Off the leash: how to get more freedom with wireless tethering
Shooting tethered no longer means being confined to a set radius. With the emergence of wireless tethering, both studio and on-location photographers can now be closer to the action while maintaining a smooth workflow and close collaboration with clients and colleagues. What is Tethered Shooting? Shooting tethered is simply shooting with your camera connected to your computer so that the images taken are quickly imported into the editing software, where they are displayed in real-time. While shooting tethered, the photographer can change exposure, trigger, and compose through LiveView. This provides an environment for the photographer, a creative team, the subject, or the client to have great control over the output by seeing the images on a large screen and adjusting the shoot parameters on the fly. Many photographers work with tethered shooting as it also allows them to instantly organize their images and apply styles or sets of adjustments to better show a client a closer-to-finished result. Traditional tethering is done via USB cable between the camera and computer, and as a good quality cable …
