Night shoots

Im about to do some stuff outdoors .. I was wondering if I set up outside and its pretty much midnight or so how do I capture the model and the ambient with proper exposur?

will I have to set the aperture to the right stop for flash and the shutter to the proper sec for ambien and then the camera on a tripod? Will the picture be ruin if I snap the photo and the model keeps moving? Im a little clueless and need a little help .. thanks ...

I'm not even sure if it can be done but might as well ask ..

I've done a shoot at midnight but I didn't use any ambient light in my exposures. You could use a high iso to try and balance the flash to the ambient light. However why not just shoot a like 6 or 7pm so you have more light.

Cause - I'll hate to try and set up in the city (NYC) around that time .. I'll probably need a permit or something or I might get told to get my crap out of the way by some cops or something .. so I do it where I know it will be less crowded etc ....

thanks for the info didnt even think of that!

Ivan, are you talking about the city lights of NY? you can meter for the ambient exposure and use your flash to fill your subject. I would think it would be more or less shooting your subject at sunset wherein you try to expose for the sky then use the flash to fill.

I don't think you have to use a tripod. your strobes will freeze your subject anyway.

yes I mean city lights, but I guess Im not explaining myself right man .. lol

I know at night I have had to do exposures of 1 sec at times if not more to get a properly expose bg so aint not way imma have a clear picture hand held .. ugh .. forget it .. lol

RiKaN HaVoK wrote in post #8645019
yes I mean city lights, but I guess Im not explaining myself right man .. lol

I know at night I have had to do exposures of 1 sec at times if not more to get a properly expose bg so aint not way imma have a clear picture hand held .. ugh .. forget it .. lol

yes, you can. your focus will be on your subject and you're using flash or strobes anyway.

RiKaN HaVoK wrote in post #8645019
yes I mean city lights, but I guess Im not explaining myself right man .. lol

I know at night I have had to do exposures of 1 sec at times if not more to get a properly expose bg so aint not way imma have a clear picture hand held .. ugh .. forget it .. lol

this was shot with a low shutter speed hand held

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exactly what I meant .. how did you do it hand held again? thanksman ... BTW, I likes!

you still on MM?

First do a light test with the Ambient. get the exsposer just how you want it. time. ext. than have your subject come in and base the power and duration of strobe off that so do another test. to find that look your going for. (not changing your exsposure and stuff) doing all the adjustments off your strobe. than on your actually picture have them stand in do your strobe than just have them stand there.

it should come out nice.

make sure to shoot at a higher ISO also

You don't hand hold, you put the camera on a tripod. I just did a shot similar to what you want but the exposure for the lights was 5 seconds. I didn't have 2nd curtain set up (it wasn't a planned shot) so I just mentally counted off 4 seconds and then fired my flash at the subject - 550EX manual mode 1/2 power.