FUNS STUFF; Abstract art Part 1
If you’re into abstract art a fun and cool looking shots can be taken at night. You can either move the camera, and get wild lighting shots or you can make your city come to life and get the light to move for you. The shutter speed is slowed at night to capture all the possible light. Any movement will case the blurred images. This is what makes night shooting the lights fun.
First if you want abstract art with lights that don’t show detail then you will want to move the camera such as in “Camera Tossing�. Or if you’re not brave enough to toss you expensive camera you can drive around your city taking shots from the moving car.
Please be safe and have someone else drive while you do this. Drive down the highway where there will be lights from the city, overhead streetlights, and cars.
• Put your camera on night scene
• Disable the flash
• Point the camera at the lights you are going to take
• Press the shutter and wait for it to snap the picture. It will take a few seconds for the picture to be taken but you will not be disappointed with the results. You will have wavy lines, blurry objects, and a photo that is truly unique. The shot to the right is the USS Lexington taken from our Harbor Bridge while my husband was driving over it.
If you cannot change the settings on your camera don’t worry, I took these example photos with a point and shoot camera many years ago. I was driving home one night by a local refinery when this big blue flare went off. Well I wasn’t going to stop in the traffic to take a picture so I got out my point and shoot and snapped off a shot. This is how it came out. I also took some of passing cars and over head lights. They are truly unique and the better the camera the better the shots will come out. Mine did not have any extra settings so I was stuck with auto shoot.
Wednesday I will have part 2 making your city come alive!
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