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Anita Painting

© John H. Siskin

Anita Painting

Uploaded: September 09, 2006

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I used a long shutter speed to capture the movement of painting.

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Jayme S. Hall December 23, 2007

John- I love the way you captured the movement in her hand, that really adds emotion to the image. The only thing I find a little odd is the color of her hair? Blue? :) Was it really blue? :) #813479

John H. Siskin December 23, 2007

Hi Jayme,
Her hair is blue on this side with a large pink spot on the other side. I do, after all, live in Los Angeles. It is an incorrect assumption that only the young people dress strangely.

In order to get this shot I used strobe and a long exposure. This caused the blur in her hand. I used front curtain sync, so the strobe goes off at the beginning of the shot. As a result of this her hand is moving from her right to her left. So the apparent movement in the shot is the opposite of the actual movement!
Thanks, John
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Jayme S. Hall December 24, 2007

LOL :) I forgot.... Those crazy Californians ;) I thought maybe you were making a little old lady , "blue haired" statement :) LOL! My giggle for the day! As for how you did this, I remember a long time ago reading something about doing something like this. So let me see if I got this straight. Explain to me exactly how you set the camera to the front curtain sync. I get the rest, but I've never used the curtain sync. I sort of remember seeing this somewhere, in the menu set? #5248391

John H. Siskin December 24, 2007

Hi Jayme,
The normal option for sync is front curtain. That is the strobe goes off when the first shutter curtain finishes traveling across the sensor. Most modern cameras also have rear curtain sync: the strobe goes off just before the rear, second, shutter curtain starts to travel. If I had done this with rear curtain sync I could have had her arm traveling in the direction I wanted to see. With front curtain sync I had to have her arm going backwards. I don’t know where the switch for rear curtain sync is on your camera. Frankly I don’t use it on mine, easier to go backwards!
Thanks, John
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M.Christine Duncan November 26, 2008

Wow... what a great thread guys! John, I like that this image really shows someone in their favorite element just being themselves, focused on a task. I'm a painter... and the motion and skill behind a paintbrush is a cool thing to capture... basically you've applied your "art" to her "art"!!! Very cool! #6811484

John H. Siskin November 26, 2008

Hi Christine,
A really good portrait should be a collaboration between the subject and the photographer. Really you don’t take a portrait; rather you make a portrait with the subject. Anita was a wonderful person to work with, and I like what she does with a brush.
Thanks, John
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