amazing effect!!how to achieve it? anyone knows?

[preyss]

i love this motion , movement effect .... how to do that???

[thehjj]

Looks like mixing strobe with constant light. The strobe on the subject freezes them, and then you use a longer shutter speed with the constant light. That's you get the motion. Also the constant light is gelled to get the color.

[divinemethod]

I am guessing a green laser or something like that was used to "paint" in the effect.

[Jake unkutt]

Yep, long shuter, some constant light and a strobe. and then add some movement in the mix, can be either the model or the camera.

I did this in camera recently. But I spoke with a stylist and designer the other day who achieved much better results ding it in PS. can't remember how she said she did it though, apparently it's pretty simple. will have another go at it soon.

http://www.jacobhodgkinson.com

[MBChamberlain]

Indeed, all done in camera, the technique is called "Rear Curtain Sync"

[pellepiano]

"Rear Curtain Sync" has nothing to do with it it. Rear Curtain Sync simply makes the flash go off at the end of the exposure as opposed to the start.

The effect of it is only visible in longer exposures when blur is introduced, and then only affects the "direction" of the blur.

[preyss]

Hi jacob

Amazing portfolio! love ur work

thanx for you advice.....
I pretty much know how to do this effect with camera but i would love to learn this in PS.... if you find out from ur crew how to edit it in PS i would very much appreciate your help....

keep up the good work
best
x
Agatha

Originally Posted by Jake unkutt

Yep, long shuter, some constant light and a strobe. and then add some movement in the mix, can be either the model or the camera.

I did this in camera recently. But I spoke with a stylist and designer the other day who achieved much better results ding it in PS. can't remember how she said she did it though, apparently it's pretty simple. will have another go at it soon.

http://www.jacobhodgkinson.com

[MBChamberlain]

Originally Posted by pellepiano

"Rear Curtain Sync" has nothing to do with it it. Rear Curtain Sync simply makes the flash go off at the end of the exposure as opposed to the start.

The effect of it is only visible in longer exposures when blur is introduced, and then only affects the "direction" of the blur.

Rear curtain sync has everything to do with it, in this shot, the photographer is using rear curtain sync to create this effect with a strobe and a hot light with a green gel using the camera handheld. The falloff is wrong to be front curtain sync.

While technically rear curtain sync only refers to when the strobe fires, as you point out, the technique is primarily used in this type of effect, I was merely trying to provide the OP with a search term he could use to learn more about creating this type of effect.

[pellepiano]

Originally Posted by MBChamberlain

The falloff is wrong to be front curtain sync.

Thats interesting.
What do you mean by falloff? How would it differ without rear curtain sync?

Surely the circular green light patterns would be the same ( as the direction of the movement would not have any impact on the effect ).

[_ManWithNoName_]

You can do this allin camera. I've not done it but I spoke to a guy who did asking him the same thing, thinking it was rear curtain sync.

Slower shutter speeds and he actually moves the camera as he shoots, probably a lot of trail and error too

[_ManWithNoName_]

I also doubt that this is that hard to do in post either.

[MBChamberlain]

Originally Posted by pellepiano

Thats interesting.
What do you mean by falloff? How would it differ without rear curtain sync?

Surely the circular green light patterns would be the same ( as the direction of the movement would not have any impact on the effect ).

Yeah, sorry about using an ambiguous term, I'm talking about the falloff of the strobe itself, not the falloff pattern of the lighting... in long exposures, front curtain sync the camera captures the entire strobe duration, whereas rear curtain usually closes the shutter before the strobe reaches zero output.

This is because strobes don't turn on and then turn off, they burst energy through a gas (usually xenon) which causes an initial burst of light and then a falloff period as the excited gas particles return to their inert state. Depending on the power rating and setting on the strobe, this can last as much as 4 or 5 times the length of the advertised "flash duration" on a strobe.

In a shot like this, where the photographer is shooting hand held with what appears to be a long lens in order to get the movement, if he/she were using front curtain sync, there would be a noticeable trail as the camera captured the falloff from the strobe.

The shadow side of the shot would be the same with either method, but the light side would differ.

Cheers,
Michael

[dmitryarn]

http://www.photoindustria.ru/?mod=content&id=46
http://www.photoindustria.ru/?mod=content&id=75
About this technique
Amazing Russian photographer Oleg Tityaev who is real pro in studio lighting
translate w google from Russian

[jbedford]

Originally Posted by dmitryarn

http://www.photoindustria.ru/?mod=content&id=46
http://www.photoindustria.ru/?mod=content&id=75
About this technique
Amazing Russian photographer Oleg Tityaev who is real pro in studio lighting
translate w google from Russian

Thanks for the article...I've loved this photographers work for so long...Interesting insight into his technique.

[RobertAsh]

Hi,

Regarding Michael's observation of rear-curtain vs. front-curtain sync, the practical difference for an image is:

• With front-curtain sync the flash goes off right when the front curtain of the shutter opens and captures a clear image. Then the blurred motion happens as the shutter stays open for a long time, partially or completely overlaying and wiping out that clear image.
• With rear-curtain sync the blurred motion happens first, then the flash goes off right when the rear curtain of the shutter is about to close. That overlays a clear image over the blurred-motion image and gives the image a sharp, clear overlay.