Re: Off-camera TTL… I also can’t imagine how that could work. How would the camera know the distance from those remote flashes to the subject? The big selling point (and it’s paid off) for me with the Yongnuo remote setup was that I could control each one individually from the commander in the hot shoe. I actually labeled each flash with a little A and B, so when I’m setting them up I know which is which. I can control the zoom and the output in 1/3 stops really easily.
I used that at an event a few years back, where I had A on top of a speaker column at the left side of the stage, and B on the right column. As the hosts moved gradually from left to right and back (it was a fun, dynamic fund raising event), I could dial up or down each side’s flash, or turn them both off if I was facing the crowd. The two flashes and the controller were less than $200. The quality of the system for that $ is pretty amazing, to me.
Looking at these now, I wish I’d gelled the flashes a little warm, but the contrast does help them stand out, I guess.
KBRX7207 by
gordopuggy, on Flickr
If you line it up juuuust right, the opposite side flash became rim lighting.
KBRX7011 by
gordopuggy, on Flickr
As part of our Christmas letter to mail out this year, the wife had an idea for a funny composite photo, which meant I needed head shots of each of us (and the cat). I borrowed a shoot-through umbrella from work, but without any stands, my choices for flash placement are painfully limited. I did the best I could. Here, a test shot that I wound up keeping:
KBRX6112 by
gordopuggy, on Flickr
I really, really want stands now. Badly. I could get WAY into this.