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11/20/2007 05:54:50 PM · #1 |
I have a girl thats wants Sr. portraits taken with her car. The deal is it's black and has neon lights underneath and she wants the pictures at night so the lights from the car show up.
I'm thinkin, long exposure of the car with the lights on underneath cover the lens and then have her step in and expose her?
or maybe expose the car and paint her with light?
Any other ideas on how to accomplish this in camera?
I could always take multiple shots and Photoshop them.
This should be interesting.
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11/20/2007 06:00:24 PM · #2 |
Quite easy. Manually expose for the lights. Then, allow TTL flash to expose for her. FWIW, I would do it at twilight, not completely dark, you'll get much better results.
Also, you're gonna want to bounce your flash(es) off something, ie umbrellas or bounces to keep from getting deer in the head lights look. |
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11/20/2007 06:09:53 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Quite easy. Manually expose for the lights. Then, allow TTL flash to expose for her. |
Explain please. I need details Leroy. The twilight idea is good too.
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11/20/2007 06:18:51 PM · #4 |
It's what we call dragging the shutter. For instance at a wedding reception, I will often take an exposure reading of the background, set it for 1-2 stops underexposure and then turn on the TTL flash. The flash will take the camera's aperture setting into account and adjust flash output accordingly, lighting the subject perfectly.
With this method, if you want the cars lights to be brighter, you make the shutter speed longer. If you want to dim them, you shorten the shutter speed. Your shutter speed completely controls the ambient light.
Aperture can be used to a certain extent to balance the flash exposure, although not so much using TTL flashes. But, aperture still determines flash range.
If you are using manual flashes, aperture totally controls flash balance.
Message edited by author 2007-11-20 18:21:56. |
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11/20/2007 06:28:55 PM · #5 |
What I've seen done in the past with houses and buildings where the photographer wanted to show a clear shot of the object but also show all the lights lit was a double exposure. The photographer would secure his tripod using one of those dog cork screw type posts you screw into the ground to tie your dog too. He'd screw that into the ground then take a strap and run it from his tripod through the snap ring of the post and cinch it down tight to secure the tripod so it won't move. Then he put his camera on it and at dusk while it was still light enough to get a good shot of what he was shooting he would take his first picture. Then after it was darker and the lights were turned on he took his 2nd exposure. This was back in the film days so he was limited to how many multiple exposures he could get. With digital, it will be easier. You could get a bunch of shots up to when it was dark enough to turn the lights of the car on and then take some more. Then you combine them together in Photoshop. You wouldn't really have to tie your tripod down since you won't need as close tolerance on the double exposure.
There are a lot of possibilities with doing something like this. It will make for a long session since you have to start before it gets dark and be there until after it's dark. If you could do it on a hill over looking a city the lights in the background would be neat too. Or if you had a clear sky you could shoot a long exposure and get the stars behind the car and the girl. It could be interesting.
Mike
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11/20/2007 06:38:42 PM · #6 |
Thanks for the tips. I think this will be very inteeresting. I will charge accordingly.
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