Tutorial led by Editor Michel Romaggi in collaboration of Milan Malovrh 
Edited and published by Yvette Depaepe, the 19th of February 2025

What is the purpose of this special process that you often use in your photographs?
Showing movement in photographs has always been a technical challenge for me in the photographic process of making a photograph. If I go back 50 years, I used to use a lot of analogue zoom and pan techniques in sports photography, even on both sides in the same shot. I gave that up when I went digital because of the cheap filters in PS motion blur and zoom blur processing. Yes, even with the possibility of an incredible number of shots in a second, my goal is not just to show the ideal moment, but somehow a film sequence composed in one shot. The possibility of this processing allowed me to make multiple exposures of two or three shots in the camera itself. This technique did not suit me for short exposures, so I started experimenting with longer exposures, around 1/30th of a second, or even 1/15th of a second.
A very small number of good results led me to set up two cameras mounted on a console, both with the same focal length. Both cameras are pointed at the same point of the object to be photographed. The cameras are wired together for simultaneous focusing and shutter release. A homemade eccentric shaker is mounted on the same console, which breaks the panning effect of my photography in the camera for a long time, but does not affect the camera set for a very short time.
With this set of equipment I get several shots in a long time and the same simultaneous sharp shot. I combine both shots, and on the basic multiple shot, by erasing, I keep only the necessary sharp contours of the object in the sharp sequence of photography.
I get the best results using focal lengths between 100 and 200mm.

'In no wind'

You have used it a lot with horses, less often with other subjects. What makes you choose this or that subject?

'Morning dream'

I developed the technique I am describing when photographing horses, especially in motion, that is, when the animal is galloping. Several possible repetitions are essential because this type of photography is more experimental in nature. Later, I also chose sports that were accessible to me, it's about access, accreditation to competitions and again suitability, whether it's a mass sport like cycling, cross-country skiing or interesting kayaking, canoeing in the fight against rapids on white water. Given the size of the animals, larger birds, swans and of course the mass events, whether it's flights, landings or courtship and the action that goes with it, are suitable for me.

Can you tell us about the different steps you took to create "Fly"?

'Fly'

For the photograph called Fly, because of the distant flights of the swans, I used two longer lenses 200-500mm and 150-600mm on a Nikon D5, where the setting was multiple, sequence of two shots, average merging, speed 1/20 sec f 11 ISO 64 and on the second Nikon D850 1/1000 sec f 5.6 ISO 1600.  Focusing autofocus spot focal length 390mm on both. Shutter released in series.

I didn't use a shaker because the focal length was too long.
Post-processing of the selected subject from multiple shots in Raw converter, light and contrast processed and converted to JPG format. I used the Topaz labs sharpen AI sharpening program to ensure good sharpness, so I did not use a shot from another camera.

Finally, can you tell us a little about yourself and your photographic practice?
I was born in 1951 in Trži, in northern Slovenia. After primary school I became a member of a photography club. Photography has been with me ever since. From the beginning I was attracted by movement in photography, where I found my own personal expression. The subjects I have focused on include certain sports, horse photography, especially Lipizzan, landscape photography, Venetian motifs, etc. I have participated in numerous national and international exhibitions with my work and have had 29 personal exhibitions.
I have been a member of 1x for 15 years.

Read more about Milan Malovrh in his interview published in 2016
[3] Milan Malovrh: Photographer of the week

'Race 4'