When it comes to manipulating light taking the flash off the camera really opens up the creative options. TTL cords do the job but are to restrictive with the damn cable either in the way or to short. Pocket wizards are they way to go for the ultimate in quality, reliability and control but at about $3-$400 there is a cheaper option that works. Trademe has a few wireless radio trigger options priced around the $80.00 mark for one transmitter and receiver. The operational range is respectable, there are very few miss-fires and with a couple of units you can have a small portable studio. Its amazing what can be done with a couple of speed lights. These can only be used in manual mode but this also means there are no issues with aftermarket flash guns.
The receiver locks onto the cameras hot shoe and the receiver can be mounted on a tripod with the flashgun on top. Its easy to use and the results can be fantastic. If you remember my past post with Alex on the Harley, (below) those images were all taken using two radio transmitters with Nikon flashguns.
It's easy to see how the two flash guns were used here. A simple but effective setup. One small problem I encountered was light reflection off the chrome causing lens flare in a few early test images but with some minor flash angle changes, the problem was solved.
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