Darcey Movement

Today's post again features Darcey . In these images the idea was to show some movement with a core of sharpness. To do this the exposure was set for the ambient light which gave a slow shutter speed of approximately 1/6th of a second they were shot on a tripod to prevent camera shake. However this speed allowed Darcey and the cloth to record as blurred due to movement. The flash fired on second curtain sync (at the end of the exposure) and this recorded a core of sharpness which because it had a grid on to narrow the light beam focused on Darcey's face giving a sharp point because of the speed of the flash duration which was enough to freeze that part of the image it illuminated giving a ghost effect as well. Darcey had to use the cloth expansively to show as much movement as possible which she did admirably. Bit technical but fun and something we may develop further in later shoots .

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