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03/15/2010 12:42:52 AM · #1 |
I thought I'd share the secret behind my Fine Art shot so people can goof with the technique if they would like. Here is the original shot for my entry:
I originally did a shot like this 15 years ago in undergrad with a friend. Back then a double exposure with a film camera was much easier than trying to fit within the rules of DPC. One would set the camera for 2 exposures, compose, snap, recompose and snap again. On a digital, in order to follow DPC rules, you must do it all in one exposure. I managed this by taping a foam arch block upside down on my tripod as a cradle for my lens. That way I could shoot the first shot with the camera upside down, rotate it 180 degrees while keeping the camera in the same relative position, and expose the second portion. The difficulty occurs because the room is dark (each exposure is accomplished by triggering the flash) and you are blind to recompose because the shutter is open (and thus the viewfinder is not functioning). (I actually just now wonder if live view would work.)
The only other trick was firing the flash the first time at the ceiling and the second time at the floor to make it look like the light source was coming from the same direction on the completed picture. Caden accomplished that for me as a human flash stand.
I think a lot of people assumed Laine was lying on her side on a black background. That's the only other way I could think to do this shot.
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03/15/2010 12:50:57 AM · #2 |
| nice work....thanks for the insight. |
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03/15/2010 12:53:19 AM · #3 |
| careful doc, i seem to remember some backlash on a previous "how it was done" thread of yours ;) |
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03/15/2010 01:11:36 AM · #4 |
I was thinking some sort of double exposure but I couldn't comprehend how the hair was done. With your description I whacked my forehead and went "Of course!" :)
Thanks for the details! |
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03/15/2010 11:11:49 AM · #5 |
Bump for the AM crowd.
One funny thing about the shoot which seems to be true quite often, this was the first shot. I could never manage to get the hands to come together well after. |
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