Hi guys! I’m in Tropical Queensland in a resort town called Port Douglas. It’s a beautiful place that has been photographed probably millions of times already. This is how I photograph it differently.
Highlights from this video:
0:06 Port Douglas Resort at Tropical Queensland
0:44 Normal Exposure Image
0:46 Long Exposure Image
1:05 More Long Exposure Videos
How to Photograph Port Douglas Differently?
Okay, so how can you photograph something differently that has been done for a million times by a million other people? Well, it’s called long exposure. Below is a normal (faster 1/10th second) exposure image, look at the clouds.
Normal Exposure (1/10th sec)
Have a look at the normal exposure or the faster exposure that I photographed above. Nothing special right?
Click on these image to see them BIG!
Long Exposure (90 seconds)
What I’ve done here is, I’ve got my camera and I’ve got all the filters on the front of my lens. I’m photographing the same scene but I’m doing it as a long exposure – 90 seconds thats 1 and 1/2 minutes long. Compare this long exposure image above to the previous one – which one do you prefer?
Well for me, I prefer the long exposure just because it’s more arty. For me, there’s something about it that really captures the spirit of this place and I love the cloud movement and the lack of people in the image.
More Long Exposure Videos
If you’re interested in this long exposure photographs and how I actually do them, check out the long exposure videos from my website.
Please leave a comment below for your questions. I’ll get back to you soon.
Brent here, have a great day!
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Here are a few more – compare the long exposure image to the faster one.
i love the long exposures .. thank you for making my photography better ..
i use a polarizer for day shots but sometimes the sun light here in day time (Islamabad, Pakistan) is so strong its hard to get long exposures .. HELP
Thanks for the great tip Brent. There are several locations around where I live that I avoid, one of them being the Great Smokey Mountains National Park, because they have been photographed so much for many years by everyone. After watching your clip, and seeing how to approach it with long exposures I can’t wait to go to the same places I have been avoiding and show them in a different view. Im actually looking forward to shooting them ! Thanks for getting me to think outside the box !
Awesome John! Now you can look at everything with new eyes – it makes landscape photography way more interesting. Cheers. Brent
I love the long exposure. It shows movement and brings the location to life! I’m going to try this in a few weeks when I head down the the Jersey shore!
Have fun Judy. Brent
I agree – much prefer the long exposure – great way, as you say to make a different image from a scene. On the video you say you’ve got ‘all the filters on’ – what filters do you need to take a 90 second exposure in bright daylight please?Cheers, Ian
Hi Ian. I’m stacking different filers on the front of my wide angle lens. Polarising filter plus my ND filter. Sometimes I use a graduated ND filter too. Brent
Thank you for another great tip, long exposure did give artistic touch to landscape photography .Best Regards Nenad
Great! I’ve always wanted to try long exposure during vacation. Thanks for video!
Yes Helen it’s way more fun than just pointing and shooting!