Long exposure photography helps to create artistic images. When you increase the exposure time and capture the movements in the scene, it makes the image look otherworldly or surreal. When capturing long exposures, you cannot just lengthen the shutter speed but need to take care of the light in the frame, consider the exposure triangle and make adjustments accordingly.
Sometimes the light in the scene can be too bright to capture long exposures and in those situations, you will need to use an ND filter to lengthen the exposure time. Long exposure photography does not apply only to landscapes or night sky, but can be applied to even street photography, light painting, etc. Check out these articles that will provide you with a lot of tips and techniques to improve your long exposure photography.
A couple of months ago, we put together a bunch of articles on long exposure here. Those along with the ones here will help you to master long exposure photography and capture creative photos in various genre.
Understanding Long Exposure Photos of Clouds
Clouds are great subjects for long exposure photography and they can change the atmosphere of the image from static to instantly dynamic. They also lend a dreamy mood to any landscape or architectural photo when exposed for a long time and this needs to be done on days when there is evident cloud movement in the sky. This article talks about some important and interesting factors that will help to understand long exposure for clouds.
The 7 Minute Guide to Getting the Right Long Exposure Photography Gear
Long exposure photography, most of the time cannot be achieved by hand-holding your camera and requires a stabilising accessory like a tripod. It also requires other specific accessories depending on the light in the scene, for example neutral density filters to lengthen the exposure time when the light is bright. Besides, a cable release will also help to avoid any minor camera shakes. This article talks about the gear and accessories essential to capture perfect long exposure photos.
This is Why Long Exposure Photography is So Appealing
Long exposure photography is visually appealing. It is a type of photography where you do not know the end results until you have completed the exposure time, that can be from a few seconds to many minutes depending on the subjects and type of photography you are working on. This article talks about several reasons that make long exposure photography appealing.
2 Cheap Gear Setups for Long Exposure Photography
Long exposure photography, as many would expect, need not be a very expensive genre. It does require a camera and lens, but the rest can be adjusted for a start. You can use other stabilising agents like a wall or a bag of sand (not very practical though) instead of a tripod, but will have limitations on composing the image. You can start with shooting in low light situations or the blue hour to skip the ND filters and use the camera's in-built timer to skip the remote shutter release. This article discusses two cheap gear setups for long exposure photography.
How to Make Your Long Exposure Photography Rock By Using ND Filters
ND filters can be a great addition to any photographer's kit if they are interested in long exposure photography. ND filters come in various stops and they may be required when working in different light situations and exposure times. This article discusses how you can make your long exposure photographs rock using ND filters.
How To Use Exposure For Creative Photography
Exposure is something that needs to be mastered in order to capture images with the right exposure, be it the normal hand-held exposures or long exposures. Photographers need to get a good understanding of the exposure triangle and know how they work together for correct exposure. If you are beginner in photography, this article on exposure will help you understand it better.
A Quick Guide To Understanding ND Filters
ND filters as we have discussed above are quite essential if you wish to take up long exposure photography seriously. You cannot restrict yourself to shooting only when the light is low and in that process you will be missing out on a lot of the other interesting frames that are worthy of long exposures. Understanding ND filters is important in order to choose the right one for your photography or scene and this article is a quick guide to understanding ND filters.
Polariser Vs ND Filter
A lot of beginners in photography mistake the various filters used in photography. The ones that they are most often confused with are the polarising and neutral density (ND) filters. Both these filters are effective and useful but serve different purposes. This article will provide you all the details and differences you need to know about these two filters.
5 Free E-Books on Long Exposure Photography
Although long exposure photography is a bit advanced form of photography and requires certain skills and experience, it can also be a great way to understand exposure and how the exposure triangle plays a huge role in capturing the right exposure. Long exposure photography can be of water features, clouds, night sky and so on. This article has a bunch of free eBooks on long exposure photography, that you can download and carry along with you during your travels.
5 Important Photographers Working with Long Exposure
Long exposure photography has been around for ages and it is a genre that can be used to capture stunning fine art photographs. A lot of famous landscape and other photographers have used this technique in their photography and this article talks about five important photographers who work with long exposure.
