ESSENTIAL PHOTO SKILLS MADE EASY
1 HOUR
Photographers often obsess about detail, sharpness and resolution, but simplicity can be just as powerful, and by paring down images to their basic elements we can create beautiful, minimalist artwork. Here we’ll show you how, from setting up and shooting long exposures, to stripping out the colour for a gorgeous mono finish.
There are few things that highlight the engineered magic of photography more than a long exposure. When we stretch out our shutter speeds to several seconds, or even minutes, any motion in the scene is recorded as a beautiful silky blur, and the ability it gives us to present everyday scenes in a completely different, abstract or even surreal way can be hugely effective.
This is because, for certain scenes, the…