Long exposure with model

Hey,

We've all seen the shot..

Model on street with lights wizzing past .. blured.

How does one achieve this? Rear curtain flash or creating a composite?

DeanAU wrote in post #10111701
Hey,

We've all seen the shot..

Model on street with lights wizzing past .. blured.

How does one achieve this? Rear curtain flash or creating a composite?

I think you mean second-curtain flash. And yes, that could be used.

It depends upon just what effect you're going for. With long-exposure second-curtain flash, light streaks up to the flash instant. With first-curtain flash, light streaks away from the flash instant.

Or just flash whenever you feel like. If exposure is long enough, it really doesn't matter if it's second or first curtain flash or even just flash in between.

Besides those suggestions, shooting cars with 8X10 view cameras, we used to have models "Hold" for 30 seconds frequently. It can be done. It's even easier if they have a reference point, like a hand on the car.