When are studio strobes better than hot shoe flashes?
There are very few times when you need a studio strobe over a flash. If you are a beginner photographer, I recommend you don’t even think about it. However, if you think you can handle the extra stress, here are two situations: 1. When you need lots of power – if the background is very bright (i.e. daylight) and you want it to be darker than your subject, you will need a light source that overpowers the ambient light, which in our case comes from the sun. If the light source is relatively close (up to 10-15ft) to your subject, even a hot shoe flash will work. However, the farther away the flash is, the more power you will need in order to keep the background correctly exposed… at which point a studio strobe comes in very handy. In the same way, the larger your subject area (i.e. group of people, large object, etc.), the more power you will need as well. 2. When you are going to take repeated photos and need to light large spaces. For example, if you want to get into wedding photograp
