How to produce this style...

[Rogan]

it doesnt have a hot shoe

ill look for that feature

it wnt let me use slow syncro when on manual for some reason, not sure why :S

 

[Rogan]

the effect im going for i have just noticed isnt working right on my current settgings

i want the actual objects to be good still quality images but just wanna blur all lights, but at the moment im getting a completely blurred image, (in the OP the actuall performer is in focus but all the lights are blurred around her)

 

[JustAnEngineer]

Could you do this with a long exposure and just manually triggering an external flash during the exposure?

 

[Senor Hound]

the effect im going for i have just noticed isnt working right on my current settgings

i want the actual objects to be good still quality images but just wanna blur all lights, but at the moment im getting a completely blurred image, (in the OP the actuall performer is in focus but all the lights are blurred around her)

Okay, so to do that, you'll need to do the flash. It doesn't have to be rear-curtain, cause it can be front-curtain. I'll explain that in a sec.

First, a flash only takes a certain amount of time. Usually its so fast, it freezes everything. So your camera automatically picks a shutter speed that matches your flash so that it doesn't blur. But you want it to blur. So you go in, set a slower shutter speed than what the camera tells you to, maybe make your aperture a step smaller (MAYBE) but KEEP THE FLASH ON... You'd think that would overexpose it, but since 90% of your light is coming from the flash, and it only lasts a specific amount of time no matter how fast you make your shutter speed, it won't make near as big of a difference as you'd think. What will happen is the flash will take your picture, and the for the rest of the exposure, you'll be picking up tiny amounts of light from only certain parts of the photo, which leaves the groovy streaks you're looking for. You can add to this effect by moving the camera around yourself, letting the subject move, or you can get really wild and try zooming in and out while the shutter is open (pretty far out stuff!).

Front curtain means the flash goes off at the beginning, and rear curtain means it goes off at the end. This may not matter in this case, but in some it would (like you can make a car look like its going in reverse if you use front-curtain on it at night).

Just remember to pick the lowest ISO so you don't overexpose, pick a SLIGHTLY lower aperture than you usually would, and crank that shutter speed up to a good long time (you can even experiment with things like 30 seconds, but make sure to not overexpose if you try this). You can practice in all sorts of places, so make sure and fine-tune your skill a little before you take it to the place you really want them to turn out well at.

I hope this helps!!!

Senor Hound

 

[Rogan]

thank you alot senor,

i cant think of any places to try this out, so far ive got my brother and mum to jump around in a dim lit room with there phone camera lights on and other small lights on them and it seems to be working quite welll

thank you very much!

 

[asfixiate]

Rogan
Just so you know I was messing around last night with everyone's advice and all worked for me. I was doing all but the flash freezing action part.

Both my Sunpak and onboard flash produced decent results. This guy wanted me to take a shot of him behind the DJ tables and now I have a pretty good idea of what would look the coolest.