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10/25/2005 10:03:10 PM · #1 |
Hello everyone,
I have a question, only I know everyone works with digital, but I'm hoping someone out there knows how to make you into a ghost using a 35mm. I need to do a project and I'd really like this to work.
I'm trying to have one person in focus (example: sitting in a chair reading a book, and have a "ghost" or "guardian angel" reading over their shoulder.....How can I make the one person in focus, and then have the other "person" as a transparent being...
I'm using a canon EOS 3000 --> and I can put it on multiple exposures, but I didn't know how to actually pull this off... I'm new at the whole experimental photography thing.
Even if you have digital "ghost" tips it might help.
Thanks
Ariane
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10/25/2005 10:11:52 PM · #2 |
I'm no expert:
There are a few ways...
Experiment with shutter speeds from 1 to 30seconds depending on how light the room is.
Use tripod,
Sit person in chair..needs to be still the whole time.. with "ghost" behind him.
Open the shutter...after a few seconds have the "ghost" move away..out of the frame.
Shutter closes...check your shot...
Keep experimenting with different shutter speeds and amount of time the "ghost" is in the frame.
I use dark backgrounds when I do it. Dark clothing sometimes works better than light clothing depending on the background...
Post some when you are done!
KS
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10/25/2005 10:14:12 PM · #3 |
| The shots you see here with "ghosts" are done no different than how you'd accomplish it with a 35mm camera. It's really just a matter of triggering a flash twice within the same exposure (an oversimplification, yes... :) |
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10/25/2005 10:16:57 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Ariane:
Hello everyone,
I have a question, only I know everyone works with digital, but I'm hoping someone out there knows how to make you into a ghost using a 35mm. I need to do a project and I'd really like this to work.
I'm trying to have one person in focus (example: sitting in a chair reading a book, and have a "ghost" or "guardian angel" reading over their shoulder.....How can I make the one person in focus, and then have the other "person" as a transparent being...
I'm using a canon EOS 3000 --> and I can put it on multiple exposures, but I didn't know how to actually pull this off... I'm new at the whole experimental photography thing.
Even if you have digital "ghost" tips it might help.
Thanks
Ariane |
Quite simpe.
Place your camera on a tripod and set it for mulitiple exposures. Remember, your exposure setting are going to be half that of regular expouse, I'm not sure if your camera is going to take care of that for you, so play around with this.
Now take a picture of your background.
Without moving the camera at ALL, place the "ghost" into the shot and shoot again. Wala, a ghost.
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10/25/2005 10:20:30 PM · #5 |
But using that technique...wouldn't the ghost be to "normal" looking? I mean...like he would not look "transparent"?
KS
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Quite simpe.
Place your camera on a tripod and set it for mulitiple exposures. Remember, your exposure setting are going to be half that of regular expouse, I'm not sure if your camera is going to take care of that for you, so play around with this.
Now take a picture of your background.
Without moving the camera at ALL, place the "ghost" into the shot and shoot again. Wala, a ghost. [/quote] |
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10/25/2005 10:36:30 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by kenskid:
But using that technique...wouldn't the ghost be to "normal" looking? I mean...like he would not look "transparent"?
KS
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Only if the BG is very dark. If the BG is roughly the same luminosity as the subject, it will show clearly through the subject. This is true whether you trigger a flash twice (at the same power setting) during a single shutter opening, or whether your cam supports actually combining two exposures into one image in-camera.
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10/25/2005 10:56:14 PM · #7 |
Can a D70 do the multiple exposure thing?
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by kenskid:
But using that technique...wouldn't the ghost be to "normal" looking? I mean...like he would not look "transparent"?
KS
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Only if the BG is very dark. If the BG is roughly the same luminosity as the subject, it will show clearly through the subject. This is true whether you trigger a flash twice (at the same power setting) during a single shutter opening, or whether your cam supports actually combining two exposures into one image in-camera. |
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10/25/2005 11:00:59 PM · #8 |
This shot also provides a good technique... simply do it in low light with a long exposure, have the subject stay in the frame for a bit of the exposure and then quickly dart out of the shot:
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10/25/2005 11:03:43 PM · #9 |
This is the technique I use and posted previously in this thread! I'm glad you have a shot...and a good one at that!
Ks
Originally posted by alansfreed:
This shot also provides a good technique... simply do it in low light with a long exposure, have the subject stay in the frame for a bit of the exposure and then quickly dart out of the shot:
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10/25/2005 11:07:42 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by kenskid:
This is the technique I use and posted previously in this thread! I'm glad you have a shot...and a good one at that! |
Yep... sorry I didn't read your post closely enough to realize that you were suggesting the same thing! I can't take credit for that shot, but I can take credit for digging through the archives to find it... :)
By comparision, this is one I did by firing two flashes against a dark background. I didn't want to be transparent, which is why I used a black backdrop... a light-colored backdrop would have made me transparent in both instances:
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10/25/2005 11:13:47 PM · #11 |
Off thread topic....Alan...those 2 cheerleader photos are great!
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10/25/2005 11:17:33 PM · #12 |
Off thread topic response... You mean from the Bengals game? There are actually 6 of them in my portfolio! Drool away... :)
Originally posted by kenskid:
Off thread topic....Alan...those 2 cheerleader photos are great! |
Message edited by author 2005-10-25 23:19:33. |
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10/25/2005 11:20:38 PM · #13 |
Alan .. LOVED your ghost photo, added it to my favs!!! (still new here and looking around)
OOPS .. not yours .. belongs to Firstrich1 ... sorry Alan :)
Message edited by author 2005-10-25 23:22:21. |
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