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DAY 225 | PORTRAITS |
High speed Strobe
UMBILICAL BROTHERS, COMEDIC PERFORMERS
This amazing image was captured toward the end of a publicity shoot of the dynamic comedy duo and illustrates the amazing capabilities of strobe photography when the duration of the strobe light is at least 1/7000th of a second. At this speed, using a shutter speed of 1/500th, the motion of jumping in air can be fully frozen, even detailing David’s flying hair and shoelaces. This shoot was also special, as it was my first completely digital shoot.
Initially, I tried shooting the guys individually on trampolines, which I would then put together using Photoshop in ...
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