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0 3ntroduction

1a 9ong Exposure E&&ects1b 9ong Exposures %uring %ay1c 4ther 9ong Exposure E&&ects2 9evitation Photography? ?@0x1A0 P'anet PanoramasB 3n&rared Photography 8u'tip'icity Photography

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e''o and than! you &or don'oading The Top $ "reati%e Photoraphy Techni&ueseboo!)3D'' be shoing you some creative ideas that you can app'y to your photographs in a variety o&di&&erent ays. #his eboo! is ritten &or peop'e ith %S9 cameras ho ant to pump out morecreativeor!. 3t is a co''ection o& some o& the best posts on PhotoExtremist.com.

%uring this eboo! 3 i'' sometimes mention using (dobe: Photoshop: so&tare. 3 high'yrecommend that i& you do not have Photoshop right no, that you pic! it up. Photoshop is theindustry standard &or editing imagery, and the most versati'e compared to a'' other app'ications.Photoshop is here the magic happens, it can turn a du'' photograph into a or! o& art, and aor! o& art into a masterpiece)

7asica''y, there are three versions o& Photoshop"(dobe Photoshop E'ements; 8ac >ersion(dobe Photoshop CS; 8ac >ersion

(dobe Photoshop CS Extended; 8ac >ersion

'hat one should you choose(

3& you have had your camera &or a hi'e and photography, photomanipu'ation and art is asigni&icant part o& your 'i&e, get CS. 3t has a vast number o& &eatures and gives a 'ot o& contro' tothe user. 8ost o& the tutoria's you see on'ine and in this eboo! i'' be geared toard CS users. 3&getting a brand ne copy o& CS &rom (maon.com is too expensive, 3 recommend getting aused copy o& CSB or even CS? &rom e7ay.com. You most 'i!e'y i'' &ind it ith a signi&icant'y

cheaper price tag. 3 ou'd go ith Photoshop CSB or CS? over the neest Photoshop E'ementsany day.

3 ou'dn$t get anything be'o CS? because the techno'ogy is becoming more and more outdated.3& you have an o'der version o& Photoshop, such as CS1, CS2, CS?, or CSB, you can Fust buy aCS -upgrade/ and get a big discount on the price. %iscounts are a'so avai'ab'e &or students.

'hat if you don)t want to buy an i*ae editin prora*(3& you &'at out don$t ant to pay &or Photoshop at a'', you can don'oad the &ree ?0 day trai' &rom(dobe.com or don'oad the &ree a'ternative program,G38P. #he G38P has a di&&erentgraphica' user inter&ace than Photoshop, so some the tutoria's in this eboo! i'' need to be done

s'ight'y di&&erent'y in the G38P.

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Lon E+posure Effects

%raing ith 'ight is extreme'y rea''y, rea''y &un.

3n order to get these types o& shots, here is a generic combination o& camera settings that you canuse as a ru'e o& thumb"

Put your camera on a tripod and use 8anua' 8ode and manua' &ocus, 'oer the 3S4 number as'o as it can go. ave your aperture at *A and your shutter speed at seconds. 3& you ant toma!e the photo brighter, change the aperture to a sma''er number


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#hese are city 'ights &rom a &ar aay distance.8ove your camera up and don


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#his is Fust a standard 'ong exposure o& a &ireor! spar!'erin motion.

Ieep in mind that i& you use a &'ash, the person ho'ding the spar!'er i'' sho up in thephotograph. egu'ar spar!s &rom &ires can a'so ma!e amaing shots, especia''y i& you go in and

out o& &ocus during the exposure. 8a!e sure that the bac!ground is dar!.H sec. ; &22 ; 3S4 200.

Sure, you can use spar!'ers by themse'ves in empty dar! space, but you can a'so trace obFectsith spar!'ers. Cars, bicyc'es, and sometimes even human beings ma!e great subFects.

H minutes 'ong, 3S4 100, *1A

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You can a'so use &'ash'ights to give the scene an i''ustrious 'oo!.

Simp'y turn on your &'ash'ight and start -spraying/ 'ight onto the scene to i''uminate it in thedar!. emember, the entire purpose is not to Fust 'ight up your subFect ith a stationary 'ight, butto have a 'ong exposure &or say, @ seconds, and move the 'ight a'' around the environment to get

that magica' e&&ect. 3& you have an extreme'y poer&u' &'ash'ight, it is very e'' possib'e toi''uminate entire landscapesin the dar! as e'')

3& you have a tripod on you, and youDre in an amusement par! or some !ind, 'ong exposures o&rides 'oo! very good hen ta!en in 'ong exposure mode.

*erris hee's are a c'assic examp'e. *or a 'ight painter, going to an amusement par! at night is'i!e a !id going to a candy store

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You can a'so create 'ong exposure si'houettes.Put your camera on a tripod.

8a!e sure your subFect is standing sti''.8a!e sure there is no 'ight shining on them &rom the &ront.

#a!e your exposure, and then start 'ight painting 'ight &rom behind them. ?0 seconds is good.#his particu'ar image as made using abattery operated &iber optic 'ight. 3t constant'y changes

co'ors to create a uni+ue e&&ect.

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#his as a 'ong exposure o& Christmas tree 'ights on a Christmas tree. 3t as a one secondexposure. 3n order to get rea''y smooth, straight 'ines, get your 'ens in &ocus then turn auto&ocuso&& so your camera onDt get stuc! trying to &ocus. #hen ta!e K1 second


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#hese 'ights are the 'itt'e 9E% *inger *'ash'ights that rap around your&ingers. 8y body remained invisib'e because it as not i''uminated andas in constant motion. emember that you can dra &aces or shapes 'i!ehearts or ords. Get creative) #hese images are ?0 second exposures.

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#hese are ca''ed physiograms. Simp'y tie a string to the end o& the 8ag'ight,attach the other endo& the string to the cei'ing. (bout 2B &eet is good. 8ag'ights are pretty much 8(%E &or

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(nother coo' thing to do ith &'ashes is to ta!e a ?0 second exposure in the dar!ness and &ire the&'ash mu'tip'e times on your subFect in di&&erent areas in the &rame. #his is simi'ar to mu'tip'icity

photography that 3 i'' ta'! about in section .

(nd 'ast but not 'east" Capturing 'ightning. #his as a H minute exposure ith the camera on atripod. #his is great because you can capture mu'tip'e stri!es o& 'ightning in one &rame. oever,because super 'ong exposures introduce noise on the camera$s sensor, you can he'p e'iminate that

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#he examp'e above as photographed by 7rent Pearson. Prettyextraordinary stu&&. You$'' notice that the 'ight on the &oreground isvery di&&used


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Lon E+posures ,urin ,ay

You can a'so create 'ong exposures o& 'andscapes during the %(Y by using an extreme'y dar!&i'ter that attaches to the &ront o& your 'ens. #he &i'ter you can use is a 7N &i'ter, an6%B00&i'ter


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9ong exposures o& ater&a''s create that smooth;soothing e&&ect that is very popu'ar.

#his 'oo!s b'ue and hite because it as ta!en ith an 3n&rared *i'ter attached to my camera'ens. 3& you ere using an 6%B00, the co'ors ou'd be norma'. e i'' ta'! about the in&rared&i'ter in detai' 'ater in this boo! and ho you can use it to put surrea' co'ors in your 'andscapes.

#his is a composite o& to images. 7oth ere ta!en on a tripod. #he s!y as too bright, so onehad to be set &or a second exposure, hi'e the other image o& the ater had to be set to 20

seconds. #hen the to images ere put together in Photoshop to give a ider dynamic range.(gain, the 'ong exposure is made possib'e by the use o& a 6%B00 &i'ter. You can a'so ait unti'

dan or dus! hen it is rea''y dar! and ta!e your photos ithout the need &or a &i'ter.

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ther fun lon e+posures

( creative use &or the 6% &i'ter ou'd be to ta!e a picture o& a atch or c'oc!. 3n this Bminute 'ong exposure you can see each second hand as it moves around the c'oc!.

#hese eyes ere constant'y moving hi'e the camera too! a 1. second exposure. 6o Photoshop)

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#his as a one second exposure. a'& o& the exposure the eye as open, then a&ter . seconds,

the eye as shut. hat you see is the eye both open and c'osed at the same time.

#his is a 'ong exposure at night time o& sno &a''ing) #he sno as i''uminated ith a 'ight, anda tree is in the bac!ground. ? seconds.

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Le%itation Photoraphy ideo tutoria' here=

9evitation photography is a great photography tric! that has a'ays made me smi'e. #he bestthing about 'evitation photography is that it 'oo!s rea'.

o did 3 get ta!e the shot aboveQ *irst, 'et me exp'ain the physica' setup. 3t as at night time,obvious'y. 3 used an externa' &'ash on a tripod that as direct'y to the right o& my body. 8y%igita' S9 as on a tripod, direct'y in the midd'e o& the road. 8y tripod as as 'o as it cou'd

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#he tric! is to get one shot o& a person either standing or sitting on a stoo'


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#his image on the 'e&t as created ith &our 'ayers.#he camera as on a tripod and as on manua'mode to ma!e sure each exposure as identica' interms o& brightness, &ocus, and hite ba'ance. 4nephoto as ta!en o& on'y me sitting on the couch,and the other three photos ere o& me ho'ding thepi''o, chair, and !ni&e. 3 then 'ayered the imageson top o& one another and erased the arms and

hands that ere ho'ding the obFects. (&ter that, 3made it b'ac! and hite, added a texture, and putsome s!u''s on the couch.

ere is the same techni+ue, Fust a di&&erent subFectand composition. #he person as 'aying on a stoo'and !ic!ing their &eet up into the air. ( s'o shutter

speed causes the motion b'ur o& the &eet and hair tooccur. 3& you need more support don$t shy aay&rom using mu'tip'e stoo's, especia''y i& you are inrea''y a!ard poses.

#a'!ing about mu'tip'e stoo's, in this photo myhands ere on to bas!etba''s and my &eet ere ona 'itt'e stoo'. #his is actua''y harder than it 'oo!sbecause there is a 'ot o& ba'ancing eight on thebas!etba''s. #he mas!ing beteen the &ingers inPhotoshop ta!es a bit 'onger as e''.

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Perfecting Shadows3& you ever photograph a 'evitation shot against a a'', you i'' most 'i!e'y run into prob'emsbecause the shados o& your body and the stooli'' sho up on the a''. #he bac!ground 'ayeri'' be about tice as bright as the body 'ayer. (t &irst g'ance it might appear to be a tric!ysituation, but 3 have a so'ution to &ix it.

ere are to examp'e photographs"

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?. (&ter you have made your se'ection, se'ect the 'ayer mas! and start painting b'ac! ith avery 'arge brush


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/01230 Planet Panora*as

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in &or Photoshop, but it isn$t re+uired. 3 i'' ta'! about a'' o& these in this artic'e, but &irst, 'et$s'oo! at some examp'es"

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#hese are Fust so aesome)

Takin hand-held /0 panora*as5

*irst, set your camera to ta!e S8(99 MEPGs. You C(6 ta!e 'arger Fpegs, but 3 ou'dn$trecommend it unti' you are success&u' ith your &irst comp'eted panorama. #he reso'ution;imagesie bui'ds up &ast hen you are ta!ing ?@0x1A0 panoramas.

#a!e your digita' S9 and use the idest ang'e 'ens you have. 8ine is an1Amm !it 'ens, set on 1Amm. 6ext, point the camera to the groundand start ta!ing pictures around you. Shoot in vertica' orientation.#raditiona''y spea!ing, it is best to use manua' mode on your cameraith manua' &ocus


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them, or 2= a previe indo i'' pop up, shoing your panorama. 3& the &ormer happens, youi'' need to add points on the images that are in the same spot on each photograph. ugin i''te'' you hat images need this. 3& it isn$t possib'e to add points


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something and mar! a 'itt'e dot on your 'ens to remind you here this point is. You have &oundthe noda' point &or that speci&ic 'ens and &oca' 'ength. You i'' need to !no here the noda'point is to con&igure your ersion 1.2 | PhotoExtremist.com | Page ?0
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Pseudo Planets#here is sti'' one more thing 3 anted toinc'ude" Pseudo ?@0x1A0 P'anets. #hesearen$t the rea' dea', but they are easier and&aster to create. #he reason hy they-aren$t the rea' dea'/ is because theorigina' image you are ma!ing the p'anet&rom is not a compete ?@0x1A0

e+uirectangu'ar panorama. 5sua''y it ison'y panorama made up o& say, 10images... sometimes on'y 1 image. Youi'' see a 'ot o& distortion around theedges and near the center o& your p'anethen using this method, hich is hy 3consider this to be the alternative ay.#he advantage o& pseudo p'anets over rea'?@0x1A0$s is that you don$t need anypanoramic tripod heads, ugin, 4*'exi&y. ('' you need is Photoshop and

you are set to go) 8y tutoria' is be'o, but you can a'so readb'og posthich has i''ustrations.

!tep 25Either ta!e a sing'e ro ?@0 degree panorama, or ta!e a sing'e picture. 3t rea''y doesn$tmatter. 3& you can a &u'' ?@0, the image i'' rap around seam'ess'y. 3& you ta!e a sing'e picture,you i'' have to improvise a 'itt'e and either mirror the image horionta''y or use the c'one stamptoo' to ma!e it rap around seam'ess'y. 8a!e sure to straighten the horion as much as possib'e.You can go to *i'ter 4ther 4&&set, and then o&&set the image horionta''y a bit to chec! to seeho it i'' 'oo! rapped around. 3 suggest o&&setting the image and then use the c'one stamp too'ith a big, so&t brush, and then Fust (9#NC'ic! about an inch aay &rom the harsh 'ine you see,then simp'y dra over the 'ine to b'end it out and get rid o& it.

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#nfrared Photoraphy

#hese are in&rared imagesR pictures ith recorded 'ight beyond the visib'e spectrum. You canta!e in&rared photos by using an in&rared &i'ter that scres on the &ront o& the 'ens, or you canconvert your camera to ta!e 3 photos permanent'y.

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'hy Take #nfrared 7#remote 'ight 'oo!s very dim, you can sti'' do 3 photography to a degree but the exposure timei'' have to be 'onger hen using an 3 &i'ter and your photo i'' have 'ess contrast.

#ry doing this test ith di&&erent 'enses as e''R some are better &or 3 photography than others.Some 'enses don$t or! that great ith 3 &i'ters and create hotspots. 3 myse'& haven$t had anyprob'ems ith UhotspotsU in any o& my photos be&ore. 3$m using the 6i!on 1Amm 'ens thatcame ith my %0.

3& you don$t see hard'y anthingcoming &rom your remote, you on$t be ab'e to ta!e in&raredphotos ith your camera using an 3 &i'ter. You can, hoever, get the 3 b'oc!ing &i'ter removed&rom the &ront o& your camera$s sensor by 9i&ePixe'. Conversion costs around WH0W00. (&termodi&ication, the shutter speed times i'' be norma', as i'' &ocusing. Pretty coo' huhQ 9i&ePixe'a'so o&&ers asuperco'or in&rared conversion that ma!es your photos even more spectacu'ar thanusing the oya H2 &i'ter a'one.

3& your camera passed the #> emote #est, then you can go the cheap route and start ta!ingin&rared pictures ith the oya H2 3n&rared *i'ter. 8ine as WB &or a 2mm sied &i'ter, but

apparent'y they have come don in price.

ere is a 'ist o& cameras and 'enses that are good &or 3"Good;7ad 3n&rared 9enses 9istGood;7ad 3n&rared Camera 9ist

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Takin #nfrared Photos Usin the 6oya unti' you are satis&ied. #he shutterspeeds i'' be +uite 'ong hen using the 3 &i'ter


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!ettin The 'hite Balance for #nfrared Photoraphy5

(&ter ta!ing some photographs ith your &i'ter,you may have rea'ied that your pictures arecomp'ete'y E%. 3n order to &ix this, Fust meter

and set the hite 7a'ance ith your &i'ter on.Goog'e Uo to set hite ba'ance ith \Y45C(8E( 84%E9]U &or instructions, i& youdon$t !no ho to do this a'ready.

6owe%er, some cameras cannot set extreme in&rared hite ba'ances incamera and your photosi'' come out ith eird red and purp'e co'ors no matter hat. 3& you &ind that this is the case

&or you, set your hite ba'ance to the coo'est co'or temperature avai'ab'e uto-'olor #he photo i'' then &ix itse'&. C'ic!ing (utoContrast set the 'B with a prora*

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Editin #< Photos in Photoshop5

#he popu'ar 'oo! &or in&rared photography" have a b'ue s!y instead o& bron.

3mage on the 'e&t is be&ore the red;b'ue channe' sap, image on the right is a&ter it

3t$s +uite easy to obtain this 'oo!. 3n Photoshop, go toImage > d!ustments > 'hannel Mi*er.8a!e sure the U4utput channe'U is se'ected on ed inside o& the dropdon box. #ype in 0 &orred, and 100 &or b'ue. 6ext, se'ect the 7'ue output channe' but se'ecting it in the drop don box.#ype in 100 &or ed, and 0 &or 7'ue. You$ve Fust sapped a'' the red co'ors &or a'' the b'ue ones.*ee' &ree to experiment ith other channe' sapping variationsR 3$ve seen pin! and ye''o &o'iage

be&ore "=

3& your &o'iage in your pictures 'oo! too redish, and you ant them pure hite 'i!e sno, youcan easi'y desaturate them usingImage > d!ustments > +ue,SaturationSe'ect ed


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#< E+a*ples "hart5

Ieep in mind that this as a c'oudy day. 3& it as a pure b'ue s!y, the s!y in the 3 photos ou'd 'oo! much dar!er.

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Usin Two #nfrared Filters May et Better


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So, here is ho you do it" Put your camera on a tripod and tighten it so it on$t move. *ocus yourscene and then sitch to 8anua' &ocus so that your camera on$t constant'y be trying to re&ocusthe scene. You can shoot in any mode you ant to, but 3 ou'd advise against Shutter Prioritymode and Fust ta!e the photos in &u'' 8anua' mode or (perture Priority mode. #his insures thateach &rame i'' have a consistent exposure and your aperture is 'oc!ed in. (&ter everything is in&ocus and you have your shutter speed and aperture set, ta!e a picture o& the scene ith themode' to the 'e&t o& the &rame. #hen, ta!e another picture o& the mode' c'oser to the right o& the&rame. Ieep ta!ing pictures ith the mode'$s body in di&&erent areas o& the &rame.

You can get a &riend to he'p you ta!e each picture, use a remote, or use the se'& timer &eature onyour camera. 3& your &riend is pushing don the shutter button on the camera, ma!e sure they arecare&u' on !eeping the camera per&ect'y in p'ace and not to accidenta''y bump into it.

6o once you have a'' your photos ta!en, you need to import them into Photoshop. C'ic!File C!cripts C Load Files into !tack....#hen Fust se'ect your images and ait a minute &or them tocompi'e.


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#han! you &or reading my &ree eboo!, 3 hope that it has given you some great ideas that you canimp'ement in your photographs.

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#n addition to *y Trick Photoraphy and !pecial Effects ebook>

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