Fire your camera remotely, as Patrick Cavan Brown (p. 36 of the March Issue of Popular Photography) and Chet Gordon (p. 42) did. No remote trigger? Use your camera¹s self-timer.
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I have used this technique before, but not tracing a model. Question though, if the model is in front of the camera holding the rope, how would a ghost of the model not show up with the amount of time of each trace? I mean, each trace is about 35 seconds, surely even a hint of the figure would show up. Especially with the flashlight highlighting the outline of the body. What am I missing here? Is the model somewhere else?
ReplyDeleteNice photo by the way and very creative.
Here is the explanation...what do you think?
ReplyDelete"On a clear night, he invited a friend over and strung a rope light between two metal fence posts in his yard. He set his Nikon D200 on a tripod and composed to frame the rope light. With the camera set to Bulb, and his friend in a pose, Kolb opened the shutter via wireless remote, then switched on a flashlight and traced his friend’s outline. He turned off the light until his model was in a new position, then traced him again. Total exposure: 139 seconds. It took a few tries (and some cropping) to get it right—but his work paid off. Shot with a tripodmounted Nikon D200 and 24–70mm f/2.8 Nikkor lens; 139 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100."