hot shoe adapter

I am using a yongnuo wireless trigger and receivers. I need to be standing in front of the wireless flashes and have them behind me bouncing into the wall behind me. However when they are behind me the signal from the trigger will not go backwards, I could put a hotshoe adapter on the hotshoe on the camera and turn it backwards but then my head blocks the signal. Does anyone know of a hotshoe adapter that will raise up a few inches to where I can use the trigger to flash backwards and the signal will reach the receivers and my head not be in the way.

I at times would like to do that in churches..have my wireless strobes to bounce into the back walls as I shoot the posed images, eliminates the need for umbrellas and such.

I hope I explained it good enough.

You could use an E-TTL cord to place the master in a position where the slaves can see it. The cord is just an extension of the hotshoe.

What triggers are you using? I would suggest looking into upgrading the triggers for some that are not line-of-site only.

Sounds like they are optical triggers, not wireless. I have some relatively inexpensive Yongnuo RF-603s which are wireless radio triggers. That type should work fine for you.

Steve W.

I use the yn-602's cheap and wireless

oldvultureface wrote in post #15589308
You could use an E-TTL cord to place the master in a position where the slaves can see it. The cord is just an extension of the hotshoe.

I have that but that won't work if the flash is any distance from me like up in a balcony behind me to bounce from the ceiling.

They are wireless..I'ml using the 602's as well sircanon and they are great as long as the transmitter on the hotshoe is even or behind the receivers..when I move in front of the receivers and they are behind me, they don't fire.

Check the batteries, I also use the 602 and they should work fine for your situation.

RF-602 wireless triggers work great. But I'd like the newer 622c ETTL

watt100 wrote in post #15593506
RF-602 wireless triggers work great. But I'd like the newer 622c ETTL

I also have the ettl ones but I use them outdoors. ETTL in my humble opinion, is better controlled outdoors than indoors. indoors I use a digital light meter and my 622's, for doing formals..using a light meter and manual flash is more constant than ETTL in my opinion because ettl is so greatly influenced by white dresses and dark suits, always adjusting FEC to compensate..

DavidR wrote in post #15591716
Check the batteries, I also use the 602 and they should work fine for your situation.

Ok, I'll do that and see what happens. I'm just baffled on how the signal from the transmitter facing forward is going to fire a receiver behind me, say 25 to 30 feet or more if they in the balcony of a church behind me.

Here is what I'm trying to do with my 283's on manual.

http://fstoppers.com …ing-posed-pictures-church

Shooting wrote in post #15594862
Ok, I'll do that and see what happens. I'm just baffled on how the signal from the transmitter facing forward is going to fire a receiver behind me, say 25 to 30 feet or more if they in the balcony of a church behind me.

Wireless (radio) triggers are omni-directional. Orientation of receiver to transmitter doesn't matter. Just ran a test with my RF-603 triggers and could trigger my camera and flash from the basement - at least 25 feet apart. And I was standing between the transmitter and receiver and the two RF-603 units were faced in opposite directions.

Steve W.

sjwolfhope wrote in post #15595226
Wireless (radio) triggers are omni-directional. Orientation of receiver to transmitter doesn't matter. Just ran a test with my RF-603 triggers and could trigger my camera and flash from the basement - at least 25 feet apart. And I was standing between the transmitter and receiver and the two RF-603 units were faced in opposite directions.

Steve W.

Hummm..ok, must be the batteries...I'll change them and let you know what happens.

Like mentioned radio triggers put out the signal in all directions, optical(also called slave) triggers are the ones that the sensor needs to see a flash to set them off.