[Flyme Photography Classroom] Long Exposure Photography Tutorial!

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Edited by Rudraksh at 2016-07-01 15:41

 

Greetings Everyone!
Love this Resources section? I guess most like it. Well here, we will share photography tutorials, wallpapers, camera clicks and other resources. So, I bring you a very exciting tutorial on Long Exposure photography. Well, you may already know about this or may not know. But anyway, this one is awesome!

Let's Start:

What's Needed:
1. A Meizu Phone or any smartphone with Manual mode in which you can set Exposure Time and ISO.
2. A steady Tripod (Important) with a mobile phone mount.
3. Some knowledge about Manual Mode.

Some terms to know:

Exposure Time:
Well, its simply is the time you allow your camera's shutter to be open. The longer the shutter is open, the more light will get into the lens and your photo will be brighter. Exposure time works in tandem with ISO.

ISO:
ISO adjusting means you are adjusting how sensitive your camera is to light.
Lower ISO means your camera will be less sensitive to light but higher ISO increases the sensitivity of your camera.
ISO affects Long Exposure shots.


Steps:

1. Set your Tripod.
It should be set on a very plane surface. It should not be shaky. Slightest shake will spoil the shot.
If you don't have a tripod, make sure your phone is resting to a support or your hands are steady.

2. Goto Manual Mode in Camera app.

3. Now you are ready to rock. Make sure that you are gonna shoot in dark (or at dusk or dawn). Long Exposure shots looks best when shot in dark with little light.
Place suggestions: Road side, Railways, Window of a hotel or tall building, Your terrace (If the sky above you have moving objects)

4. Now if you are shooting traffic photos, then set the Exposure Time more than 2 seconds. This will capture most of the light of the vehicles. You can set it 10s too but then the photo will be very bright.

If you are shooting a sky photo, such as capturing the movement of a Airplane going by or moving clouds, then set exposure time more than 5 seconds. Such slow moving objects require the shutter speed to be slow and more exposure time to capture the movement.

5. Now, Make sure, you are completely steady, then calmly press the shutter button, then wait till your desired exposure time. Now see the shot. Ain't it looking great? If not then try another one.

You need to keep experimenting with Exposure Time and ISO to get different effects and types of photos.

Some sample shots with EXIF info:

ISO50 / Exposure Time 2s
 


ISO50 / Exposure Time 3s
 


ISO50 / Exposure Time 20s
 


ISO50 / Exposure Time 2s
 


ISO50 / Exposure Time 2s
 


ISO50 / Exposure Time 2s
 


Click some shots, and share them here :)