How is this done? Mutliple shots in one frame?

02/28/2003 06:35:47 AM · #1

HI guys,

I've been seeing a pretty cool effect in snowboarding magazines. Essentially what you have is a snowboarder making a jump/trick in the air; the neat thing is that you'll have like 10 to 20 shots of the progression in the the same "frame". It looks like it was done in burst mode, then the 10 to 20 shot superimposed. Is there a software that does this? I assume it would keep the same background (which has not changed) but add what is different from the other frame (in this case the snowboarder). I couldn't find any examples on the Web ... but I'm seeing it alot in skate/snowboarding magazines.

I know it's in burst mode for sure. I suppose you could also cut and paste the snowboarders. Multiple exposures would make the background way too bright.

Any ideas how this is done?

bod

02/28/2003 06:47:00 AM · #2

I guess you could use stitching software to put the frames together like you would a panorama. Maybe. Do the images of the boarder overlap at all?

02/28/2003 07:02:17 AM · #3

Bod, that's a very good idea. You could cut the image in mutliple (10-20) sections with your subject in it. The photo stitching software could stick them together.

Gotcha

02/28/2003 07:47:55 AM · #4

Hey Jacko,
The one to talk to about this is Konador, He's done some of the best ones I've seen. A lot of talent in that dude.
Good Luck

02/28/2003 07:51:25 AM · #5

Are all the shots from the exact same angle? If so than I don't think it would be hard to just have one of the photos in photoshop and then add each aditional photo as a layer on top of the photos and erase everything around the snowboarder. It is easier to do than explain. I haven't done it with 10-20 shots but I have done it with three or four.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

02/28/2003 07:59:32 AM · #6

Yup the shots are all from the exact same angle.

LindaLee

Canon EOS-40D

02/28/2003 09:45:06 AM · #7

Originally posted by jimmyn4:

This is exactly what it sounds like to me - I've done it with as many as five shots, but I would love to see the shots you are talking about, using that many layered shots.

Gren

Fujifilm FinePix 3800

02/28/2003 09:46:15 AM · #8

You could just use blending properties in photoshop to layer all twenty photo's over each other, and have just the snowboarder show up in every shot. I forget which blend mode you'd use to do this, but it wouldn't be too hard.

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

02/28/2003 09:47:51 AM · #9

Probably one shot, long exposure and strobes used to light the subject ? Certainly another way to to do it. The background exposure would be correct, as it is one shot, and the light on the snowboarder would be correct for each flash, with the correct power settings on the strobe.

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krets

Sony DSC-F707

02/28/2003 09:56:18 AM · #10

I've seen the same kind of thing done like Gordon said, with strobes. Someone in a room moving to different spots so they show up several times in one photo.

Usually that's done in a dark room though so the motion blurs don't show up at all in between the strobes. That would be real tough to do with a snowboarder in broad daylight.

02/28/2003 09:59:18 AM · #11

Here's something that I think what jacko's talking about.
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02/28/2003 10:00:59 AM · #12

In french but here are some more at the bottom of the page.
//www.actionreporter.com/003.neige/007.snowb_seq/page_reportage.html

02/28/2003 10:01:26 AM · #13

That is exactly what I'm talking about. Thanks ... some people might have thought I was on good drugs. :)

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

02/28/2003 10:02:58 AM · #14

From those samples, I'd guess you just layer them then mask out the backgrounds

02/28/2003 10:05:19 AM · #15

Originally posted by Jacko:

That is exactly what I'm talking about. Thanks ... some people might have thought I was on good drugs. :)

No problem I'm an avid Snowboarder and TRANSworld Snowboarder magazine buyer so I knew what you are talking about. Though after that kid in the Olympics got busted for smoking weed most people think us Snowboarders are on drugs:)

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

02/28/2003 10:17:06 AM · #16

So everyone that owns a dell is on drugs now ? :)

Davenit

Canon EOS-1D

02/28/2003 10:31:38 AM · #17

This is the kind of stuff I do for a living. Yup. Get a camera that can do 8 frames a second. Tripod it, burst it. Silo the border in PS and multi layer it.

Neat stuff... Dave

bod

02/28/2003 10:35:01 AM · #18

I don't think it took a bust to convince people that boarders are on drugs. Anybody who wears baggy clothes & hoodies *must* be on something because they're not part of the mainstream ... erm, except me of course!!!

Dave, you got some you could show us?

02/28/2003 10:46:36 AM · #19

Originally posted by Davenit:

This is the kind of stuff I do for a living. Yup. Get a camera that can do 8 frames a second. Tripod it, burst it. Silo the border in PS and multi layer it.

Neat stuff... Dave

You're one lucky guy. I love these kinds of photos/any snowboarding photos. I'd like to see any that you have.

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Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

02/28/2003 11:05:25 AM · #20

I wear a suit and tie. That means I must be on cocaine. cool.

Originally posted by bod:

Konador

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

02/28/2003 12:42:51 PM · #21

Do you mean something like this?

I just took it as a series of shots and stitched together using panorama factory. It was a while ago so the stitching isnt very good, but it gives the idea.

Gringo

Nikon D2X

Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED

02/28/2003 12:48:49 PM · #22

Konador that is way cool.