What is Long Exposure Photography?
Long Exposure Photography begins with an exposure of 1 second and over.
Weismann Art Museum on the campus of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Mt St Helens and Castle Lake V1
Castle Lake didn't exist before May 18, 1980. When Mt St Helens erupted the debris flow blocked Castle Creek and created a natural Dam resulting in what is now called Castle Lake you can see it to the right of Mt St Helens.
Mt St Helens and Castle Lake V2
The two above photos were created from a subset of the 89 exposures below.
The below "time lapse" video is made up of 89 exposures.
Note: I am about to begin offering private one on one instruction covering this very versatile technique for making these "Long Exposure" types of photos without the need for ND filters.
The above "Time Lapse" video is made up of 89 exposures combined, post processed and tinted to have a B&W look in Photoshop CC
No Name Waterfall
This winter wonderland is a small waterfall on the Paradise river.
A cloud above a lenticular cloud seems to be trying to mimmick the summit of Mt Rainier
Clouds racing
Clouds racing above and around the summit of Mt Rainier
A River Runs Under It
The Paradise River on Mt Rainier is almost covered over by ice and snow at this location on the way up to the Paradise Area of the mountain, a popular winter play ground and the main starting point for climbers going up to the summit.
Thors Well is a feature on the Oregon coast on Cape Perpetua, it is a blowhole, when the tide is right you get this scene. As usual timing is everything its after a wave comes in then up through the hole it spouts like a fountain, for me its when the water's receding back into the hole that the scene becomes spectacular. Making long exposures at varying exposure values, combining the exposure bracket set using manual blending techniques is produces what looks like an entrance to the under world.
Note: Being completely in the moment is critical here, literally one wrong step, or not being aware of a larger than normal (also known as a "Sneaker") wave, its easy to see where you would likely end up.
Note: Being completely in the moment is critical here, literally one wrong step, or not being aware of a larger than normal (also known as a "Sneaker") wave, its easy to see where you would likely end up.
Flowing Lenticulars
This is another example of using a technique in Photoshop to combine several exposures which gives the illusion of a single long exposure, the top lenticular cloud was moving to the left faster than the lower lenticular cloud was moving to the right which gave an interesting look to the clouds.
Clearing Storm at Mt St Helens, WA
