Shooting fire plumes

How it's done. "Special effects" without a computer.

This section publishes photographs taken using a variety of know-how, or rather some special - sometimes quite clever, sometimes unexpectedly simple - techniques that allow you to get one or another visual effect, an unusual lighting solution, etc. “live”, right in the process of shooting. .d., which, it would seem, can only be realized as a result of complex computer manipulations. All “secrets” are revealed in detailed descriptions, “reports from behind the scenes”, which will allow any interested photographer to repeat such “special effects”.

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SHOOTING SETTINGS: F85 mm, f/8, 1.6 sec, ISO100

CONVENTIONAL SYMBOLS: 1 – monoblock with reflector and curtains, pulse off, bright pilot light on 2 – area illuminated by pilot light from source 1 (limited by curtains) 3 – monoblock, softbox with honeycombs, 300 J pulse, pilot light off 4 – monoblock, pulse disabled, dimmed modeling light turned on, aimed at the background

This photo was taken without using Photoshop. Its technical implementation is based on an understanding of how the camera shutter speed works, how the frame is exposed, and how constant and pulsed light can be combined in one exposure.

Shooting takes place at a long shutter speed with rear-curtain flash synchronization (i.e., the pulse fires at the very end of the shutter speed). During exposure, the model moves through a spot of constant light 2 , due to which a beautiful trail is formed behind it. The movement of the model is shown in the photo with a red arrow. At the end point of the movement (and the end of the shutter speed), the impulse of monoblock 3 - which “freezes” the model and makes its image clear and unblurred. The combination of blur and a clear image of the model at the same time makes this photograph.

The room where the shooting takes place should be dark. Because When shooting takes place at a shutter speed of more than a second, the general light of even a dim light bulb will overexpose the photo and/or disrupt the light pattern we need.

It is necessary that the blurred area and the area where the model is clearly depicted do not intersect. If they intersect, a “trail” of blur will pass over the clear image of the girl. Therefore, it is necessary to isolate the area of ​​direct light from the area where the model is located at the moment of the impulse (in this case, at the end of the movement and at the end of the shutter speed). For this purpose, curtains are placed on source 1 , which limits the area it illuminates to area 2 .

The camera is mounted on a tripod, because the shutter speed is very long - and its shake is undesirable.

Monoblock 3 has fabric honeycombs installed so that the pulse light hits only the model, but not the background.

To prevent the picture from appearing “flat,” we use source 4 with a reflector aimed at the background. It creates a small spot of light - to the left-bottom of the model in the main photo. And thereby adds spatial depth to the frame.

And finally, the “fiery” color of the blur trail and the light on the background is due to the fact that we use monoblock pilot light. Because it is very “yellow” (at least for the Rekam monoblocks used) and does not match the color temperature of the monoblock pulse light - it creates not white (neutral), but a fiery red color, which can be seen in the photo. In our case, this was an idea, not a mistake.

3 monoblocks, studio, black or dark gray background, tripod, Canon EOS5D camera.

How to learn to take photographs professionally - Shooting fire plumes, night photography

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How to learn to take photographs professionally - Shooting fire plumes, night photography

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Author: Alexander Ippolitov

Having learned the basics, you want to develop further as a professional photographer. You will be shooting at night. How, for example, is it better to photograph a fire plume? In this lesson, Alexander will tell you how to learn how to take professional night and fire photographs.

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And then rotate the details.
In total, we see the model’s face in the photo.
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