Flash Photography Techniques-How Many Flash To Use

Here is another flash photography techniques which I think you should know. When you want to light your subject, how many flash should you use? 1, 2, 3 or 4? The answer is, it depends on what you want to do. So, it could be  1, 2, 3 or 4.

For me, I will start with 1 flash and it could be bare or not. By not, I maybe using umbrella or a softbox or any other kind of light modifier. If I think the light is not giving me the result that I want, then I will add another light and so on.

Here is an example of a picture I took at my niece wedding where I used only 1 flash. The flash is handheld and fired using a phottix trigger. Why I didn't placed it on my camera? Because it will produce unflattering pictures. It is more like DMV or JPJ (this is what we call in Malaysia) photos.

And here is the lighting diagram and also please excuse the drawing. It's the best I can do....