Whilst I have been experimenting with lighting and flash I thought I would try a technique I have read about - strobe flash. This involves setting the flash to strobe a desired number of times a second whilst the camera is set to a long exposure. This means that you will be able to capture a moving object as it progresses across the frame all in one shot.
- First issue is that the flash has to be attached to the camera - you cannot do this with the flash off-camera.
- Second issue is you need a dark background so that the object is captured in the strobe of the flash moving across that dark background.
- Third issue is to choose a moving object that will behave the way you want it to. For example move in a straight line across the image.
Well this was lots of fun. Here is the best of my first attempt:
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| You can just about make out the chattering teeth as they progress across the towel |
A failure I know - but failure is welcome because then I can put it right. If you want to see complete failure then this is the very first attempt when I had got everything wrong!
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| You can perhaps see the chattering teeth to the left? |
Reflection:
I think it might work better out in the dark at night and to use a person who will walk exactly where I say. The background was far too light and therefore resulted in it being over-exposed. The wind up toy ended up just winding me up because it would not travel in a straight line. Made me laugh though. Will try this out at weekend when I will have people over who will be happy to be bossed about! Friends eh? They are brilliant.
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