Mark Martinez - This is a fun technique. If you are shooting a zoom lens you can also zoom slightly and get a terrific "flying lights" effect. Both methods take a little practice to achieve a consistent look.

rAz - Hi Melissa, great series. My question is when you were triggering the remote flashes above, did you have a main flash on the camera body and was it using the lightsphere? Was it also set to overexpose like you recommend earlier? Merci!

Kirsten Leah - I love doing this. Just a couple weeks ago, I volunteered to shoot an event and the dance floor was hit with constantly-moving beams of light. I wanted to get away from the crowd where everyone else had also been shooting, so I went to the outskirts of the dance floor, where few or no lights hit, and I was able to drag my lights. It ended up making more fun images than I had gotten while squeezed in the middle.

Stacey Hemeyer - I love your info Melissa! You are so generous to share your knowledge! One quesiton, on the very first photo in this post it says your ISO was 1000, but then the rest all say 100. Was the 1000 a typo? If not, how do you not get any grain at all at that ISO? Thanks!

Jim Blanco - Veeery useful tips! Thanks for sharing Melissa :)

Holly - Any idea what your flash power settings were for any of these shots? Thanks!

rich - your tutorials are AMAZING - i learn so much in every one of them. thank you SO MUCH for sharing!

Boggy - Melissa, wonderful pictures and tips .... as usual. I have only question - how did you manage to get the correct focus in a total darkness the lens opened so wide (f2.8)? I thought that the "save" number was f5.6+...

JamieY | Las Vegas Wedding Photographer - Very helpful, I always look forward to these posts from you. My reception shots are in need of much help and this is great.

Aby Rouhi - dear Melissa,thank you you are my favorite Photographer and you are wonderful.

ashley barnett - This whole series is so helpful!! I love it! It has been so insightful and helpful for me as I am admittedly terrified of flash and need to learn how to use it more effectively. Thank you SO much!

Traci - I was wondering how you handle camera shake with a low shutter speed of 1/15th. Thanks for sharing this important info.

Michelle Sidles - First, thank you so much for doing this series. I'm following it closely and testing all your tips. It's already made me feel so much more confident. I am a natural light, manual mode photographer but I'm now moving into studio settings and need to figure out the on & off camera lighting. At some point will you point us in the direction of books or resources that have helped you in your learning? :) Off to drag my shutter! Thanks Melissa.

Priscilla Souza - I love your blog and I am really enjoying this series!

Christine - Thanks for the lighting posts. I'm wondering why your ISO is at 100 if you are trying to utilize as much ambient light as possible. Is there a reason you choose to drag the shutter speed, shoot at wide open, but keep the ISO low? Thanks, Melissa!