It's been around for a long time but lots of iPhone users still don't know that they can get a cool long exposure effect easierly and for free without ever leaving the native Camera app!

You can of course do this on other phones, but it was an iPhone I had in my hand and each platform does it slightly differently.

[I do apologise that you're treated here to my ears tack sharp but nothing else! I've been playing about with vintage lenses and thought I had it sorted manually focussed on my eyes but obviously not! I love the look but filming myself, monitoring focus but also not forgetting to look into the lens is beyond me so far but practise practise practise...]

When we open the camera app there is a concentric circle symbol in the top right corner. By activating it we are given a few options in a drop down in the left corner when we open the picture on the roll. One of these is long exposure. This can give a nice effect blurring and blending water movement, clouds or light. Anything moving really. You need to get the phone nice and steady and find a composition that has strong static elements with something moving around it.

True long exposure is when the shutter is open for longer periods of time 1/30 sec 1 sec 30 secs 1 min an hour etc. This isn't doing that but rather taking a short 3 second video then compiling the frames to give the effect. You do lose some resolution but it is still good fun and you probably wouldn't notice on social media posts.

For seeking more quality and creative freedom in long exposures whilst using your phone there is a video coming soon on just that using dedicated long exposure apps. Stay tuned!

Thanks as always for your support. If you have any questions by all means let me know in the comments.

I have smartphone masterclass workshops running in Cornwall, UK this year. You can check those out here;

https://www.wildernessphotographic.co...

1.17 Activating Live Mode in the Camera App
2.00 How it Works
3.30 Warning About Resolution
4.15 Some Examples
5.47 What To Avoid
6.49 Stability


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