Photography : Use Long Exposures to Up Your Photography Game

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If you’ve been itching to try your hand at daytime long exposure photography but aren’t sure how to jump in, here’s a great simple and straightforward 12-minute tutorial on the subject by photographer Adam Karnacz of First Man Photography.

Karnacz covers all the basics and teaches through doing. The video was made during a trip to Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, during which Karnacz captures three long exposure photos, each in a different location:














“One of the really nice things about long exposure photography is it really says to the viewer that it’s not just a snapshot,” Karnacz says. “You have literally put the time and the effort in to capture something different than anyone else walking by would have captured.”