Image

Reading Snow Crash: A Diaz-style night shot

Canon EOS 5D Mark II | 85mm f/1.8 set to f/1.8 | M mode | 1/60 second | ISO 400 | RAW | white balance set to auto | multiple off-camera, non-TTL flashes

Workshop 12

Dancer in a Flurry of Flash

▸ How to create stroboscopic effects without a dedicated stroboscopic mode

▸ Creating a complex setup with seven flashes, stroboscopic effects, and two sets of radio triggers

The idea for this project came from Joe McNally, who produced cool results using Nikon flashes in his “Repeating Flash” video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4fK3yvJLZM). Reproducing Joe’s setup could get expensive—I counted 10 Nikon SB-900 Speedlights. ...

Get Creative Flash Photography now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.

Start your free trial