Saturday 23 March 2019

Factors That Make Long Exposure Capture Perfect

By Christine Patterson


Photography is one of the art types that is indeed aesthetic. This allows people to keep memories in a colored piece of cardboard and keep it as proof that such memories have actually happened. There even is a saying that says photographs are the only thing that does not change which is true, although they are fading in time, they still holds special memories of places a person once have been in and keep it special. Photography has had several types and techniques especially when taking shots on specific areas and environment. One of which is the daytime long exposure photography that normally refers to taking pictures on objects which are continuously moving like waterfalls or trains and so on.

This is the capturing of objects or nature that moves in a constant motion. Indeed, there is a several challenge when doing this because sometimes, the motion would make the photo look blurry than perfect. This technique is used to make the entire capturing process come up with the most interesting photo out of those moving models.

But then, there are several consideration which are in need to be covered initially before going on through the technique. One would not appreciate and understand how this works without knowing the basic considerations that would make the entire process successful. Now, first and foremost, light is the most important factor that the camera has to play with.

Photography in general has always something to do with the light sources. It may be small or big, light is one of the most important factor which allows photography to continue its streak. The way light behaves its property is what gives photography a light to begin with. And because of that, its only normal to consider this when making a long exposure shots especially during those times when the sun is out.

So, shutter is one thing that also makes the long exposure happen. For those who are not aware what shutter is, it refers to the opening of the camera and then closing back again so that the image is recorded. Along with that is the shutter speed which is the fastness and the slowness of the shutter. The slowest the shutter speed tend to be set, the clearer the image would end up with.

Now there comes the aperture which basically refers to the setting in the lens. This controls the amount of light that comes in as well as the focal plane or depth of a photo. Now for long exposures, one would normally want the image to focus as much as possible to make the motion less blurry and that would need apertures be set in higher number.

And to make it simpler, the purpose of this technique is to capture motion in an image form by allowing more light hitting the sensor in cameras. That is even when there are limited lights on the area only. The hardest part of this is that the shutter speed is meant to be really slow but if the lights are excessive, it could add light patches on the photo itself.

Now, this may really sound quite hard than it should be but practice would help one to know all things they need to know about the technique. Set the camera in a manual mode to change the shutter speed. It could also be something helpful if one has tripod.

Tripod would block any movement that could ruin the quality when capturing something. Now, open the timer like about ten seconds to make the focusing possible. And once the camera has captured, it normally would show a smooth transition on the motion.




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