Abstract: A battery power handle is shown for use with a photographic camera, and it is provided for use with an electronic flash unit as well as a remote shutter release device that is capable of being fastened to the shutter release button of the camera. When the power handle energizes the shutter release device, it trips the camera. The power handle includes a hollow housing containing a plurality of batteries that are joined in series-parallel circuit. The top of the power handle includes a wiring compartment having an electrical connector on its top wall for receiving and holding a mating electrical connector of a standard electronic flash unit that may be attached thereto. The wiring compartment includes a printed circuit board having a DC-to-DC inverter circuit to step up the low voltage DC from the batteries into high voltage DC to power the flash unit.