​Simple 7 steps to take a perfect long exposure photo

If you are a beginner in photography, you may be interested in long exposure photos, canvas prints but you don't know how to start. This article hopes to use simple words and steps to introduce how to take beautiful long exposure photos. Let's learn!

Pay attention to the weather and time

As the name implies, canvas prints online the long exposure photo is an open shutter, which allows the camera to capture changes in the environment for a long time. It is often used for shooting water, clouds, car tracks, etc. In the relationship between aperture, shutter and ISO, long-time exposure means that shutter slows down. At this time, aperture and ISO should be adjusted accordingly. However, aperture and shutter cannot be infinitely smaller. Therefore, it is necessary to pay close attention to the strength of external light source. If there is no cloud in the sky and abundant sunshine, it may not be a good time to take long-time exposure photos (because it is easy to overexpose, and the shutter is not slow How much)! We can choose to take long exposure photos of the scenery department when there are clouds or when the sun rises and sets. Of course, the car track, star track and so on are taken at night.

Observe the target terrain in advance

A successful landscape photo, observing the target terrain in advance can let you grasp the time and composition of shooting earlier, especially the long exposure photo, floating frames canvas prints each photo will also be captured for a long time, frequent conversion of the shooting place may make you not take many small photos, so if you can, more than at different times to the desired scenic spot inspection environment, to grasp the time, one click Medium.

With stand-by tripod, shutter cable and backup power

To take a long exposure photo, besides the camera lens, remember to bring a tripod and backup power. A stable tripod is a prerequisite for taking a good long exposure photo. If the tripod is not stable enough, or you forget to bring a tripod, the quality of the long exposure photo will be greatly affected. The shutter line can be replaced by self shooting / countdown, but it is more efficient and convenient to shoot with the shutter line. It is recommended that you prepare.

Focusing skills

If the shooting position has been set, do not use auto focus, especially at night or in the dark environment. Auto focus has a great chance of failure. You only need to use auto focus once (you can face the light-emitting area that is easy to focus, but the distance must be the same), then set the lens or camera to manual focus (MF), and then avoid moving the camera or the camera The focus ring is convenient for shooting all the time.

Setting exposure with M-mode

Beginners may use more aperture pre-set mode to take photos of landscape portraits, but when taking long exposure photos, it is recommended to use manual mode, so that you can fully master the settings of aperture, shutter and ISO, and take the ideal photo effect in your mind. Moreover, the "urgency" of long exposure photos is not as big as other photos. Beginners can slowly adjust it, so they can also learn manual exposure a good time for light!Add a dimmer or gradient gray filter

Sometimes I want to take long exposure photos during the day. When I set the aperture and ISO to the limit, the photos are also overexposed. Now it's time to use the ND filter! The dimmer is a gray semi transparent mirror with different degree of light reduction effect. It is recommended that students prepare ND4 and nd8 dimmers. Now there are some adjustable dimmers to consider, which is very convenient.

Take and check histogram

OK, after the above six steps, you can finally press the shutter to take a picture, but remember to refer to the histogram after taking the picture, especially the long exposure picture in the daytime, to avoid overexposure or underexposure.

Long exposure photos are easy to take and have good effect. It's a subject that must be practiced by students who are learning photography. Therefore, whether it's sunny or rainy, photos on perspex in the morning or in the evening, we can also take tripod to take photos. You will find fun in it!