Choosing the viewpoint I mostly use very wide angle lenses (10 to 20mm focal length on full frame) for long exposure photography to capture a large portion of the sky with the dynamic cloud effect – see also my chapter about gear for long exposure photography. Composing an image with very wide angle lenses is […]
Capturing the image with the camera on memory card or film is just the first step in creating a long exposure photograph. Long exposure pictures will truly come alive in post processing. I have established a standard workflow for myself which I will illustrate here step by step. It is a workflow which is optimized […]
Outdoor long exposure photographs are a co-creation of nature and photographer. The photographer must track and hunt nature’s creations to get a successful long exposure photograph. Nature makes its own plans which cannot be influenced by the photographer (fortunately not). So you cannot plan and control long exposure photography like in a studio shooting. But […]
The Camera Most likely you will not need a new camera for long exposure photography. Most cameras will work fine, as long as you can turn off all the auto modes and shoot fully manual: manual focus, manual ISO settings, manual aperture control, manual exposure time settings including BULB. Exposure times will be anything from […]
I have started with long exposure photography a couple of years ago and it has become my favourite and personal style in photography. I like the unique visual effects that wind and clouds shape and create and which my camera will record. I have learned to visualize these effects upfront and still there is always […]