I would say that about 95% of my weddings....the receptions are VERY BORING & no dancing...no fun stuff.....ANYHOW I do have a wedding reception this Saturday that I'm HOPING & CROSSING my fingers is going to be fun....dancing & partying....so I want to try practicing dragging my shutter. I want to get some cool dancing....shots & simply just some cool reception shots. Any tips on how I drag my shutter would be greatly appreciated. I shoot with a Nikon D200....will be using a 17-55mm f2.8 & 70-200mm f2.8 VR lens. I shoot manual mode....I only have a SB600 flash.

Thanks sooo much to anyone who can possible give me tips or point me in the right direction to read about it!!!

http://www.planetneil.com/faq/dragging-the-shutter.html

Here is a real quick link I just found...I think I will go back and read it myself it looked like pretty easy reading....which I need! LOL

http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=009NM4

+1

The best part of dragging the shutter is...

practice


practice


practice!!!

Thanks sooo much you all!!!!

That is a great read. I know..I know...practice makes perfect . I did go out with a fellow photographer one night on our main street....it just seemed it took me forever to get correct settings with my camera & we used a tripod & I don't want to use a tripod cause that limits me moving around....I like laying on the ground sometimes for shots.

I will just keep playing!!!!

I appreciate all your time!!!!

A little bit of luck always helps

oooooooooooh, now that is fun... I drag allll the time and sometimes it just turns out better than others. I swear I have to fiddle with it eveytime to get what I want.... here's a couple. They are both from the same wedding but they just had some really fun color.

I just did a post on this on my blog. check the link out. I use the D2X, 70-200, 17-55, and a 50mm lens. Typically I shoot receptions at iso 400, manual mode, usually f4 at 1/10 of a sec. sometimes, depending on where I am at I will make my flash -1. My flash is usually with the fong dong straight up. I usually like to shoot towards the DJ's lights. Y

good luck and have fun.