 Sepehr |
1/200 flash sync fast enough? Is a 1/200 flash sync fast enough to shoot a pretty fast subject, such as skateboarding, during the day w/ flashes?
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Michael H. Cothran |
Yes. In addition, the flash will fire much faster than the shutter speed anyway, so if your subject is being strongly lit by the flash, the flash will freeze him. Michael H. Cothran www.mhcphoto.net
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
could still get some ghost effect depending on other things, but it will work.
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Sepehr |
thanks guys, cause I took some pictures during the day and used some flashes but the subject was blurry so I was hoping that I accidently set the shutter speed too low and 1/200 wasn't too slow. I haven't had a chance to check it so I thought id ask first.
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Justin S. |
With skating I've always shot with a wide open apture for faster shutter speeds. Using a fill flash is good if the skater has a hat on or at night,IF you do skating at night. Indoor skateparks aren't well lit so use fill flash in there;Don't use red eye reduction with you flash,most cameras fire pre flash burst for red eye and it can make you lose your shot. If you can get away without using flash,do so, It messes up the skater in their tricks and more often than not can cause them to fall and get hurt BAD. 250-500 is tha shutter speeds I try to stay around that Will stop a board in mid flight and the person too. Good ol' skating is what led me into photography.
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Andrew Laverghetta |
just wanted to comment that panning can also make some interesting pictures. I have some skateboarding pictures in my premium gallery. Most of them were taking just with natural light with pretty fast shutter speeds. For one of them in particular I was trying to pan using a shutter speed of around 1/60 second at around f11. I think it came out pretty good. By the way, panning is using a slower shutter speed than you would use for most hand held pictures, you watch the subject in the viewfinder the whole time so you're moving the camera side to side and you take the picture so the shutter will be open for a little bit, allowing the background to blur but since the camera is moving at the same speed as the boarder, they will be in relatively good focus.
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