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 03/28/2006 02:47:50 AM · #1
I just saw an article in the April issue of Outdoor Photography. They had a great article on Flash-blur Photography (pg 70, if you have the magazine).

I wanted to try my hand at this, but was wondering if anyone has already done it? Do you have any photos to show?
 03/28/2006 01:22:18 PM · #2
Anyone......Anyone......Bueller...
 03/28/2006 01:24:16 PM · #3
A linkeroo for the masses.

I have nothing, sorry.

Hopefully this is what you were speaking of?!?

Message edited by author 2006-03-28 13:27:08.
 03/28/2006 01:30:40 PM · #4
I was shooting at a fund raiser dance and found it worked better than anyother method of lighting. Nice sense of place and motion with defined subjects. Just be sure you can get second curtain sync so the trail of blur is behind the flash frozen subject.
 03/28/2006 01:32:29 PM · #5
These were done using flash (SB-800). Don't know if that's what you are looing for.
I didn't do any shots slower than 1/30sec.


03/28/2006 01:32:55 PM · #6


Like this?
 03/28/2006 01:39:33 PM · #7
Here is one that I did... I've got a few more, just not posted online. Alot harder to accomplish than I thought it was going to be.
 03/28/2006 07:44:41 PM · #8
Here is one example that I've done, there are more in that album...I actually photographed my entire sister's wedding reception that way...great for dance images...I used 1/30 shutter speed and second curtain sync.
 03/28/2006 07:50:19 PM · #9
what is a "second curtain sync"?
 03/28/2006 07:51:44 PM · #10
Originally posted by dleach:
what is a "second curtain sync"?


Google is my friend. Say it 50 times...

second curtain sync
 03/28/2006 08:06:44 PM · #11
second curtain sync is when the flash fires as the shutter is about to close as opposed to firing as teh shutter opens.

03/28/2006 08:12:17 PM · #12
Originally posted by pidge:
second curtain sync is when the flash fires as the shutter is about to close as opposed to firing as the shutter opens.


For you nikon fans out there this is rear curtain sync :\
 03/28/2006 08:26:00 PM · #13
Check out Nick Nichols' website. He is a National Geographic photgrapher and one of the world's top nature photogrpher.
 03/28/2006 08:27:45 PM · #14


Perhaps not quite the kind of thing you were looking for, but the technique is the same.
 03/28/2006 08:39:24 PM · #15
I love flash blur shots. Here's one of Alionic:


03/28/2006 09:13:05 PM · #16
Here's mine. D70 with SB800 flash rear sync with about 1/15 shutter.



Originally posted by CzechMan:
I just saw an article in the April issue of Outdoor Photography. They had a great article on Flash-blur Photography (pg 70, if you have the magazine).

I wanted to try my hand at this, but was wondering if anyone has already done it? Do you have any photos to show?
03/28/2006 10:00:45 PM · #17
But now I can't figure out how to do this with the built-in flash on the EOS 20D....
 03/28/2006 10:13:54 PM · #18
On my D70 there is a small button near the flash. As I hold in that button, I scroll through the flash options and stop when it says "rear curtian".

Maybe it is similar on yours.

Kenny

Originally posted by dleach:
But now I can't figure out how to do this with the built-in flash on the EOS 20D....
03/29/2006 12:25:58 AM · #19
Originally posted by dleach:
But now I can't figure out how to do this with the built-in flash on the EOS 20D....


Ok... Google is my friend... custom function 15



Message edited by author 2006-03-29 00:26:57.
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