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november 2004'rocker' by clive rowley
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Most of my photography is still done on film, but I do use a digital camera sometimes, particularly in the studio. Immediate review of a flash shot is possible, whereas with film the shot can only be reviewed after processing.
I had done a studio session with Jake playing his guitar, and using several studio flash heads. Right at the end of the session I switched off the flashes on the units, and just used the small low-light modelling lamps in the flash heads. In this dim light it meant that to get a good exposure I would have to open the shutter for a long time, which is what I wanted to convey movement. I also moved the camera during the shot. The read-out on the RAW data tells me I opened the shutter for 1/1.3 seconds, that is, 0.76 of a second.
By chance the exposure was almost perfect, and a little work in Photoshop, including conversion to mono, produced the hoped-for result.Nikon D100, 35-70mm/2.8 Nikkor lens at 35mm, camera set to ISO 200 and lens fully open at f/2.8 for 0.76 of a second. Manipulation of tones and conversion to monochrome in Photoshop.