- Aperture needs to be set to a reasonable amount depending on ambient lighting, a smaller aperture will normally be better.
- Shutter speed, either set to “bulb” or somewhere between 2 and 10 seconds.
- Match the light settings on your flash to whatever your aperture is.
- Posing is an important part, you must plan what you want the subject to do, so the picture is as good as possible.
- Trial and error, it’s almost impossible to get it perfect on the first try.
- Try not to move too much in one frame, keep it to the minimum.
- Don’t use colored backgrounds, they will overpower your image.
- Keep your flash at a lower light setting if you want more than a couple poses in the frame, if it is set too high, the recycle cooldown will take too long.
- While changing poses, move as quickly as possible after the flash, so that your in between movements won’t be captured.
- A single light source is just enough, too much light will not create the ghosting, and images will have more blur.