The long exposure photography technique utilizes a long-duration shutter speed to sharply capture the stationary elements of an image while blurring, smearing, or obscuring moving elements. When a scene includes both stationary and moving subjects (for example, a fixed street and moving cars, or a camera within a car showing a fixed dashboard and moving scenery), a slow shutter speed can cause interesting effects, such as light trails.

Long-exposure fine art gallery photography is easiest to attain in low-light conditions. By using neutral density filters or specially designed cameras, however, they can be taken in brighter light conditions.

Please see samples of the long exposure photography technique below. All photographs are the property of Echo @ DigitalEchos. and are available as digital photography prints, mounted pictures to frame, framed photography art, and photo greeting cards. Calendars are also available; contact freelance photographer Don Alexander Lumsden at echophotography@gmx.com for more information, to make a purchase, for digital photography tips, or one-on-one teaching.


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