So I’m trying to get a few different projects going focused on mixing ambient with flash light. This, combined with my irritation at synch cords while doing work for Chelsea resulted in the semi-impulse purchase of a pair of pocket wizard plus II’s. These are wireless flash transmitters that make the whole operation neat and tidy instead of cables running everywhere – cables which make great trip lines for errant toddlers and dogs. Regardless, I thought they’d be invaluable/essential working with flashes at greater distances. I’m going for a few different setups which might encompass the following ideas…
- Late afternoon ambient light w/flash fill in cycling/mtb/cyclocross.
- Sand volleyball at night, super vivid/saturated, commercial look
- Architectural photos at dusk/night with household+flash lighting
So I finally got the flash issue I was having figured out. I needed a different cable than what comes packaged in those transmitters, so I headed to radioshack. Couldn’t get the signal to go through from the transmitter to the flash unit, and after 2 of the same “defective” cables – I realized I was defective. I was using an attenuating cable, which I just thought was some fancy word that wasn’t important. Wrong. Quick look on dictionary.com and turns out that “attenuating” decreases the signal running through the cable – obviously, right? So nothing was getting through this cord. Well, the guy at Radioshack was much friendlier when I came in and some idea of what I was talking about. Small victory of the day, now time to get some projects going…picture posts to come
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