Help with next grading (movement)

Hi All

My next grade is movement in an image for example water or car lights at night etc..

These are very popular and quite easy to acheive, however can anyone sugest any other ideas for this challenge. Im looking for something original.

Regards Pete

How about a train going through a level crossing, or station.

film or digital?
if film ( havn't tried this with digital yet suspect noise and heat issues will ruin it) try setting your lens to infinity, point at the northstar (dead center) and make sure you have something istationary (and nteresting) in the frame. set f8-f22 on bulb and go for dusk til dawn exposures. use strobe or flashlights to paint your foreground objects.
you'll get circular streaks of light off your stars.

if digital try this one: get a projector. Project a still image into a waterfall or fountian (near and after dusk) and photograph it with different shutter speeds on tv

With digital you'll get nice infrared patches on the sensor from heat... Film wouldn't be a problem though.

Sorry can you explain in more detail, am I missing something here ?? are you talking about a electrical projector if so how can this be done I dont know any waterfalls near an electrical socket.

I have another idea about shooting a still person against a busy crowd in the street but in daylight how can I achieve this with a 1/2 to 1 sec exposure ? I know I can set the exposure to -2ev (lowest) and maybe set a F22 but I think it will still be well overexposed. I dont have filters so what options or ideas can you suggest ??

Pete

How about a child on a swing? With the parents permission of course.

If you set it to -2ev then it will be precisely 2 stops underexposed according to the camera's meter. If you don't have any filters the slowest shutter speed you will be able to get will result from your lowest ISO (100 on a K10D, 200 on any other Pentax DSLR) and smallest aperture. I'd look seriously at buying an ND filter if I were you, they aren't that expensive and are very useful.

Something original will have to come from within yourself. Open your mind and think "movement" and then try to create what you visualise.

Having said that, Graham Williams, a past Producer of "Doctor Who" once said, "We only ever use original ideas - other people's original ideas..."

Hi John

I am only looking for ideas as I only have few weeks. Ultimately the photography will have to come from me, I just need some suggestions to get my brain working.

Still a bit confused how to get a good exposure on a 1/2 to 1 sec exposure in daylight perhaps someone else would care to elaberate on this a bit more for me

Cheers

A) bring your own electricity is the answer. (generator or batery supply with inverter)

B) try this: get your shot of busy people at dusk, and use a slow shutter to blur most but have a flash unit set to second curtian sync aimed at your stationary model to freeze the one.

if you invest in nd filters you can achieve the same effect in daylight by having your model stand still while the shot is taken.
alternatively you can combine two shots in photoshop, one frozen with flash and one blurred.

it's very simple Pete, buy an ND filter. Probably quite a strong one, I was using a 4x (2 stop) filter on holiday with my K10D to get waterfall shots at ~1/6th of a second and ISO 100. I did have my lens opened up a couple of stops at least some of the time since 1/6th was giving me the effect I wanted, so you might get as slow as 1/2 at F22 with a 4x ND filter. Probably wise to find a stronger one if you want really slow speeds in broad daylight though.

OK can anyone suggest a good website and price to get these filters from ??

Cheers Pete

mine is a cheap Kood one from 7dayshop. They are certainly not the best filters in the world, but for the small amount I actually use mine it does the job very well. No glaringly obvious colour cast and a nice price.

Thanks Mongoose

But can you tell me exactly what I need IE: which filter and how do they fit on the front of my Pentax K10D based on the 18-55mm lens
Its new to me so sorry for sounding a bit thick

Pete

A screw in filter, 52mm diameter, will fit your lens.

Alternatively, buy a 52mm fit Cokin-type adapter and use square Cokin-type filters. This can be quite useful when using filters that are rarely needed.