Creative Lighting System / Nikon CLS

Creative Lighting System / Nikon CLS

Creative Lighting System / Nikon CLS

The Nikon creative lighting system is a wireless lighting system that enables a photographer to control multiple speedlights wirelessly from where he/she is standing. The requirements for this type of wireless triggering system to work is line of sight. This means that the speedlight units need to be able to see each other. More precisely, the infra-red receiver port on the remote or slave speedlight needs to be able to pick up the signal coming from the master or commander speedlight mounted on your Nikon DSLR.

The purpose of having a wireless system for triggering remote speedlights is so that the photographer can effortlessly use multiple speedlights in various configurations, including but not limited to the following:

On-camera speedlight as master and key light, 1 remote speedlight as kicker light

On-camera speedlight as master and fill light, 1 remote speedlight as key light, another remote speedlight as hair light

On-camera speedlight as master (no light emitted), 1 remote speedlight as key light, another remote speedlight as fill light or kicker light

On-camera speedlight as master (no light emitted), 1 remote speedlight as key light, 3 other remote speedlights as accent lights to light up various parts of a room

Built-in flash as master (no light emitted), 1 remote speedlight as key light, another remote speedlight as fill light, 5 other remote speedlights as background lights

As you can see, the combinations are limitless!

All you need for CLS (creative lighting system) to work is a CLS-capable speedlight to act as a master, and another CLS-capable speedlight as the remote. The Nikon SB900 and SB700 speedlights are CLS-capable, and have handy switches that let you use CLS easily. The Nikon SB800 is also CLS-capable, though it uses a cumbersome menu system for CLS. The Nikon SB600 is only partially CLS-capable, as in it can only function as a remote, not a master. If you only have one CLS-capable speedlight, you can also use your built-in flash on your Nikon DSLR (certain models only) to act as a master, or commander as Nikon puts it.

Having described the versatility of the Nikon creative lighting system, I would like to mention that my workshops are not Nikon-specific. Any brand of DSLR is welcome. I also use third party wireless trigger systems for my lighting workshops in order to have participants benefit from the workshops, no matter what system they are currently using. Third party wireless systems also benefit from the use of radio frequency signals, not requiring line-of-sight which is the weakness of infrared signals.

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