Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam, A flash (stroboscopic or not) will fire as soon as the shutter is completely open. By then you will have recorded some movement, the amount depending on the shutter speed you have set, and some movement after the flash as the shutter closes. The camera should be on a tripod. Try a variety of shutter speeds, from 1sec to 1/30. Keep in mind that you must have adequate ambient light for the "action" part of the exposure (set the exposure for that light), and to balance the flash to the ambient light. This is done easily with an automatic flash. Good luck, Joe - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge@mac.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 5:55 PM Subject: [Leica] A "how 2" flash question > > My neighbor's son is a drummer (and a good one) and they've asked me to shoot a > portrait of him while he's playing. > > I have an image in my mind of an effect I'd like to achieve: I'd like to shoot > with a long shutter speed to get his drum sticks and high-hat as blurred - but > use a strobe to freeze the drumstick in the middle of it's arc. > > I don't have a clue about how to set the strobes to get this. Maybe it's not > possible but I have to think it is and I'm just not knowledgable enough to make > it work. > > I'm going to try at different shutter speeds and experiment around of course - > but I thought someone may have done something similiar in the past. > > Thanks > > Adam > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html