Not the effect I'm generally aiming for but it clearly works for you and
your subject. Good job!
Chuck Norcutt
Mike Lees wrote:
> 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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