Experiment with it a bit: make pictures using your flash, but set your exposure
to more record the ambient light. A handheld 4 second exposure will reveal a
great deal of camera shake, and yet whatever is lit by the fractional momentary
light of the flash will be rendered sharp (well, assuming what gets hit
with the light of the flash is in focus to begin with). But that's the essence
of how its done, how some parts of the image can be rendered relatively crisp,
while other parts of the images show a sort of chaotic motion -- an interesting
alternative to use at parties, dances or just those sort of situations where
you want something rendered sharp, and yet also want to convey a sense of
motion or action going on.
I might point out, however, that applying this is not an exacting science; that
any time we're dealing with a handheld camera, and long shutter speeds and
subject matter which might be in motion, the shooting by it's very nature is
going to be somewhat of a trial and error process, even under the best of
circumstances. And so, for example, when I was doing this shooting on the
night of the camp dance, I fully knew ahead of time that even if I shot
100 pictures, only just a handful of them might turn out right. But that was
okay by me, because I knew that was the gamble going in, and quite fully
satisifed if I just had a few images which worked out okay in the end.
But it's not a practice I would recommend to those who feel frustration if
each and every shot of theirs doesn't turn out to be a gem.
Guest
10-Aug-2004 18:18
OK....We need to talk about how you did this? 4 second exposure?? He is perfectly in focus? But the CD's are mad!?? SO very cool!
