Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This sounds like an application for the rear curtain sync of the R8, although the ambient lighting would still show some blurring of the drumstick. Roy On Saturday 12 January 2002 08:55 pm, Adam Bridge wrote: > 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