actual correct terminology or the physics behind it.

But yea... not much light!

 

[amolitor]

For a few bucks you could buy a hot-shoe to sync cord adapter, a sync cord of some moderate length, and a sync cord to hot-shoe adapter. Probably cost you < $50. Then you can shove your sb-400 into one of the umbrellas, off the camera, as a key light. Try to fill either with your reflectors or the constant lights.

 

[cgipson1]

For a few bucks you could buy a hot-shoe to sync cord adapter, a sync cord of some moderate length, and a sync cord to hot-shoe adapter. Probably cost you < $50. Then you can shove your sb-400 into one of the umbrellas, off the camera, as a key light. Try to fill either with your reflectors or the constant lights.

Even cheaper (and better???) wireless triggers!

Amazon.com: Yongnuo RF-603 N3 2.4GHz Wireless Flash Trigger/Wireless Shutter Release Transceiver Kit for Nikon D90/D3100/D5000/D7000: Camera & Photo

 

[amolitor]

Even cheaper (and better???) wireless triggers!

Amazon.com: Yongnuo RF-603 N3 2.4GHz Wireless Flash Trigger/Wireless Shutter Release Transceiver Kit for Nikon D90/D3100/D5000/D7000: Camera & Photo

You crazy kids and your new-fangled "raydyo". GET OFF MY LAWN.

Do you stick one on the camera's hot shoe, and the flash into the other one?

 

[cgipson1]

Even cheaper (and better???) wireless triggers!

Amazon.com: Yongnuo RF-603 N3 2.4GHz Wireless Flash Trigger/Wireless Shutter Release Transceiver Kit for Nikon D90/D3100/D5000/D7000: Camera & Photo

You crazy kids and your new-fangled "raydyo". GET OFF MY LAWN.

Do you stick one on the camera's hot shoe, and the flash into the other one?

Yep! Dats how you do it, gramps! I prefer my pocket wizards, but figured these would be good for Benny to start with...

I may start calling you "Mr. Wilson"! Get the reference?

 

[amolitor]

You're a menace, Charlie. A menace!

 

[jamesbjenkins]

Small world! I know Allison Davis. She shot my wife's sorority sister's wedding. Girl runs a tight ship.

Good luck copying her!

 

[YoBenny]

Thank You Amolitor and others, I just got permission to shoot this old shack and will be there at dusk today trying to work it out!

 

[MLeeK]

The short of it is: Your weak little SB400 is going to give you more light than that whole kit combined for photography. Either order a sync cord and adapter or a trigger/receiver and use that with your SB400 off camera. Shoot raw. Shoot multiple exposures at one time (HDR).

Better yet: Sell or return those lights and order another flash. I'd recommend the YN-565EX II for Nikon. If that's more than you spent/get for the lights the YN-560 for Nikon is about $50 or so.

 

[DiskoJoe]

Shoot at dusk, OCF to camera left. You got this right?

Also if you shoot just a bit earlier then this lady did you will get a better blend of the flash into the ambient lighting instead of being so obvious with the flash.