Hi everyone. I am an amauter photographer and lately I’ve been requested to photograph some local concerts at my city. The image linked above is one of my many inspirations, and I am very curious about this light trail technique. Is it done right at the time, is it edited later? How? If someone could help me, I’d be very thankful. :)
Single shot, dragged-shutter Second-curtain (rear curtain) sync flash on-camera, rotated on axis.
Set your camera’s rear curtain synch so that it fires the flash at the end of the exposure, then set your shutter speed slow like 1/10 or slower (up to a second or two)
Push the shutter release while rotating the camera, and it will fire the flash at the end.
This will combine bright light streaks and a clear picture of your subject.