I know you can do all kinds of cool things in Photoshop, but I'd rather spend my time playing with my camera than sitting at the computer. To that end, all three of the accompanying photos were produced on purpose, in camera, during a 15 minute trial run of the technique at some public gardens.
The technique is simple, really, and will delight those of you who have an aversion to tripods. Set your camera's ISO setting to 100, attach a polarizing filter, and stop your lens down as far as you need to get an exposure of at least 1/2 second. The polarizing filter is great in eliminating glare and increasing saturation as well as cutting light by around 1-1/2 stops, aiding you in getting the lon
ger exposures necessary for this technique.Now find your subject, focus, and move your camera during the exposure. It's that simple! Try moving it in different directions, circular motions, whatever. Also try longer exposures. That may take a neutral density filter, or wait until the light is less intense (shadows, civil twilight, etc.).
Enjoy!!
3 comments:
Very cool Jerry! I have an aversion to photoshop myself. I should have read this before we went to Silver Falls. Will try it soon.
I love the idea. Do you think this would work well on people? Say at a wedding?
Very fun. All kinds of interesting things in the garden!
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