I work overseas and am right now doing environmental portraits (people in forest or jungle settings). I am using two Ranger RX kits, and was planning on getting one more Ranger kit for a background wash or accent-lighting some features in the background.
Then it occured to me a better - and cheaper - solution might be to get a whole bunch of them Vivitar flashes. More of them, more specific accents I can lay down, with different gels.
Has anyone worked this way? Say I have 4 of them working the back while the Ranger works the front...what's the best solution for sync-ing them with my strobes? Wein slaves? But then trees/ brush might block the photocells?
just pondering...thanks for any input...
Then it occured to me a better - and cheaper - solution might be to get a whole bunch of them Vivitar flashes. More of them, more specific accents I can lay down, with different gels.
Has anyone worked this way? Say I have 4 of them working the back while the Ranger works the front...what's the best solution for sync-ing them with my strobes? Wein slaves? But then trees/ brush might block the photocells?
just pondering...thanks for any input...