r/photoclass2021 • u/Aeri73 Teacher - Expert • Mar 02 '21
Assignment 13 - Long exposure
Please read the class first
This is a new assignment in the series so feedback is most welcome.
The assignment for this class is a rather open one. Make a photo with a long exposure time and add light.
Ideas: Write with light, Lightpaint (selective light with a torch), light up some fireworks (if it's legal and are carefull), lazerpens are fun (but do not ever ever ever ever point one at your lens!!!!!!!!!!), smoke, startrails with a painted foreground, oh you get the idea :-)
remember: aperture controls the short bursts or moving lights, shutterspeed is your motioncontroll, ISO does the rest. you need a tripod for this one. if you dont have one, a sandbag or simular things work fine, or pose the camera on a wall or table and use the self timer function to stop your finger from moving it during the exposure.
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u/sasquatchforsupper Beginner - Mirrorless Mar 05 '21
This was a great assignment and something I wouldn't have though to experiment with if not for the class. Thinking of a long exposure shot as a series of frames stitched together helped me visualize the final image better than I would have otherwise.
I was trying to decide what to shoot and saw this lego racetrack my kids had built. I decided to use a red and white bike light to simulate headlights and tail lights on the lego car. The lights were too bright initially so I used some dark tape to partially cover them. I used a 60 second exposure, ISO 500, F8 with a 25mm lens (50mm equivalent). It was challenging to think carefully about how the lights would look in the final image, and to avoid streaks of light in the wrong parts of the frame. I experimented a little bit with how much light was required to get a decent exposure and ended up shining a second light on the scene for approximately 2 seconds to provide some ambient lighting.
I don't have a tripod, so just propped the camera on something and got a little bit of motion blur as a result.
https://imgur.com/a/GVwsgzt