For a little while I had been wanting to play with motion shots, so a week or so ago I went ahead and tried it within my own home. I was very happy with the results so I would like to share with you how it worked. The setting was as follows:
Background: A wall in the dining room, open window to my right.
Lighting: All of the lights in the home were off leaving the room very dark except for the light from the window. When you set up your home you may think "it's way too dark to get images as bright as the ones shown on your page." Just give it a try. You will be surprised how much light will be captured with the following setting given below.
Camera setting: My camera was mounted on a tripod. There were minimal variations between the images, but lets discuss the settings based off of the first photo. The aperture was f/1.8 with the shutter speed at 1.3 seconds. ISO was at 250. The lens: 50mm f/1.4 but a 50mm f/1.8 should do the job just fine. The coloring varies due to post-editing.
This was such a great project for me because honestly I don't usually like photographing myself, as I honestly don't perceive myself to be quite the beauty queen, but this has helped me a lot in terms of self-confidence and looking at myself from both a photographer's view and as an individual.
For those who give it a try, let me know how it went! Feel free to post your results, I would love to see how you all did. Any questions, leave a comment and I'll get back to you.
M Kat