[insomniac]

so my friend is having a birthday party real soon and hes renting out some place.. he said theres gonna be dj's, lasers etc so its probably gonna be themed like a club or even be at some club.. ive seen some pretty cool pictures taken by people in nightclubs locally.. i just want to take this opportunity to learn how to shoot these photos.

1) how did he get these light streaks?
2) i notice that people jump around and move alot so wont pics be blurry when people move around? how did he take these?

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/249954_176069399118216_128017470590076_470411_3529 113_n.jpg

and this one. the dj's hands are clearly moving but howd the photographer get a clear shot of the dj?
http://www.pbase.com/digitalfrog/image/64162162.jpg

also another thing is, i have a flash but i have no clue how to use it. are there any good guides out there online? i have a pretty old flash.. its a nikon sb-26.
or can i just use pop-up flash? i have a gary fong style puffer but when i use it wont the light spread out everywhere?

sorry, i probably asked alot of questions and i have many more. hopefully someone can help me haha.

[dark0821]

i am not sure how the first picture is taken, but the 2nd one is what you need a variable zoom lense, zoom in or out as you are clicking the shutter, with ur flash on

[ilvtofu]

Lightstreaks actually happen pretty naturally
I took these photos at a pretty slow shutter speed around 1/6 or 1/10 with a 580ex and lightsphere

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/21542_295094357911_505467911_3478781_3214305_n.jpg
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/21542_295094837911_505467911_3478839_8227778_n.jpg

Lol u have me on FB so just check them out from last year's valentines dance, the pics are really shitty resolution but you get the point, Imagine that in a much darker club, I was surprised at how clear faces were at that slow of a shutter speed with the flash

[m3thods]

i am not sure how the first picture is taken, but the 2nd one is what you need a variable zoom lense, zoom in or out as you are clicking the shutter, with ur flash on

second picture doesn't look like a zoom burst. to me it just looks like a slow shutter speed and an ultra-wide.

if your flash is capable, use second-curtain sync. this basically causes the flash to fire at the end of the shutter action, which will allow you to capture people more sharply in slower-shutter speed. it can also help you "freeze" motion with the background still displaying the motion blur.

I'd suggest playing around a bit with the flash to become more comfortable. I found this site to be particularly useful with flash photography in general, but it is quite a read:

http://neilvn.com/tangents/flash-photography-techniques/

hope this helps!

[N.V.M.]

second picture doesn't look like a zoom burst. to me it just looks like a slow shutter speed and an ultra-wide.



almost looks more software(PP) than lens.

[Senna4ever]

The first picture was taken with the flash set to the second curtain sync, I'm pretty sure.

[insomniac]

for the first pic, did he aim the flash straight at the people? how can you get just the people and not the ground etc? thanks alot everyone!

[ddr]

look at the shadow and guess where the light is coming from, seem to me it's from camera left.