You may be surprised at what can be done using a Digital SLR(DSLR) camera to produce amazing photographs. Shots of beautiful lights at night, heavenly waterfalls, surf and clouds are possible using long exposure methods. Other tricks that you can do without the need of Photoshop (or other image editing software) include taking a photograph of several bolts of lightning in the same photograph, "disappearing" moving people from a photo, taking brilliant infrared landscape scenes and much more. Some methods need a specific filter but some need only the proper settings on your camera plus a tripod. See the video at the link at the end of this article to observe some examples of pictures with such methods plus much more.
Let's speak in brief about a few of the things you may do with your camera to produce beautiful and awesome images without Photoshop.
Long Exposure Night Photography TechniquesMost dslr cameras have exposure settings that will allow you to increase the exposure time and the ones that don't usually have a "night mode" which will give you an exposure time of two seconds. This can enable you to shoot moving lights at nighttime over a longer time than a regular photo producing light trails and other effects. You can experiment with shooting vehicle lights, carnival ride lights, fireworks, lightning and flashlight as well as sparkler lights that you move yourself to produce patterns or trace and light up physical objects.Whenever you capture lights which you move yourself for example torches, LED lights, fiber optic lights and sparklers, that is called "light painting" and may be used to create amazing images of light trails along with the illuminated surroundings and fixed objects. Anything that is in continuous motion and not illuminated by the lights for more than a second or so will not display in the photo.One k ind of long exposure digital photography you could have seen before is "star trails" which involves shooting photos of stars with extra long exposure times. This involves getting a cable release (or shutter release) for your camera to enable the extra long exposure.
Long Exposure Daytime Photography TipsDoing long exposure digital photography during hours of sunlight requires a special filter to reduce the light considerably in order to allow for a longer exposure time. You can use a Neutral Density Glass filter or even an Infrared filter to achieve this affect in the daytime and also the Infrared filter is a great method alone for shooting stunning shots. Through the day time there are several items you can shoot using a long exposure time to create awesome shots including waterfalls, surf and clouds to give them a misty, blurred, more magical appearance. It's also possible to use this method to capture scenes without having the people that are there showing up in the shot, when they are moving continuously, such as in a busy street with moving pedestrians.
Color Infrared PhotographySome awesome photos can be snapped with DSLR cameras with an infrared filter in daytime or nighttime. Such photos typically look other-worldly or magical and look like the color was modified using Photoshop. Not all cameras are capable of this as lots of newer digital cameras remove infrared light. You can test whether your camera is able to take infrared photos if you take a long exposure snapshot of your infrared tv remote control's LED as you press the power button. If the light shows up brilliantly in the shot, purchase an infrared filter to fit your dslr camera and you're set.You will need to adjust your focus with the filter off then alter the white balance after you put it on as well as increasing the shutter speed because the filter is quite dark. Sky and water will look deeper and darker and trees and plants will look white or blue/white in your infrared shots. You'll also get the same long exposure results because of the darkness of the filter t hat will make for awesome shots of falls, clouds, rivers and waves.
As you can see, there are many techniques to take unusual, beautiful and impressive digital photos using some basic techniques and gear. Definitely look at the video at the link listed below to view examples of photos shot using these methods as well as others.
Jerry Nelson is a freelance photojournalist from America. Now based in South America, Jerry turns his camera and pen on social justice issues globally. Email him today and follow him on Twitter.
Source: 3 Cool Photography Tricks -- Without Using Photoshop
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