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.

Now, sometimes people would enjoy capturing the nature and surroundings. However, there are parts of nature which are in movement and constant flow, one could imagine how tricky could it get trying to make a perfect shot out of a moving vehicle or a flowing river. There could be blurry parts and some patches that signifies uneven distribution of light from the source.

Now, long exposure basically is one of the ways to make amends to such problems. Photographers are trying so hard to learn about this technique because they could use it a lot on outdoor shots especially on moving models. But, like most technique that comes in photography, this too has several consideration that needs to get covered by.

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.

Digitally speaking, as the camera shutters open and close, that is where the recording of data starts. The speed has something to do with how clear the object would be recorded even with its motion. And light basically would add on the factor of speed the shutter has.

The faster the shutter speed would be a potential mess. Imagine looking at a certain point and opening your eyes and closing it as fast as you could. Notice how blurry it gets, that is how the shutter speeds are supposed to work.

Another aspect which is in need of consideration is aperture. Now, this one right here would be the one responsible in trying to control the light that goes in the lens and would hit the sensor. This reflects more light if there is a need to and it lessen the light as well. And because outdoors can have excessive light, it is hard to use slow shutter speed without making the light unevenly proportioned.

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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