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[OM] Re: Dragging the shutter, was: Decisions, decisions..

Subject: [OM] Re: Dragging the shutter, was: Decisions, decisions..
From: Mike Lees <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:00:45 +0000
I experimented with this technique at a party too. I got 1 reasonable
result - well I like it!. ISO 1600, f5.6, 0.6 sec

http://photo.whizzkid.co.uk/Ruby/Other/web_1161.jpg.html

Mike.

Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> It occurred to me that non-flash shooters (and maybe some flash shooters 
> too) don't understand what we're talking about when we say "dragging the 
> shutter" or why we do it.  Dragging the shutter is using a much longer 
> shutter speed than one would normally use for a flash shot in order to 
> pick up the ambient light which is much weaker than the flash.
>
>  From your comment below you are apparently doing it to pick up some 
> blurred subject motion on the dance floor.  I've done that as well but 
> generally use it to add a bit more background brightness and especially 
> to capture the ambient incandescent lighting.  My web site just happens 
> to have an illustrative example of dragging the shutter.  This shot was 
> made at ISO 100, f/8 and with a shutter speed of 1/4 second.  The 
> interior of the tent is lighted by two studio flash units bouncing off 
> the ceiling as well as an on-camera flash on the dancers.  The flash 
> illumination could have been captured at a fairly high shutter speed and 
> the dancers would have looked fine.  However, the strings of 
> incandescent lights would have been almost invisible and would probably 
> have looked like they were turned off.  There's not much subject motion 
> here in 1/4 second but you can see it in the finger tips of the woman in 
> the red dress at left. <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/party.php>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> AG Schnozz wrote:
>
>   
>> I've only been using the dragged-shutter for motion routine for the
>> past 12 months or so. The acceptance of it has been wonderful!  It
>> turns out that people really like the look.  It's not for everything,
>> but it does liven up the party/dancing shots a lot.
>>
>> But it is a technique that takes experimentation to figure out. Oh,
>> and you really need rear-curtain sync to do it too.
>>     
>
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