Hi,
I'd like to start shooting BMX, and so far I've heard from a few people that lighting is the biggest part of shooting that type of sports. I guess I'll need at least one, probably more off-camera flashes... Any recommendations for a brand/model? Someone suggested the Sunpak 555 and vivitar 285 - are those good? or are there better options?
Also, I have no idea how to hook everything up - I guess my 350D doesn't have a PC sync cable so I'd have to use a hotshoe-PC adapter, right? Would that work for multiple off-camera flashes?
Forgive the ignorance, but anyway if someone could kind of go over the basics of what I'd need to know about lighting/off-camera flashes I'd be much obliged.
The shooting I'll probably do most would be racing - I asked a guy who's racing photos I'd admired what his lighting setup usually was, and he said he usually had a mix of on-camera flash and a few off-cameras and switched the positions around a lot. So it seems like it's nothing terribly complicated, I just need to know how to hook it all up and what I should buy. And I'd like to shoot street/park as well, and possibly skating.
And, do you think that my camera would be adequate? Or would the lack of a PC sync cable be an issue, or another feature I didn't know about yet? I might be able to get a 35D a few months after they come out..
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