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Shutter Speeds for Studio Work
C J Southern wrote:
Hi Folks, Friend of mine is shooting 1/250th @ F8 or 1/125 @ F5.6 using studio strobes. Foreground exposures are OK, but he would like to bring up the background more. He's been told by no less than 3 photographers (who *should* know what they're talking about) that he needs to shoot a lot slower - even down as low as 1/30. I can't see that it would make any difference - can any of you good folks enlighten us (pun intended!)? I'm no flash pro but the basic idea is the long exposure is for the background and the flash only illuminates the foreground subject for a short portion of that exposure. So set it up for the background then add flash for the subject. |
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Hi Folks,
Friend of mine is shooting 1/250th @ F8 or 1/125 @ F5.6 using studio strobes. Foreground exposures are OK, but he would like to bring up the background more. He's been told by no less than 3 photographers (who *should* know what they're talking about) that he needs to shoot a lot slower - even down as low as 1/30. I can't see that it would make any difference - can any of you good folks enlighten us (pun intended!)? Many thanks, Colin |
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"C J Southern" wrote in message ... Hi Folks, Friend of mine is shooting 1/250th @ F8 or 1/125 @ F5.6 using studio strobes. Foreground exposures are OK, but he would like to bring up the background more. He's been told by no less than 3 photographers (who *should* know what they're talking about) that he needs to shoot a lot slower - even down as low as 1/30. I can't see that it would make any difference - can any of you good folks enlighten us (pun intended!)? Strobes? As in flash units? Shutter speed doesn't matter a damn- light output and aperture are the variables, shutter speed should be sync or lower. If your background hasn't enough light, you need another light on the background. Martin |
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C J Southern wrote:
Hi Folks, Friend of mine is shooting 1/250th @ F8 or 1/125 @ F5.6 using studio strobes. Foreground exposures are OK, but he would like to bring up the background more. He's been told by no less than 3 photographers (who *should* know what they're talking about) that he needs to shoot a lot slower - even down as low as 1/30. I can't see that it would make any difference - can any of you good folks enlighten us (pun intended!)? With flash units, you change exposure by changing the aperture. The flash is faster than pretty much any shutter speed you can use. If the problem is that the background is too dark, then put more light on it. It's a studio. You can do that. :-) |
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"C J Southern" writes:
Friend of mine is shooting 1/250th @ F8 or 1/125 @ F5.6 using studio strobes. Foreground exposures are OK, but he would like to bring up the background more. He's been told by no less than 3 photographers (who *should* know what they're talking about) that he needs to shoot a lot slower - even down as low as 1/30. I can't see that it would make any difference - can any of you good folks enlighten us (pun intended!)? If there's continuous light on the background, changing the exposure time will effect the background exposure. if that light is *bright* enough the difference may even be significant. But this is not a good/normal way to set up lighting in a studio; it's better to light the background yourself, and then if you want it brighter, turn up the background lights . -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
"C J Southern" writes: Friend of mine is shooting 1/250th @ F8 or 1/125 @ F5.6 using studio strobes. Foreground exposures are OK, but he would like to bring up the background more. He's been told by no less than 3 photographers (who *should* know what they're talking about) that he needs to shoot a lot slower - even down as low as 1/30. I can't see that it would make any difference - can any of you good folks enlighten us (pun intended!)? If there's continuous light on the background, changing the exposure time will effect the background exposure. if that light is *bright* enough the difference may even be significant. but will not match the daylight strobes. But this is not a good/normal way to set up lighting in a studio; it's better to light the background yourself, and then if you want it brighter, turn up the background lights . |
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wrote: Friend of mine is shooting 1/250th @ F8 or 1/125 @ F5.6 using studio strobes. Foreground exposures are OK, but he would like to bring up the background more. He's been told by no less than 3 photographers (who *should* know what they're talking about) that he needs to shoot a lot slower - even down as low as 1/30. I can't see that it would make any difference - can any of you good folks enlighten us (pun intended!)? The slower shutter speed will allow more of the ambient light to be exposed. I used to shoot at 1/30 in the studio just to pick up a little warmth of the strobes' modeling lights. For weddings, I'd often do 1/15 or 1/8 on some shots to get more of the ambient light. |
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Friend of mine is shooting 1/250th @ F8 or 1/125 @ F5.6 using studio strobes. Foreground exposures are OK, but he would like to bring up the background more. He's been told by no less than 3 photographers (who *should* know what they're talking about) that he needs to shoot a lot slower - even down as low as 1/30. I can't see that it would make any difference - can any of you good folks enlighten us (pun intended!)? a focal plane shutter has a max speed for syncing with flash. By shooting at your max shutter sync all the time you leave no room for a margin of err, especially if you use slave sync. but if you pay attention to the shutter speed you can make use of ambient (room lights) and flash coordination. works great with a large room, say a church wedding formals, select an f/stop that will allow the background to build up to about one stop under the flash exposure, now you have a whole lot of detail of the church, but still have a bride that stands out with some separation. |
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"C J Southern" wrote in message ... Hi Folks, Friend of mine is shooting 1/250th @ F8 or 1/125 @ F5.6 using studio strobes. Foreground exposures are OK, but he would like to bring up the background more. He's been told by no less than 3 photographers (who *should* know what they're talking about) that he needs to shoot a lot slower - even down as low as 1/30. I can't see that it would make any difference - can any of you good folks enlighten us (pun intended!)? Many thanks, Colin Depends on how much ambient light there is with respect to the aperture and shutter speed settings. I will shoot in a studio setting, where, if I metered the ambient light at, say, ISO 100, F/8 the shutter speed would be something like 2 seconds. In other words, not much ambient light to speak of. Which is fine, since I'm depending on strobes for exposures. With such little ambient light, for all intents and purposes, shutter speed is irrelevant as long as it doesn't drag enough for ambient light to creep in much, or shutter speed doesn't exceed X sync. So all the shutter speeds in between these two extremes will have little effect on the exposure, due to the fact that the exposure is being controlled by flash. In this situation, ISO and Aperture have control over exposure, not shutter speed. Shutter speed is irrelevant. Similar is true if you are shooting in a tungsten lit room, such as at a wedding reception, and using flash to exposure your subjects. There might be enough tungsten light to get into the exposure if you drop the shutter speed down to 1/10th of a second, and shoot at ISO 400. But the background will be orange-ish, and blurry, and the subject being photographed might display ghosting. Some photographers drag the shutter for this effect, intentionally. Some call it "art", but I call it a duff and don't hand it to my client. Patrick |
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