How was this photo made? Sharp subject but blurry trails of light...

http://nabil.com …PEOPLE/KANYE/_M​G_1976.jpg

I can see the ears hands and body so I don't think this was photoshop? Today I tried to make my shutter speed around 1-4 seconds and have my subject start at point A, move to point B, and hold position hoping his final pose will be sharp yet trail like the photo abovel...but no luck, all of him was trailing and blurry (used a tripod for stationary background of course).

Tips appreciated!

They likely used dragged the shutter and used flash. Try recreating the shot again by panning the camera and using second curtain flash sync. Experiment with shutter speed and be sure to have enough ambient light.

I suspect that a flash was used to make the exposure of the whole figure after the movement that made the trails.

SkipD wrote in post #16320878
I suspect that a flash was used to make the exposure of the whole figure after the movement that made the trails.

Or the other way around, i.e. the flash shot was taken first and then, with the shutter still open, the camera was moved sideways to produce the blurred trail.

BTW, I see what looks like 3 or 4 ambient exposures in that image.

Exif says f/10, ISO100 and 3.2 s with no on camera flash fired (seems like a strobe high camera left). I'm guessing strobe fired, then the camera was panned sideways.

I say some second curtain sync with a strobe and Photoshop to get that smokey look.

studio light (no flash), 2.89 second exposure of KW where we see him and .31 seconds jaggedy pan to the photographers right.

works well because of dark background, dark skin, and dark clothes with reflection of lights on right temporal region, right ear, shoulder zipper, right pect, and bling on left hand creating the trails.

It's definitely first curtain sync with flash, if it were second curtain, he would have to have arrived at his final position in time for the flash, which would be too bothersome to pull of.

Just because the Exif says no flash doesn't mean he didn't use a remote trigger, shots that I take in the studio with a remote trigger also say that flash hasn't fired. Also, if you look at the trail you will see that his face is facing different directions, so it couldn't have been just a pan. Also, KW wouldn't be able to stand still for almost 3 seconds, just not possible.

Way it went was:
1. KW: initial pose
2. -flash goes off-
3. Camera starts to expose for 3.2 seconds
4. KW: moves around
5. Is lit by continuous light, which makes the trails.

Kolor-Pikker wrote in post #16322143
Just because the Exif says no flash doesn't mean he didn't use a remote trigger, shots that I take in the studio with a remote trigger also say that flash hasn't fired.

An important point for those who read EXIF data. "No flash fired" means no dedicated flash was employed. The camera is oblivious to any non-dedicated flash, regardless how it's triggered.

While there are a number of ways this shot could have been done, if I were trying to create something like that it would be with 1st curtain sync, bulb mode (keeping the shutter open as long as I held the button down), and panning the camera during exposure. Getting the right amount of ambient for the intended result is the challenge.

There are probably a lot of ways to be done.
Here is a quick attempt using my technique above.

somewhere between 28-35mm, f/8, iso 1000 (adjusted to get a ss of 4 sec). shot and then irregular pan.

No curtain syncing, just "ambient" light

lilkngster wrote in post #16322506
There are probably a lot of ways to be done.
Here is a quick attempt using my technique above.

somewhere between 28-35mm, f/8, iso 1000 (adjusted to get a ss of 4 sec). shot and then irregular pan.

No curtain syncing, just "ambient" light

Well, interesting, but I think it's pretty clear that a strobe was used in the shot the OP posted (together with the ambient light exposure)!