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Windansea Beach



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cameraNIKON D5200

settings Aperture f/22 ISO 100 Shutter 1/2 Focal Length 180/10 

upload_dateApr, 2016

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken back home in San Diego, California at a local beach called Windansea Beach. This was one of my first shots working with multiple exposures and layering them together in photoshop.

Time

This photo was taken around 7:30pm on a weekend, was back in town for the weekend from school and decided to go out shooting at new locations and discovering even more beautiful locations all throughout the city of San Diego. The beaches are always close and gorgeous to watch, especially the sunsets.

Lighting

I was getting into photography, especially long exposure photography, when I first took this photo and unfortunately did not have the right equipment at the time to prevent over exposure. With this in mind I began shooting multiple exposures so I had more to work with in post production. Getting close to the edge of the rocks and hoping you don't get hit by a huge wave crashing onto shore was a risk worth taking, especially focusing on the shot instead of the seagulls above ready to "you know what" at any moment!

Equipment

I used a Dolica Proline tripod to help shoot with my now backup camera Nikon D5200. I was using a 18-85mm lens to shoot this with a small aperture and long shutter speed. To compensate for not having ND Filters I would shoot multiple exposures, long exposures for the still water movement effect and correcting the shutter speed and aperture settings to capture the sunset perfectly.

Inspiration

The ability to take a picture of our own Milky Way, something that you could only see with the naked eye once away from light pollution, was what got me inspired to save up for a my very first camera and purchase an Nikon D3100. It seemed so surreal to me that we are capable of capturing something so far away yet just in our backyard. Through this long exposure photography has become my favorite thing to do. I then realized you can do this with water, with anything that moves. To create movement through a still image was something that was hard for me to grasp at first, but through many pictures taken and many hours of practice it became my favorite type of shooting.

Editing

Yes I did post-processing, with the multiple exposure shots taken I had to edit the shots individually and then stitch them together in photoshop to create a clear and concise image that is not over or under exposed. If only I had ND filters at the time.

In my camera bag

I always carry a tripod, wide angle lenses, telephoto lenses, multiple batteries: something every photographer needs, multiple memory cards, a deck of cards, a backup camera: Nikon D5200, and my primary camera: Nikon D610. I also carry a knife with me because you never know when you will need one!

Feedback

If your working on perfecting or starting out with long exposure photography, the best way to learn is through trial and error. Go out there, capture anything and everything, have fun with it, be creative with your shots and just shoot. Also, definitely look into purchasing natural density filters to prevent over exposure with long exposure shots.

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