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Using speedlight adapters

Using speedlight adapters

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Using speedlight adapters

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- Now, we're on location. We want to bring our lights with us, but bringing big studio strobes are maybe a little bit impractical. So this is where speedlights come in. Now, speedlights are phenomenal on location, but what we need to do is figure out how we're going to adapt the speedlight and put it onto our light stand. This is where the adapters come in. Now, there's several different types of adapters. This right here is called a cold shoe adapter. What I want to do is take my speedlight, and I'm going to place it onto the adapter itself and then just tighten it down. Now, look how sturdy that is. Now, the reason why they called it a cold shoe is because, in here, this isn't going to fire the flash. So we need something to communicate between the camera and the flash, and that's where our triggers come into play. Now, there's several different types of triggers you could get. A Yongnuo, for example, it's a very inexpensive trigger. They range between 15 and $20. If you want to go…

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