I often find myself drawn to the light trail photos on Flickr. The ones created by moving cars, as well as the ones that people create themselves with flashlights and sparklers. I've done just about enough admiring, and am ready to test out the method myself. So naturally, the go-to place to find some reliable tips is Digital Photography School.
Apparently, shooting light trails is super easy, but you'll have to venture out of manual mode to achieve it. Just by using longer shutter speeds (around 10 or 20 seconds), a tripod, and finding your perfect aperture mode for the light you're shooting in (start with your f-stop at f/8 and take it down if your shots are overexposed and up if underexposed), light trails are easily captured. Check out the rest of the tip details on Digital Photography School and have some photography fun!
Matthew Williamson
Lee Angel
Gianvito Rossi
I need to try this since I always admire light trail shots.
1Thanks for this!
2This is a beautiful picture
3Is it San Fransisco?
That picture is lovely. The trees remind me of Los Angeles.
4beautiful picture. i have attempted this but been incredibly unsuccessful. i will try this if my camera has these options. thanks! very interesting!
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