Simple solution to Hands-Free BULB exposures – Rubber Band and Eraser – DIY
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The majority of DSLR Cameras only have long hands-Free shutter speeds of 30 or 60 seconds, but as you know these shutter times are not always enough especially if your attempting a star trails shot. So, the solution is to buy a shutter release cable, however for such a simple task it shouldn’t require a shutter release cable costing $50 – $100, which is the going price these days! So, instead of paying ~$50 just grab a 10 cent rubber-band and an old eraser!
Rubber Band and Eraser!
Shot of the Day #18
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The streets of Melbourne are full of life and photogenic material, I advise you to explore your city more especially at night. There were a couple of fire twirlers along Southbank and as you can see in the shots below they make for an excellent long exposure photograph :P !
Fire Twirler - Southbank Promenade, Melbourne
Zoom Lens Blur Effect – Inspiration
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Here is a small selection of inspiration for the Lens Zoom Blur Effect:
Shot of the Day #13
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Here is more long exposure night photography, I really like these long shutter speeds and the streaming car lights :P
Urban lights - Melbourne
Lens Zoom-Blur Effect – Photography
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Most of the time blur is really frustrating for photographers, but blurring can be used to create very interesting effects like in long exposures. The ‘Zoom-Blur Effect’ as it’s sometimes called can be used to draw the viewer’s eyes into the photograph and onto the subject with the edges blurred, our eyes tend to disregard the blurred parts and look for the sharp in-focus areas.
In this short simple tutorial I’ll show you how to achieve this effect. Unfortunately if you have a compact digital camera or do not have a manual zoom lens it won’t be possible to achieve the same effect, however I’ll show you how to replicate this effect in GIMP.
Drawing attention inwards on the sign
