Sunday, June 9, 2013

Slow Shutter Speeds with Studio Flash for Ambient Colour and Mood

By combining a slow shutter speed and studio flash I was able to get the nice warm ambient glow of the candle falling on the scene as well as the lighting effect of the studio lights. The shutter speed was a very leisurely 4.0 seconds and the Elinchrom flashes fired at the beginning of the exposure. The Elinchroms are providing light on the label of the olive oil bottle (snoot), some fill and highlights (softboxes).


At a shutter speed of 1/200 of a second the mood and warmth is completely lost:


Doesn't really work for me the way the first one does...

And lastly, a slow shutter speed shot with all the studio lights switched off:


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