Stroboscopic Photography: The technique of photographing a moving subject with camera’s shutter open to yield multiple stationary exposures of successive movement phases.
How to do it:
-Set an exposure at f/2.8 for 1/2 second
-Set flash unit to give five bursts at 1/16 power (allows the flash to fire five times evenly during the 1/2 second exposure)
-Subject should be approx. 10 feet from camera
Problem:
As far as I know, you cannot do this with a normal SLR camera, unless it is a preset inbuilt option in the camera unless you get yourself a strobe.
What you can do:
1. Long shutter speed (1 second) then illuminate a moving subject with an actual strobe light source that flashes really quick.
2. Take 5 photos of the motion, and superimpose in Photoshop using "screen transparency effect" (I haven't actually tried it yet, but will get more into detail once I do).
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Thanks to Jeremy Philips for the tips.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Stroboscopic Shot
Posted by NaTzAnGeLiK at 2:17 AM
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3 comments:
wow that was COOL!!! :)
Hello!
I really appreciate the interest in my photos, so thanks for posting it in this blog!
This was in fact taken with a normal SLR camera (a rolleiflex) and I used a hired strobe lamp with variable speeds. There are about eleven exposures on this cartwheel image. It all comes down to rhythm and timing to get a shot like this.
More of my stroboscopic images and my sculptures can be seen at www.marinagraham.co.uk and at Artreview.com, Saatchi Online and Artmesh.org.
Best Wishes to all! I see many interesting photographs here.
love
Marina
April 30, 2008 3:35 AM
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