Thursday, January 14, 2010

Slow Sync Flash


Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron 28 - 105
f/5.6 at 1/6
ISO 200

Since I have only recently started using flash, I am still learning how to mix ambient light with the light produced by a flash unit. So far one of my favourite techniques is to use it in conjunction with a slow shutter speed.

What usually occurs is your subject tends to be frozen and fairly crisp while the rest of the scene blurs especially when the camera is hand held. In this case I was able to freeze the action of one of the dancers but the rest of the dancers and the coloured lights blurred due to camera movement.

I would like to practice with this technique a little more in order to learn what combination of shutter speed and aperture work best.

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