Slow Shutter Speed For Landscapes

Landscape shot its not just a shot where you point your camera and snap. But it is also a kind art where u need to imagining it in order to create an eye catching image. Most professional landscape photographer, taking their time when go out to shoot their landscape images. Early morning and late afternoon is the best time for landscape,(Golden Hour).

For this time I will touch about using slow shutter speed in landscape. By adding movement and motions in the images,It will make the photo a little bit more extra eye catching compare to normal point and shot image. But of coz sometime it depend on the subject.
Before you go and take your shot, do some research on what type of shot you wanna take. 1st, read some photography magazines or book about photography. take a look at some of the images that been taken by other photographer to have an idea. Then decide where in your local area you think
you can get the shot you wanted. Always have in mind of what kind of shot you wanted to create. Imagination is good. Draw in your mind.
To shot landscapes that you can add motion, you choose either a beach, stream or even a street or city night shot where you can capture movement of a cars.
Prepare your equipment, camera, filters, cable release, tripod or bean bag.
When using a long exposure, tripod and cable release is very important in minimizing camera shake. Filters is essential in slowing down shutter. when using long exposure, it best to use a setting of lowers ISO..100-200 and aperture ranging between f16-f22, small aperture can make shutter speed become slow.try to shot manual setting, learn using manual. Shooting raw will give you advantage because you can always change the white balance later.

Starting photography (Macro)

A lot of people think that only DSLR can create good image.Now they are wrong. Good images is actually come from the photographer itself. How he/she compose the image from they own imagination. It is like drawing except it using a camera instead of pencil and paper. Practice is one of the key, keep shooting. Now a day, is a digital era. With digital camera, you loose nothing but battery charge only.

GET USE TO YOUR CAMERA SETTING

When you buy a new camera, make sure you read the manual book before start shooting your camera.It help you alot. Most people that just bought a new camera. they never open their manual book. Straight away using it. It best for you to read and understand your camera before you start clicking it.Get use to the buttons and menus. Most people never realize that their digital compact can take macro shot. It is because they never read their manual book. This shot of a small bug was taken using Sony Digital Compact camera, not a DSLR. Any compact camera have these setting where it capable of doing macro shot. Mostly just in one press of a button. usually the button for macro shot is using a symbol of a flower. You just need to find it. Macro shot can be in your own home or garden. If you already have your digital compact camera, go and try macro.

Twilight shots

This images was shot using a setting of
f4.5 ISO400 and expose about 5 minute.
Camera was mounted on a tripod.
this shot will be much more punchy
if the shutter left open longer than 5 minute.
shooting a night shot means stay awake all night.
make sure when you are shooting night shot,
you get enough sleep during day time.

Tripod and cable release is needed for
this shot.