#60 - Interview with Laszlo just released

[Marko]

Hi Members,

Latest podcast is an Interview with Laszlo where we deconstruct one of his portraits.

http://www.photography.ca/blog/?p=211

Hope you like it,
Marko
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[Mad Aussie]

I've used panning quite a bit in my mountain biking photography.

Here's an example ...



I use it solely for effect or to show motion. Laszlo's interview mentioned using it also for a subject with a lot of background clutter so the subject stands out a bit more. Great idea, will remember that.

[Yisehaq]

Hi Marko,
That was very good. One question though, What does it mean by "the flash freezes the subject"?

Does a flash go upto 1/5000? I didn't know that it can go more than 1/300?
Could you elaborate on that please?

May be a podcast on flash would be nice.

Thank you so much.

[Ben H]

One question though, What does it mean by "the flash freezes the subject"?

Even if you have the shutter open for a second, the flash burst lasts only a tiny fraction of that (say, 1/5000th of a second). So whatever is lit up by the flash has it's motion frozen in exactly the same way as a high shutter speed freezes the action.

Then the exposure for the rest of the time picks up the background (called "dragging the shutter").

Does a flash go upto 1/5000? I didn't know that it can go more than 1/300

No, don't get confused between your camera's flash sync speed, and the length of time the flash burst lasts.

[Yisehaq]

Thanks Ben H. for the clarrification

[Marko]

Yes - well done Ben H, very clear