The Flash Book

Adding a Second Flash

If you feel you need to add a second flash (maybe to light the background, or as a hair light or kicker light to provide some separation from a dark background), it’s really easy, but there’s something you’ll definitely want to do to help yourself be successful with a second flash. First, let’s look at how to set it up: Once you turn on the second flash, you have to decide if you need to control it separately from your main flash (my guess is you’ll want to), and if that’s the case, then you’ll just need to assign it to a different group on the flash unit itself (we looked at groups back on page 28). Once it’s assigned to ...