How I won a trip to Mexico. Vancover, BC, Canada
Posted by razzbuffnik on May 16th, 2007
The PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) is a yearly carnival held in Vancouver. In 1983 there was a photographic contest with a prize of a trip for two to Mexico City, complete with a week’s accomodation in a five star hotel. The theme of the contest was “Fun at the fair”.
At the time I was experimenting with slow shutter speeds with flash. The slow shutterspeed gives a sense of movement whilst the flash freezes motion.
November 19th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Hi do you know what settings yoou used on this photo? f stop shutter speed etc. ii have been trying to do this kind of photo but i just cant get the person to be in focus!
Mel
November 19th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
I used a totaly manual camera (Nikon F2).
Just pre-focus on the area you want to take a picture of.
Set the the camera for a slow shutter speed (about a 1/4 of a second) and then stop down your f stop until your light meter tells you that you have a correct exposure. By using a small f stop it increases your depth of field and you have more chance of getting your subject in focus.
Then set your automatic flash (I used a Metz 45CT-1)to match the f stop on your lens.
The next step is to pan in the opposite direction to the path of travel of the subject.
Piece of cake!
October 21st, 2011 at 4:57 pm
This is an awesome photo! no wonder it won the contest! We visited Vancouver in August (from Los Angeles, CA) Beautiful city.
Cheers!