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Body in motion with blur - best way?

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rugbyphoto - 28 Jan 2006 14:25 GMT
I have a tricky image I need to create:

I need to photograph a person doing a cartwheel. The exposure needs to
show the person in motion but with three distinct renderings of the
body - at left of the frame in a strating position - at center with
body inverted in the motion and - at the right edge of the frame at
rest.

Would the best bet be multiple exposure with Photoshop blur, long
exposure with stroboscopic flash or seconf curtain flash?

Garry
www.rugbyphoto.com
Alan Browne - 28 Jan 2006 17:55 GMT
> I have a tricky image I need to create:
>
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> Would the best bet be multiple exposure with Photoshop blur, long
> exposure with stroboscopic flash or seconf curtain flash?

Depending on how much blur you want, around 1/15 / 1/8 with rear curtain
sync then merge in photoshop.

To do it in one exposure, you should have a perfect black background
with few wrinkles and avoid lighting it with ambient (set the ambient
lights high to illuminate the subject, but not the BG.  And then strobe
flash at whatever rate works (some flashes have a strobe that can be
interval set and for n-many shots).

If you have a digital SLR to experiment with, you'll close on a solution
quicker than with film.

Have fun.

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UC - 28 Jan 2006 18:06 GMT
> I have a tricky image I need to create:
>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Would the best bet be multiple exposure with Photoshop blur,

Yes.

long
> exposure with stroboscopic flash or seconf curtain flash?
>
> Garry
> www.rugbyphoto.com
rugbyphoto - 30 Jan 2006 17:20 GMT
Thank to you both, I will try those.
Thanks too for the links above.

Garry
 
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