Mastering Nikon Speedlights: A Complete Guide to Small Flash Photography and the Creative Lighting System by Hess Alan

Author:Hess, Alan [Hess, Alan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2015-08-04T16:00:00+00:00

Figure 11.2 Some colored electrical tape makes it easy to see which Speedlights are in which groups.

Test the groups : You can use the Test Fire button on the Commander flash or SU-800 to trigger the remote flashes. When the remotes fire, they do so in sequence; first the Commander unit fires (if it is a Speedlight), then group A, followed by group B, and finally group C. A test fire allows you to do two things: It shows you visually which lights are in which group, and it makes sure that the Speedlights are awake and ready to fire.

Using groups allowed me to build up the lighting for this photograph of Tim performing a snap kick. Using three groups enabled me to control the three different lighting zones. The background (group C) was a Speedlight with a grid and red gel creating the red area behind Tim. Figure 11.3 shows the scene with just group C turned on. Group C was set to Manual flash mode with the power at 1/16 to create a deep red. If this group had been set to TTL, it would have tried to put out as much light as possible to make the whole scene a middle gray. I wanted to make sure the red light on the background remained constant no matter what the other flashes did.

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