I take my Broncolor Mobil to every wedding. I use it for groups if it is overcast. I like to add my own sun I also like to use it for interior groups.

I’ve found 580s way too weak to be using them with brollies in sunlight except for tight head shots. The Bron is about 20x the power of the 580 EX2 and brollies are usable in bright light. The difference is 4 stops or 4 times the working distance. So if you can get away with a Speedlight at 2m from the subject you could use the Bron at 8m from the subject.

I hope this helps.

Damien.

Greetings from wintery Australia. I’ve been looking at a Broncolor kit over here and I’m wondering how much use you put it to when you were doing lots of weddings? I tend to like shooting into the sun with flash on brollys etc to give some magazine style shots (and to make my work different from others in town) and through using your techniques I can JUST get by with the 580’s on bright days, I’m thinking that the Broncolor would just open up more possibilities. Your thoughts?

Regards, Damien.

Leaf shutter lenses for the 645AF are on their way. Expect an announcement shortly. I’ll be writing up my full review and posting it online soon.

I hope your well.

Thanks once again for letting us photographers see the techniques you employ and for giving us fresh ideas for our own projects.

Would it be possible for you to show the pictures in the normal way and possibly have a link showing the position of the lights (as above) with some form of description? I sometimes struggle to see on your images what equipment was used and the positioning of the light.

Thanks as always.

Dave

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