Master Long Exposure Photography in Minutes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video, I explain how to set up your camera for Long Exposure Photography in an easy way. NO NEED FOR GUESSING OR APPS!
Unlock the secret to perfect long exposures-no guessing, no apps! In this video, I’ll show you a foolproof way to set up your camera, especially when using 10-stop or 15-stop filters.
If long-exposure photography has you feeling unsure or frustrated, this guide is for you. I’ll break down the settings you need and, more importantly, how to use them effectively.
Too often, I see photographers wasting time guessing their settings in the field. This can cost you the shot! But with one simple trick, you’ll never guess again-and no need to dig for a phone app.
This hack works with any camera or filter set, and once you learn it, you’ll wonder how you ever managed without it!
Cheers
Gary Gough
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Thank you Gary! The real trick is remembering your lesson at 6 am!
😁😁
Cheers to that!
Here's my 06:00 am hack.
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You explained that in a really easy to understand way. Great video
I wish I saw this video 30 years ago. This has to be the easiest way to under exposure. Brilliant Gary.
30 years ago you'd have had to deal with reciprocity failure as well if using film.
Clear, precise and understandable. Excellent job Gary. 👏🏻
Thanks 👍
Interesting and thanks for that. I use the six stop or 6400 rule.
Which goes:
Set up camera.
Select manual settings.
Set ISO to 6400.
Take light reading using preferred metering option
The result in seconds at 6400 is minutes at ISO 100 at the selected aperture.
Works for me, and as it is mathematical adaptable to other ISO e.g. if 15 stops too much meter at 10, attach 15 stopper and lengthen exposure by 50%.
Just a thought.
Hope it's useful
Thanks Gary. That was brilliantly explained and will be very useful to me.
Cheers 👍👍
I absolutely love the way you pour your passion into your videos. You come across as completely genuine and I love that. You would make an amazing uncle!!! lol.
i have a 10 stop and this will really help on my next long exposure try. I have managed to get a few shots to work but I needed the real formula to settle my thinking. Thank you! I expect the next outing to go much smoother.
It definitely will Mark. Cheers 👍👍
Another stunning tutorial, easy to follow and thats down to how Gary presents it. Son many video tutorials make things sound complicated, Gary has a knack of explaining things by keeping the process simple. Thanks.
Kind of you to say, thank you xx
Beautifully clear and well explained.
"Remember, it's a science", says the man with a great sense of artistic photography.
I'd quibble with just one aspect, f-stop numbers. When I first started photography, with a 35mm film SLR, apertures were always specified in this format: "f/2.2" or "f/11", ie focal length DIVIDED BY 2.2 or 11, so a 220mm telephoto lens would have an effective aperture diameter of 220 divided by 2.2, or 100 mm. This form of notation seems to have completely disappeared - are people today no longer capable of understanding what division means? Knowing that it's division by a number, it's obvious that the larger the number at the bottom of the fraction, the smaller the effective aperture, so it's no longer necessary to think in that convoluted and non-scientific way, that larger number means smaller aperture. Modern day sloppy thinking.
great video!! it's the first time I watch the easiest way por understanding the procedure for the 10 or 15 stops of light. I'll always remembre the number 30. Greetings from Catalonia
Thank you Gary, no need for an app anymore!
Fantastic video Gary, thank you
Very welcome
Thank you very much
First class tutor and photographer ❤
Very kind Edward, thank you
Thank you Gary. That has really made sense of long exposure, now to be able to remember when I am out in the field. Thanks for sharing.
Great tutorial. You've encouraged me to have a try at this delightful photographic technique.
Thank you Gary,
A superb, really easy to understand presentation and perfectly explained by yourself.
Yes I will be trying this out with my 10 stop filter.
Thank you again 👍
You are very welcome and thank you
My jaw nearly dropped! Gary Gough in St Anne’s! I’m 5 mins away! Great video as always ❤
Thanks Gary, blooming brilliant, you’ve made it very understandable.
Hi Gary, I bought a 10 stop filter but never used as I found it difficult. With your tutorial for sure i will give it a try in the coming days. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Excellent and brilliantly explained
Many thanks!
Outstanding. Thank you so much for simplifying the process.
Cheers Ron 👍👍
Great explanation. Thank you Gary.
Very welcome
THANK you Gary. Very interesting
Cheers 👍👍
Thanks Gary, will keep this in mind
Cheers 👍👍
Thanky you very much Gary, was very clear and helps a lot. Take care Michael
Brilliant Gary. Thank you very much. I found that video very interesting
This was a real great tutorial Gary. Good and useful explanation of your workflow. Thanks and cheers👍
Cheers Martin 👍👍
A terrific explanation as usual Gary 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😊
Thank you kindly
Hello Mr Gary , only I can say thank you and love you . I had problems but you teaching me , thank you . From Milton Keynes
You are very welcome
@@GaryGough thank you
Excellent explanation, thank you Gary. Greetings from Berlin.
Great explanation Gary 👍. I've picked up on your 1/8sec=2 mins approach from plenty of your previous videos, but I'm sure this will be really useful to lots of people who might find the process a bit confusing.
Cool, thanks
Thank you Gary 🙂
Cheers 👍👍
Thank you Gary - that's the best photography tutorial I've ever seen. I've a 10 stop filter gathering dust for the past 6 months because I thought I knew how to use it, and then realised I didn't. Now I do. Thanks again.
Great video and really useful for a project I'm about to start. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, very well explained. Thanks Gary.
Thank you Gary. This trick I didn't know and will be very helpful for me. Creatings from the Netherlands.
I really like the clarity of your explanation and the simple 30th of a second to 30 seconds hack/heuristic with a 10 stop was new to me. Of course, it all goes out of the window with film photography, where reciprocity failure means those speeds get longer once you go over a second depending on the film. But then who shoots film these days? Oh hang on, yes, me.
Thank you all clear.
Looking forward to getting out and giving this a go , many thanks for your explanation!
Sweet ! Thanks Gary.
I’ll be trying that out at padley gorge tomorrow brilliant Gary
Great advice Garry can't wait to do your February workshop at Glencoe and learn even more
Perfect! Thanks so much 😁
No problem! Cheers 👍👍
Thank you Gary for this advice. You are a Master 🙏🏻
Fantastic tutorial as always, a master class, thank you 😊
WoW
Thanks a ton Gary…
Really helpful and am certainly going to practice…
Cheers 👋
Very very helpful, thank you. Keep up the great work.
Thanks, will do!
Thank you, Gray, it was constructive
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Very informative Gary thank you for sharing
Excellent Tutorial. Thank you.
First class Gary.
Cheers 👍👍
Great video! Thanks Gary 👍
Thank you xx
Thanks great job I’m learning a-lots
Can only endorse other comments, a brilliant tutorial thank you!😀
Thanks Gary, as always an informative and interesting video
Your Videos are always informative..Thank you Sir..
Cracking video as always Gary, very informative. Love how you say, " it really is that simple" 🤣🤣
WOW how easy !! Thank you
Excellent info!
Thank you 👍👍
Thanks Gary il give it a go 😊👍🏻
Cool 👍👍
Gary, seriously, I'd watched twice the video, my brain doesn't works well 😂
I've always used the 1/8th of a second rule 🙈, great video, as usual, just invested in the new K&F pro filter system, so have to get out and try this..
Cheers Mark 👍👍
That is so helpful, thank you for sharing, my long exposures have been guestimates so looking forward to trying this out
Great video. Simple any easy and makes sense!
Thnx Gary as always 👏👏
Thank you for a great tutorial!
Excellent.
thank you.
Thank you ,thank you, thank you! I have just come across you by accident, Subscribed!... I use a 10stop filter. badly it seems! no matter what I try, waves are blown out, even if the rest of the pic is coal black ?? .. I'm going to watch and watch again, then off to the beach see what I can do . I might have a problem with bulb mode -sony don't make a remote for a7c
Great info as always.
That sure makes figuring out long exposure easier to understand. I’ve struggled trying to figure out proper exposures using ND filters. Thank You. But now I’m curious what you are doing with your IPhone mounted on top? Are you using it as an external monitor? If so, how does that work? I’d love to try that.. Thanks again!!
Thanks for showing your way. It would be cool if you share your experience from switching Canon to Nikon, and dslr to mirrorless
Difficult to do because my channel is sponsored by Nikon. Obviously, there’s nothing wrong with the Z8, far from it, but people would assume I’m biased.
@@GaryGough I'm sure Nikon it's a great camera. I just curious about your feelings. If reject any of camera brands. It's more about feeling between pentaprismatic and mirrorless systems. For me it would be cool if Canon or Nikon will continue to produce pentaprism hybrid cameras. In any case, thanks for paying attention :)
You're welcome 👍👍
Thank you for sharing.. Now I don't need to keep guessing the settings anymore like headness chicken 😅😅
Subscribed, thank you😀
well explained
Brilliant
Cheers Philip 👍👍
Brilliant!!!
I would add “bloody” to your brilliant comment!
Hello.The explanations and presentation are very simple to understand and apply. I'm curious about the phone holder used to film the camera screen. Can you give us some details please? Thank you!
I use this... amzn.to/3ZRz37e
Hope that helps
Great video, thank you. Is there a formula to work out the starting number for any ND filter value?
Excellent,I no this is for 10/15 stop filters but can I ask what you recommend settings wise for a 6 stop filter please Gary
Great video again and so logical in the process. Please could you advise on the hotshoe mount you used to hold your mobile phone as it did not appear in your list of equipment you use. It looks like it is an apple phone and it would be really helpful in producing my own footage with my Fujifilm camera if compatible??
Awesome
Cheers 👍👍
I've always used the LEE filter app on my phone but it never seems quite right so I end up doing a few laborious shots to get it dialled in. This, if my ADHD brain will allow it looks a far better system. I may have to get a bit of hands on with you on this at the Harris and Lewis workshop later this month. cheers Gary
Already looking forward to it Ian 👍👍
Excellent video.
If I remember correctly when using long exposures on film the 2 to 1 relationship broke down to an extent requiring somewhat longer exposures than calculated.
This fall off did depend on the film stock used and required some experimentation.
Is the same true, in your experience for digital cameras?
Hey Gary that watch was tooo distracting 😂😂😂😂
Grea tvideo pal. Really eay to understand
Cheers John 👍👍
Very well explained but why didn't the histogram move back to the right when you changed shutter speeds to 1 & 2 minutes?
Thanks a very handy tip ; 3 clicks tip :)
Bravo , super vidéo , je vis essayer tout cela. J ai vu que vous utilisez un support pour phone , ou peut on l’acheter et quel câble faut il prendre ? Merci , content de vous suivre
Can you please explain the phone mounted on top of the camera? Is it displaying the EVF or the back screen? On a DSLR could a similar set up be used in conjunction with Live View?
Great video BTW. I’ve always found my base (unfiltered) exposure and then counted 10-stops on my fingers. Your method is easier but both show you don’t need an App if you understand what you’re doing.
Hi Gary, thanks for such a great video again ! what is that holding your iphone ? - looks like something I need :-)
Hi , thank you for the excellent explanation .
If you set for Bulb , does the remote trigger operate the time automatically , or you have to close the trigger ?
I have no trigger for my nikon Z 8 & considerung to buy the pixel TW 283 .
One of the best tutorial / brain reminder LOL i have seen .thanks
Thank you 👍👍
Great video as always. One question though, and im guessing a little when i say its beacuse your camera was at an "unorthodox" ISO, but when you went from 60seconds to 120seconds the histogram didnt move back over to the right. Is there a reason for that?
I had my 10-stop filter on the lens. This meant it was outside of the histograms parameters. The maths is all that counts. Hope that made sense. 👍👍
@@GaryGough hmm ok. Just thought ot strange that the histogram moved when you went 30 seconds to 60 seconds but not from 60 seconds to 120 seconds. Didn't realise that it would only work within certain parameters but I get the point of it all being about the maths and it made complete sense.
Very good. Just minor picky point: ISO doesnt change sensitivity of the sensor to light. ISO is merely applied gain to exposure. Of course this doesnt change the fundamentals of your tutorial at all.
You are a bit very good. Thanks.
We'll call it the "Gary 30 Rule"!
Gary a tip for wet sand is to use 3 old CD’s at the bottom of your tripod feet.
My concern is f16. You're going to get diffraction at that f stop.