NEXT STEPS ADD ANOTHER FLASH

A second light can add an extra dimension to the effect

Why not add a second burst of flash? You could try syncing a second speedlight with the first so that they both fire in unison, or alternatively pop it manually during the exposure as we’ve done here. This way, it adds extra light to one moment in the pose. In the image on the left the light is coming from one speedlight. You can see each moment in the sequence is lit equally. By contrast, in the image below we added an extra single burst from camera-right, fired manually by pressing the ‘test’ button towards the end of our second-long exposure. It adds shape and definition to the right-most position of the subject.