A long exposure photo can capture the movement of lights.
If you've ever seen a photo with fireworks or a nighttime shot with the blur of car headlights, then you've seen a photo that uses long exposure. Long exposure photos allow you to capture objects in low light or at night, or blur light and motion, but to do this you have to adjust your camera's shutter speed. In a normal point-and-click photo, the shutter will stay open for less than a second, but a long exposure photo needs a shutter that will stay open for about a second or more.
Instructions
1. Place your camera on your tripod in front of the object, scene or person you'd like to take a long exposure film of. Turn your camera on and set it to "Manual."
2. Increase the aperture setting on your camera if you are shooting at night or in low-light conditions. Aperture affects the amount of light that passes through the lens. The more aperture, the more light that will pass through the lens.
3. Set your camera's ISO to a higher number, such as 800 or 1600, if you are shooting in low-light or at night. ISO refers to the camera's sensitivity to light -- the higher the ISO, the more sensitive to light it will be.
4. Set your camera's shutter speed to around one second or just under one second.
5. Take multiple photos, adjusting the aperture, ISO and shutter speed until you have photos that you are happy with.
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