Comparisons of all camera flash stands
Comparisons of all camera flash stands | ||
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Most of us don't have the luxury of having an assistant to hold and position our wireless flash for us, so we either wind up holding the flash in our left hand, so our right hand is still free to press the shutter button. Another method is we put our flash on a lightweight light stand and position it where we'd like it. You can buy a standard light stand, like the 8' Bogen/Manfrotto 306B Stacker light stand, for around $75. And you need a flash shoe mount to mount your flash on a light stand like the Bogen/Manfrotto. This mount has a little plastic hot shoe on it, and your flash slides right into that hot shoe to hold your flash securely on top of the light stand. That flash shoe mount is surely the inexpensive route, however the downside is you can't angle your flash head downward, only upward. While a more expensive Justin Clamp is really the way to go. So, once you've got your flash on this light stand, where do you put it? There's no single right answer. You can put it to the left, and in front, of your camera, up about a foot or so higher than your subject. That way, if you have your flash mounted on a Justin Clamp, you can aim the flash head back down at your subject, so the light is more like studio light or window light which helps to create that all-important directional light. | ||