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In today’s quick tutorial with the amazing David Bergman and his AdoramaTV show we are going to show you how to make a photograph where everyone disappears from a crowded scene.
“Normally when you take a picture you want to freeze the action. Here in New York City’s Times Square we have thousands of people walking around all day long. In the middle of the day you normally use a fast shutter speed, because there’s plenty of light and that will stop people in their tracks. But what if you don’t want to see all of those people? Well, instead of closing down Times Square there is another way to do it as you slow down the shutter speed on your camera, the moving objects will get more blurry!”
“Slow it down enough and you can make them almost disappear completely. But there are some other things you have to do to compensate. First of all you need to stabilize your camera. A tripod is the easiest way, but you can also rest the camera on something like a wall or the ground. A cable release is helpful so you don’t have to shake the camera when you push down on the button.”
“Lastly as you slow your shutter speed you have to compensate for the exposure by lowering your ISO and closing down your aperture. When you get into really long shutter speeds like two or five seconds, or longer, then you should use a neutral density filter over your lens. That cuts down the amount of light hitting the sensor and allows for much longer shutter speed.”
“So in this case I can make the same picture at a 200th of a second at one 5th of a second and at 5 seconds and you can easily see the difference. I’ve created a strangely quiet scene here in the middle of New York City, and it was a lot cheaper and easier than shutting down the streets!”
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