How can i get this effect?

esteban · Mar 23, 2010

Anybody can help me out with some tips?

I want to get this effect on photos but I really don't know how to start...
is it exposure? is there a handy trick when shooting?
thanks in advance!

akarandom · Mar 23, 2010

looks like fogged film or light leaks

esteban · Mar 23, 2010

??
would you explain please?

Dominantly · Mar 23, 2010

Looks like someone messed up the film

To recreate, just use a lasso tool in PS and the feather the selection (or not if you want a hard line.
After you have your layer masked, start playing with the saturation levels.

Bitter Jeweler · Mar 23, 2010

It looks like double exposure as well.
It looks more intentional though.

esteban · Mar 23, 2010

yes, that's what i think...
but is it a camera effect? what do you think?

Bitter Jeweler · Mar 23, 2010

It's hard to say.

In the top one, I see the corner of a wall in the yellow area.
The bottom one looks like stairs in the yellow, and that they definitely used flash.

I looked at the site they came from, and saw a few more that had different things that looked like motion blur of a light. I wonder if these could be shot with ambient light, long shutter and then flashed?

There is a lot of cool stuff on that blog. Too bad I can't read it.

I had a light leak on a camera, and it was pretty regular, and never contained imagery.

Dao · Mar 23, 2010

According to the Exif.

The 1st one is 4s exposure with flash on and ISO 400. So ... I believe the ghost type lighting was from the long exposure and the subjects were lighted by the flash.

esteban · Mar 23, 2010

haha yes it is in swedish
but i mean..
how can be used flash in order to do this?

Bitter Jeweler · Mar 23, 2010

When using flash, you can set it to do a long exposure and flash on the rear curtain.
Meaning, the shutter will stay open for 4 seconds, and flash will fire right before the shutter closes. So the yellow color is caused by ambient light during the first 4 seconds.