Long Exposure

Light in Motion

Both of these photos were taken on High Street late at night. The photo on the left was facing an intersection with cars turning right onto High Street. The photo on the right captured cars traveling Northward up High Street. This was my first experience taking long-exposure photos. Every time I see over exposed photos of cars like this with the taillights or headlights being dragged across the image, I think its symbolic of life’s constant motion and never-ending locomotion in our society.

Long-Exposure Still Light w/ PS Edits

In the original photo (left), I set my camera on a ledge and set the exposure timer for 8-seconds. Once I started the photo, I got into position and attempted to use my phone flashlight to create the Disney logo. After that, I put the photo into PhotoShop and edited it a ton. First I changed the hue, contrast, brightness, and saturation until I got the neon pink color. After, I created a kaleidoscope effect on the photo and warped it multiple times. I think the edited photo looks much more creative and artistic, but it’s so different from the original one that viewers may not be able to see what the original one actually was.

In this photo, I once again set my camera for an 8-second exposure time. This time, I took my flashlight out and attempted to draw a star. To my surprise, the star was actually visible. After I had the photo captured, I put it in PhotoShop and made multiple edits. The first being a water ripple filter that makes the photo grainer and wavier. After that I used the sponge and smear tools to distort my body and clothes. After that, I adjusted the shadows to make everything look darker. I think the edited photo does a good job of hiding the blurriness of the original by distracting viewers with such intense edits.