Research

Long Exposure

A tripod is usually used whilst trying out this technique as often the camera needs to be as still as possible with a few exceptions. I feel this is popular within photography as once you know how to do it, it is easy to repeat and gives you excellent images. The shutter is open for a long time therefore letting in more light, if you are doing something such as light graffiti you would then need your aperture quite high as you want only the lines of light to be visible.

This is what i'm thinking of doing. I want to get someone and experiment with this technique, get them to stay still for a couple of seconds then move to a different position and freeze again. I will have to attempt this a few times to get the right result.

This is another slow shutter idea i would like to try out, it has been done a lot and may seem common and not unique but it is something i have wanted to try for a while so i will! I will take my camera and tripod out to a near by river or stream and using a slow shutter speed hopefully get a good result.

I have my own long exposure light graffiti here which i did in my sisters bedroom with fairy lights on the wall and a light stick. My sister moved the stick around in front of the fairy lights whilst i also moved the camera around during the shot. Its simple but i like the outcome.

I have made an attempt at another long exposure image which is in the 'Photoshop' section of this project.