Bracket: Does anyone know if there is a flash bracket that puts flash directly under camera. My husband helps our local fire department at auto accidents and fires as their...

ICN3S Loc: Cave Junction, OR

Does anyone know if there is a flash bracket that puts flash directly under camera. My husband helps our local fire department at auto accidents and fires as their photographer and sometimes has to take pictures at night in fog.........under the camera flash seems to clear the fog but holding a flash while watching your back for traffic and trying to get the shots you need is difficult. Thanks!

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

Try turning the camera upside down.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Hal81 wrote:

Try turning the camera upside down.

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

Or fastening the flash bracket upside down.

lwiley Loc: Los Banos, CA, USA

Has he considered a lense mounted ring flash?

lwiley Loc: Los Banos, CA, USA

Has he considered a lense mounted ring flash?

Bill_de Loc: US

You could probably take any bracket that attaches to the bottom of the camera and mount it upside down. Many attach with one bolt which just needs to be reversed.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Flash-Brackets/ci/653/N/4168864826?origSearch=flash+bracket

The straight Vello would be a simple solution.

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boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

ICN3S wrote:

Does anyone know if there is a flash bracket that puts flash directly under camera. My husband helps our local fire department at auto accidents and fires as their photographer and sometimes has to take pictures at night in fog.........under the camera flash seems to clear the fog but holding a flash while watching your back for traffic and trying to get the shots you need is difficult. Thanks!

I am confused. How does it make a difference in protecting your back if the flash is above or below the camera?

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

I am use that Really Right Stuff makes a bracket that can be mounted to a camera plate that would put the camera in a lower position. I would give them a call. A similar approach can probably be done with other brand equipment too... You could also just screw a 1/4-20 mounting post with a cold shoe to the camera tripod mount and attach the flash to that shoe. Connect to the camera with a cord or use radio if you have a radio capable flash. That could cost about $10 to mount the flash. I tried it with one of my flash units and it works OK.

Best,
Todd Ferguson

ecurb1105

ICN3S wrote:

Does anyone know if there is a flash bracket that puts flash directly under camera. My husband helps our local fire department at auto accidents and fires as their photographer and sometimes has to take pictures at night in fog.........under the camera flash seems to clear the fog but holding a flash while watching your back for traffic and trying to get the shots you need is difficult. Thanks!

As a former Police Evidence technician accidents were some of the things I had to shoot. Off hand, holding the camera upside down seems the simplest technique and easy to practice. Also, buy a spare flash shoe and screw it to the bottom of his current bracket.
When I had to shoot accident in rain or snow, I'd ask the fire scene commander for flood lights and use them to sidelight what I shot instead of using front light that lit the rain/snow in front of the lens. Also he can ask police or fire vehicles to block traffic for his safety. He is working for the fire department, he is part of the offical investigation.

jackpi Loc: Southwest Ohio

ICN3S wrote:

Does anyone know if there is a flash bracket that puts flash directly under camera. My husband helps our local fire department at auto accidents and fires as their photographer and sometimes has to take pictures at night in fog.........under the camera flash seems to clear the fog but holding a flash while watching your back for traffic and trying to get the shots you need is difficult. Thanks!

Off camera flash connected to the camera by a cable allows you to put the flash anywhere you want. You mount flash mounted on the hot shoe and, with the cable plugged into the camera, remove it and change its location as required.

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Check Adorama and B&H for flash brackets, they have hundreds.

Don