The Landscape Photography Book by Scott Kelby

Author:Scott Kelby
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Published: 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

LONG EXPOSURES

The Art of Showing Movement

I gotta tell ya—I am a huge fan of long exposures, and for me, the longer the better, which brings up an idea I’ve had for an invention. I’ve never told anyone about this, but I’m going to share it here with you (and if you run with it and do a Kickstarter campaign to get it made, I will be among the first to buy it). I had the idea for this invention during a 14-minute-long exposure of a canal (I used a 10x ND stacked with a 6x ND on top). Anyway, I’m standing there doing nuthin’, and then it hit me—“I’m standing here doin’ nuthin’. I could be sitting and relaxing, if only someone had created The Long Exposure Chair.” Something small and lightweight that you could deploy quickly right after you press the shutter button, with a drink holder and a side pocket for snacks, and no, it can’t be just a glorified camping chair—we’re photographers and camping stuff is affordable. When it comes to photography, you have to jack up the price (triple it if it’s for use in video). Anyway, just imagine how many more long exposure images you’d take if, immediately after pressing the shutter button, you could melt into a gloriously comfortable, tricked-out, pro-photo-shooting chair/chaise lounge/napping apparatus. Imagine the other photographers’ envy as you reach into the side pocket and exclaim: “Oh, what’s this? Cheetos!” Or, take it up a notch: “Oh, what’s this? Warm biscuits with sausage gravy?” Or, perhaps even: “Oh, what’s this? Lobster Thermidor with an oven-browned Gruyère cheese crust.” You know and I know that they would spontaneously black out and be on the floor in the fetal position if they saw that. If you really want to take things over the top, sew in a sleeve on the left side to hold a roll of Ritz Crackers, and on the other side, a can of Easy Cheese spray cheese in a can, and get ready for it to rain benjamins! You heard it here first, folks.

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