Q: I admire the social dancing photos taken by this Photographer Valentin Behringer.
I love his color vibrancy, sharpness, composition and light effect. Any suggestions/guidance in obtaining similar results would be greatly appreciated.
A: Since a specific photo wasn't provided, I browsed through the Facebook page and looked at the photographer's photos. I think I understand which photos are in question. I think it's similar to the question I received about how to achieve the DJ photo I had on Facebook.
Here are some tips on how to achieve similar results for the social dancing photos:
- Position yourself so that there's light behind the subject.
- Use 2nd or rear curtain sync for the flash. You could also try shooting with the flash off camera.
- Drag the shutter. That is, use a long shutter speed. You may have to experiment to get the desired results.
- Rotate the camera from portrait orientation to landscape orientation or vice versa. You could also try moving the camera in a semicircle motion from left to right or in a semicircle motion from top to bottom.
Please also see my other post about background light effect.
