Night photography with flash-guns & coloured gels 25Aug07
I went out the other night with a small group of friends armed with some coloured gels, a flash gun, my camera and my tripod. A few days before, I’d found (or more like re-discovered) a place nearby to where I live which is abandoned and derelict - a perfect place for some urban night photography. Below are my favorites from the evening…
One of numerous beds in this large barn. I wonder how it got there? Has it ever been slept on?
Further around a house we found, what once was, the kitchen. A "moving" place, shall we say…
Three of my friends set themselves up around the barn and, in sequence,
released the flash-guns and torches to illuminate this place. It comes to life with light.erg
This random peice of wood made for a great object to cast shadows from.
Ok, so I know asking for donations is really lame, but I'm trying to save up for an 
zac Says:
5 Jan 2008
hate it no, love it well yes it is very nice let last one with the yellow light is very nice.
well im not very good at blasting away with typing but i rly like ur work
zac
Daze Says:
6 Jan 2008
Hi Zac, thanks very much for your comment. Nice to hear
Lindsey Says:
31 Jan 2008
Hey I love the colors and the old barn makes the pictures. May I ask where you got the colored gels?
Daze Says:
1 Feb 2008
I got the gels from my girlfriend who is doing a course in scenic art. Luckily she grabbed some supplies from the techies who use gels for the lighting in the shows.
Nathan Says:
21 Mar 2008
hey i know how you did this but tell me your exact process anyway. no matter what i do i can’t get it to work.
Nathan Says:
21 Mar 2008
im a techie so i got gels and two flashes, but i think my camera wont let me do it.
Daze Says:
26 Mar 2008
The process goes something like this - basically set-up the camera on the tripod and set the exposure to be either BULB (if your camera can do that) or to about 20 seconds. Set the aperture to about f4, or there abouts, depending on how bright you flash your flash gun. Begin the exposure on the camera then run in front of it, point the flash gun at a wall, or something, but while making sure the gun itself is not in the frame of the photo. Flash it with the gel in front of the gun, then move to a different place and flash again, also making sure not to get the flash gun inside the frame of the photo.
It takes a lot of trial and error, but hopefully you’ll get there. Let me know how you get on!
Nathan Says:
27 Mar 2008
yeah i dont have a DSLR camera, i have a Kodak M883, a pretty good but not the best for this kind of photography. however i figured out how i can do it. i have two tripods, trhe camera, and two flashes, and a link cable. i put the camera on the tripod, put one flash on the other tripod, link the flashes, put the camera on 4 second extended exposure, put it on the self timer, and place myself and the flashes somewhere. i have to make all the flashes flash at once or it doesnt work. but i got it! i’ll post a link with some of my works in progress as son as i have them up.