![]() These sensors combined with software like Lightroom, has the ability to bring back the highlight and shadows, brings out range and nuance. I have witnessed the evolution of digital photography starting with the Nikon/Kodak NC2000, back when we were still manually focusing lenses and when the best useable ISO was 800 and now we are talking about shooting in “available darkness” with cameras that have a useful ISO in the range of 100,000 like the Nikon D5. We used to be happy with focus that was “close enough for print” and now the D5 can get spot focus on a face with “3D tracking with face detection” where, even though your focus point isn’t your subject’s face, the camera will find it and lock on. The technology that they are putting into these cameras is mind boggling.įive years ago, the state-of-the-art camera was the Nikon D3S which had a native ISO range up to 12,000. The native range of the D5 tops out at more than eight times that. The D3S was already pretty great, but the high ISO range of the D5 means that I can shoot sports at a faster shutter speed which translates to much sharper images. Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant gets ready to shoot a free throw during the first half of a preseason basketball game against the Golden State Warriors, Thursday, Oct. This image could not have existed only a few years ago. While it may not seem like anything out of the norm, consider that it was created in the middle of the day on a sunny afternoon. Only two small 400 Ws battery-powered strobes were used to light the image, one with the standard reflector and the other with a medium-sized softbox. What is revolutionary about this image is that the new Hi-Sync technology from Elinchrom allows us to sync the flash at up 1/8000th second shutter speeds, which previously for any camera was impossible.įor this image a shutter speed of 1/2500th second was used both to stop the motion and also to overpower daylight. As a result, there is no motion blur on the subject at all-and I had the creative option to make the image look as if it was shot at night instead of during the middle of the day. The only telling part of this image is the blue sky in the upper right corner that lets the viewer know this image was created during the day. ![]() ![]() This burgeoning flash technology, for those who are willing to explore it, opens up an entirely new world of creativity.Įquipment info: Nikon D810, Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, Two (2) Elinchrom ELB400 strobes with HS flash heads – one with the standard reflector and the other with a 100cm Deep Octa Softbox (diffusion removed), Elinchrom Skyport Plus HS transmitterĮxposure info: 1/2500th second at f/2.8, ISO 200 Photo by Michael Clark 5. Victoria Will (cinemagraphs)Īfter spending some time at the Sundance Film Festival making wet plates, I felt like the series was drawing to a close. Not because of any love lost for wet plate (and I continue to make them) but because in this specific environment, a studio at a film festival, it was time to try something new, again. Honestly though, I had no idea what it was going to be. ![]()
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