Techniques: Multiple Flash: Work Diary Evaluation -

Multiple Flash - 

Equipment Used: 
Nickon D5 300, standard lens, snoot, flash light, plain backdrop. 

Settings: 
6"-8", F/16, ISO 200.

Lighting: 
Snoot, flash lighting on medium high. 

Theory: 
N/A

Favourite:

The above photographs are my favourites from this technique experimentation as they have a sombre atmosphere which matches the setting well. Additionally, the movements were clear and the outline of the subject, in both final outcomes, is crisp with little noise. The manual focus has allowed for the most important features such as the eyes in the first image to be the central focus of the photograph. The lighting could have been slightly improved by adjusting the position of the snoot to direct the beam of light more directly onto the subject instead of somewhat on the backdrop too. 

Least Favourite:

This image is my least favourite of the series as the majority of the photograph is dominated by the subject's back. I could have cropped the image but this would have disrupted the style of the series. Also, I could have adapted the lighting of the backdrop in Photoshop. 

Evaluation and Development - 

This particular series is relatively successful in that whilst the images accurately depict motion each layer of the photograph is still well focused and lit which results in a dramatic and clear final photograph. Despite this, the lighting was slightly off and appears very cold and white light which reflected off elements of the backdrop and proved very difficult to try and edit using Photoshop. 

There is a strong possibility that I will use this techniques in my fashion/ surrealism project; this technique appears to aesthetically be a combination of sequencing and slow sync flash which therefore creates eerie ghost like subject which could work well in cohesion with my surrealism side of the idea.