Camera Flash Effect

[Fuj]

Hi all, wonder if somone can help me with this.

 

I'm looking to create a camera flash effect without using camera flashes. Imagine a row of thirty or forty flash photographers standing in a row taking photographs of a sport event. The photographers won't actually be there though its just going to be a large picture of a group of photographers on marine ply or similar material where the camera flashes are I need to insert some kind of strobe effect to mimic them, the cheaper the better as its only a temporary run.

 

Any ideas, anyone?

[Fletch]

I've simulated photograph flashes using a DataFlash strobe before - not sure it'd work for your exact requirements but might be worth having a look at the specs of etc. Perhaps 2 or 3 of them might do the trick?

[Pete]

How about a festoon of egg strobes,mounted appropriately on your picture?

[peternewman]

The Anytronics Megastar strobe may also be of use, although it may be a bit bright. But in their infinite wisdom Anytronics decided it should only fire once via DMX when it goes above or below 50%, so to strobe you have to program a chase, which is ludicrous, but it will suit your camera flash requirement perfectly. It's also got the option of a delayed remote trigger, so you could connect lots of them together in a random order for the effect.

[Jivemaster]

http://www.americandj.eu/product_info.php?...57ddc2b8c0c77ab

 

http://www.terralec.com/prod.asp?I=15950&a...LASH_STROBE_EGG

 

http://www.terralec.com/prod.asp?I=18845&a...DING_CONTROLLER

 

http://www.terralec.com/prod.asp?I=18939&a...HITE_EGG_STROBE

 

Or if they still have it their strobe flash chain.

 

The really cheap option is to automate some flash units recovered from disposable cameras. They run off a single AA cell and can be made to fire on contact closure. They come FOC for the asking at your local mini lab BUT ther is the issue with 350vDC and competence and the casing for them after you have ripped the camera apart.

[Hambone]

I did this recently for a Hollywood-style red carpet arrival effect, with Ableton Live randomly firing four MIDI-sequenced DMX strobes and firing synched animated camera flashes in a Flash (!) movie of cartoon photographers and cameras on projector screens.

 

They were inexpensive 75-watt Chauvet strobes.

http://chauvetlighting.com/fixtures/techno...2000s_fix.shtml

http://chauvetlighting.com/fixtures/dmxstr...erter_fix.shtml

 

The American DJ Flash Rope looks like a good option.

[Fuj]

Thanks all! Some great ideas from you all and its all much appreciated!

[Guest pangea]

I know this is really basic, but wouldnt a flash of just your brightest white light (possibly at floor level, and possibly half facing the audience) do the trick?

it would definitely confuse people a bit.

 

thats what I did, but then again, I didnt have access to half the stuff mentioned above ** laughs out loud **.

[woody74]

I know this is really basic, but wouldnt a flash of just your brightest white light (possibly at floor level, and possibly half facing the audience) do the trick?

 

Based on the OP, I'm guessing he wants the flashes to come from the actual "photographers", randomly. Light facing the audience, coming from somewhere other than the "photographers" might pull the audience's focus away from his intended target.

 

But that's just me,

-w