At very slow shutter speeds with a darker background, you can have a great deal of fun creating "smeared" and multiple exposure effects. All of these were shot with tungsten continuous lighting against black velvet. (Occasionally you can see the texture of the velvet showing through.) Since Nicole is a serious dancer we were able to work out a series of moves to create smears and holds to create relatively clear images. This is fun.
Bottom Line: Try using long shutter speed with controlled motion. Try panning with moving objects.
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This one is just blurry, due to a long exposure. And not interesting blurry — just blurry. So if you work with speed blur, you need to plan things — or be lucky.
80mm, f9.5, .5 seconds, ISO 400
For this image, we tried having Nicole turn her head from left to right. As always, it takes may take many tries to get one that you like: one of the joys of digital photography. All the tries are free. This one has a slightly Picasso-esque look that I liked.
35mm, f11, 1 second, ISO 400
Another choreographed moment — Nicole slid into the frame, stopped for a moment, glided away. The combination of distortion with some actual face produces interesting psychological implications.
67mm, f11, 3 seconds, ISO 400
Start over here, not smiling, then move over her and smile. Hence we have two moods of Nicole in the same frame.
45mm, f16, 9 seconds, ISO 100
Start here and then move over and look back at where you were: now Nicole is observing herself in one image.
67mm, f22, 9 seconds, ISO 200
Look this way, then look that way. It is remarkable that if you move quickly against a dark background, the motion smear often doesn't even show up.
47mm, f11, 3 seconds, ISO 400
Nicole: stand over here, look that way. Then glide to the middle and look toward your third self. Then glide over and be your third self.
45mm, f11, 5 seconds, ISO 100
You can have as many stopping points as you wish - just a matter of choreography and practice — or lucky accidents.
67mm, f22, 11 seconds, ISO 200
This one is just blurry, due to a long exposure. And not interesting blurry — just blurry. So if you work with speed blur, you need to plan things — or be lucky.
80mm, f9.5, .5 seconds, ISO 400
For this image, we tried having Nicole turn her head from left to right. As always, it takes may take many tries to get one that you like: one of the joys of digital photography. All the tries are free. This one has a slightly Picasso-esque look that I liked.
35mm, f11, 1 second, ISO 400
Another choreographed moment — Nicole slid into the frame, stopped for a moment, glided away. The combination of distortion with some actual face produces interesting psychological implications.
67mm, f11, 3 seconds, ISO 400
Start over here, not smiling, then move over her and smile. Hence we have two moods of Nicole in the same frame.
45mm, f16, 9 seconds, ISO 100
Start here and then move over and look back at where you were: now Nicole is observing herself in one image.
67mm, f22, 9 seconds, ISO 200
Look this way, then look that way. It is remarkable that if you move quickly against a dark background, the motion smear often doesn't even show up.
47mm, f11, 3 seconds, ISO 400
Nicole: stand over here, look that way. Then glide to the middle and look toward your third self. Then glide over and be your third self.
45mm, f11, 5 seconds, ISO 100
You can have as many stopping points as you wish - just a matter of choreography and practice — or lucky accidents.
