How to take CREATIVE LONG EXPOSURE photos
One of the things that makes long exposure photography so striking is how it has the power completely alter your viewer’s whole perception of a place. With a long exposure, you are dealing with an extended passage of time, compressed down into a single image. It’s a form of photography that is very far removed from making images of the world we experience in day-to-day life. You can use it to create images that play with our perception of reality. Images can be more surreal, more dream-like.
Long exposure is also a great way to make your shot immediately say “This photograph is not a snapshot.” It gives your work a gravitas that commands attention. It can also bring out the best in you as a photographer, because it forces you to take your time and think about every detail of your shot.
But there’s a lot more you can do with long exposure than you might think. It’s so much more than just light-trail night shots of cities and black and white ‘art’ images of the sea. There are many creative and interesting ways you as a photographer can utilise long exposure to make images that really capture people’s attention.
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Amazing indeed. I will experiment it today evening.
This reminds me of oceans eleven… Great video!
Expertly narrated!
The photos shown in the first half of the video were too depressing. I almost stopped watching because that type of photography wouldn't interest me but in the second half where Jamie is teach us how to do this style of photography the results were very nice.
Really interesting- thank you, but the music made me think about suicide.
the best video on photography ever!
Amazing video, thank you so much!
If you are gonaa use photoshop to put people in then why not take a regular photo and remove people with photoshop as necessary. What's the point !!!
It is important to keep in mind that for the first 100 years since photography was invented/announced in 1839, every photograph was essentially a long exposure picture. Daguerre's first famous image of 1939 in Paris, had a man with his shoe being shined in the urban landscape, deliberately placed by the photographer himself to fixate a human figure (two in this case) during the 5 minute + exposure, not unlike the "Lucy & Simon" photos, for all the urban arena was blurred away so the steets looked completely empty but for those two people . And portraits required strange mechanical supports for people's heads so they remained still, while the eyes looked oddly blurred because of all the blinking during the 8, 9 minute exposures for a daguerreotype immage. So, long exposures, far from being a trend, were the norm for photography until the 1930s when the so called "rapid" film was introduced.
Very interesting
These are all amazing images. but those Titarenko photos are hauntingly beautiful. Especially the shot at 6:41
I love to experiment, and this has opened a huge world of possibilities. I can't finish exploring this. Thank you.
Jamie amazing video I am very appreciative that I found it. It actually made me go outside and try your tips in my backyard at night, and I ended up getting one really great photo and learned more about how to improve my shots. Crazy stuff thank you!
Incredible video. First one I’ve seen. Love how you showed examples of people before the technique. Doubled my learning in one amazing video. Immediate like and subscription. Thank you
Great video!
Subscribed, thanks for the great information in this video !
Such good content! Thanks for sharing and presenting all those great photographers with their amazing and inspiring art. 😊
very enjoyable thank you.
Superb production!
Your videos are so inspiring and thought provoking. They get me thinking more creatively
You're not just an informer but also an inspiration who pushes others to go beyond the rules of conventional photography and find our own unique style. Thanks for the tips but mostly the motivation to go out there and hit that shutter button as we like.
thank you for this
It should be noted, that you can get the exact same effects by stacking images that you take with shorter exposure times. Might save you the trouble of getting an ND1000 filter and also facilitates the picture-taking.