When is huge wireless trigger range important?

[AceCo55]

I have been looking at wireless triggers and receivers. No matter what the brand, nearly all emphasize their long range. I have looked at a number of videos that specifically test the range of the triggers. I am curious to know under what scenarios a photographer would need to fire a flash that is say 100m away from the camera. What kind of photo would they be looking to capture?
I can understand sports photographers having a remote camera and flash next to each other and firing the camera from some distance away ... but when would you want the flash/camera difference to be up to 100m away?
I have thought maybe highlighting a tree well into the background of a shot?
I can understand the advantages of being able to fire strobes that do not have a line of sight and are some distance away ... but there seems to be a selling point focus on huge distances that the triggers can operate over.
Thanks for enlightening me.

[Tiberius]

I remember one of the posts on Strobist had him firing a flash inside a helicopter, where it was in the air and he was on the ground. Useful in a situation like that.

In any case, it's better to have a huge range that you never need than to have a short range that is too small for you.

[AceCo55]

Thanks for that. I don't think I will do that ... but one never knows, and it does give a reason for having long range.

[zona5101]

Longer range also implies stronger signal strength and the benefits that go along with that...

[AceCo55]

Yeah that makes sense - I just couldn't envisage a situation where the camera and flash would be separated by 100m (300feet) in a photo. Luckily there are more experienced photographers around who can enlighten me. Thanks.

[ElCapitanoAwesomo]

I know a photographer who had to fire strobes from across the span of a very, very large church while he was using a telephoto lens during a wedding. It's very situational, but why not offer it when there would be a person who needs it?

[AceCo55]

That's a situation I can see a number photographers having and the benefits of long range triggers. Thanks for helping me understand.

[danbaileyphoto]

There's quite a lot of creative options when you're able to trigger lights from such great distances. The sky is the limit when it comes to experimentation and image ideas!