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01/14/2007 09:58:03 PM · #26 |
What would pictures with no moving subjects look like using 2nd curtain sync?
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01/14/2007 09:59:44 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette uses this technique a LOT when they're covering ritzy events. They use it for those charity events featuring rich people amusing one another.
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I keep my camera set to read curtain, just in case I get motion blur (while trying to balance available light). That way it looks like I meant to do it :-)
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01/14/2007 10:00:09 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by NstiG8tr:
What would pictures with no moving subjects look like using 2nd curtain sync? |
No different.
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01/14/2007 10:00:26 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by NstiG8tr:
Another question. If my flash is set to 2nd curtain sync, should the custom function in camera be set to that also? |
It depends on the flash and camera. A canon flash with a canon camera won't require it. A non-canon flash on a canon camera might require it.
The in-camera setting is mostly for flashes that don't support it internally, I think, so that the flash will handle it even if it doesn't know it. |
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01/14/2007 10:00:41 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by NstiG8tr:
What would pictures with no moving subjects look like using 2nd curtain sync? |
You'd have a brighter background. This comes in handy for instances where you want to have a subject well-lit, plus a background that's also brighter. The trick is when you have the flash, but a different light source in the background -- you have to work to balance the colors properly (best by adding a gel to the flash to compensate for the background lighting). |
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01/14/2007 10:03:40 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette uses this technique a LOT when they're covering ritzy events. They use it for those charity events featuring rich people amusing one another.
They have a portion of the paper called "SEEN" which is entirely about rich people amusing one another. The guy who usually covers those events uses rear-curtain an awful lot -- way too much for my taste -- but that's where I see it often. I guess it gives a sense of motion, or a sense of "Wheee! Look how much fun we have amusing each other!"
Here's one example I found on their web site (note the first shot, and to a lesser degree, the one at the bottom of the article):
Rich people amuse one another |
I'm not sure this is always to create a sense of 'whee' , though it is not always a bad side effect. People use this technique a lot to let ambient light get in the exposure, and this usually requires a relatively slow shutter speed to give a sense of place to the photo, which results in the blur.
If not, then the background will drop out, and the photo won't be as telling.
On to the image discussed at the beginning of this thread...I don't think much of any flash is gonna help that type of shot. I think you are better off shooting at a high iso and using available light, or setting up remote strobes to light the area. One flash, on camera, in such a big area on something that distant from the camera isn't gonna have the desired effect on the exposure, from what I can see with this photo.
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01/14/2007 10:08:03 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by petrakka:
I'm not sure this is always to create a sense of 'whee' , though it is not always a bad side effect. |
I wasn't suggesting that this technique is ALWAYS used for that purpose... that's just what it's generally used for in our newspaper. |
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01/14/2007 10:10:25 PM · #33 |
Actually that arena wasn't as big as it appears. I would guess 100Ft across the way the photo shows and probably half that the other way.
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