Hello!
So I don't know much about photography and basically am a beginner, but I always wanted to do long exposure photography. I recently purchased a Nikon D3100 (using kit lens 18-55mm) and found a spot where I wanted to take a picture of a bridge with cars and get that effect of streaks of lights, I was planning to do it around 4:30-5:00pm and from where I am that's when the sun is basically down and the sky it a dark blue and soon turning dark as night. I did some research and looked up some tutorials, but some extra advice/help would be nice. So far I noticed that majority of the articles mentioned that you need a digital camera with manual functions, tripod, and shuttle release remote (optional). But I wanted some help on switching the ISO, aperture, shuttle speed, etc.
So far it seems like these are the general steps in long exposure...please correct me if I'm wrong and changes that are necessary...
-Adjust the ISO level to 100/200 (or lowest level your camera allows), at least for night photography
-Adjust aperture to f/8 or f/11
-Adjust shuttle speed for 1 to 3 minutes (depending on the situation)
I know it differs for every picture/setting but which adjustments would you suggest for long exposure photography? I'll definitely taking multiple shots with different adjustments and trial-and-error, but I wanted some suggestions. Also are filters necessary for night long exposure photography?I heard for daytime long exposure a dark tinted filter (sorry don't know what they are called) is necessary, but not for night.
Again, I'm a complete beginner to photography and any help/advice would be much appreciated!
Thanks
0ptics
So I don't know much about photography and basically am a beginner, but I always wanted to do long exposure photography. I recently purchased a Nikon D3100 (using kit lens 18-55mm) and found a spot where I wanted to take a picture of a bridge with cars and get that effect of streaks of lights, I was planning to do it around 4:30-5:00pm and from where I am that's when the sun is basically down and the sky it a dark blue and soon turning dark as night. I did some research and looked up some tutorials, but some extra advice/help would be nice. So far I noticed that majority of the articles mentioned that you need a digital camera with manual functions, tripod, and shuttle release remote (optional). But I wanted some help on switching the ISO, aperture, shuttle speed, etc.
So far it seems like these are the general steps in long exposure...please correct me if I'm wrong and changes that are necessary...
-Adjust the ISO level to 100/200 (or lowest level your camera allows), at least for night photography
-Adjust aperture to f/8 or f/11
-Adjust shuttle speed for 1 to 3 minutes (depending on the situation)
I know it differs for every picture/setting but which adjustments would you suggest for long exposure photography? I'll definitely taking multiple shots with different adjustments and trial-and-error, but I wanted some suggestions. Also are filters necessary for night long exposure photography?I heard for daytime long exposure a dark tinted filter (sorry don't know what they are called) is necessary, but not for night.
Again, I'm a complete beginner to photography and any help/advice would be much appreciated!
Thanks
0ptics