Speedliter’s Handbook: Learning to Craft Light with Canon Speedlites

Chapter 25. Strobo, Strobo, Strobo

FLASHING AGAIN AND AGAIN 349

SINGLE SPEEDLITE STROBOSCOPIC 351

MULTI SPEEDLITE STROBOSCOPIC 352

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR STROBOSCOPIC 353

SHOOT: BIRDMAN 354

SHOOT: LEAPS OF FAITH 356

SHOOT: IT’S OUTTA HERE! 358

Figure 25.1. Even a simple act like walking can become visually dramatic. This stroboscopic image was made with a pair of 580EX IIs firing in Multi mode at 6Hz.

The Short Version

Stroboscopic flash is a way to fire one or more Speedlites for a specified number of flashes at a specific rate per second. Unlike a traditional disco strobe—which cannot be controlled in terms of either the exact number of ...