Tips On Long Exposure Photography

Hey guys!

This week went really fast which makes me so happy because I have reading week next week which means no getting up at 8am for a while yess. I have loads of assignments due but at least I'll have a break from uni and chilling with family as I'm off home tomorrow.

Right after my doctors appointment because guess what..I managed to somehow get a swollen foot and I have no idea how so that's real cool. I've had to wait 2 weeks for this appointment so they better be able to help.

Okay so this is the path I always take from my garage to uni and I thought it looked cool how the sky was split with the colour (seeing the pretty sky in the morning is the only advantage of getting up early)

On Tuesday I met up with photosoc to take some cool long exposure shots (see it isn't a clickbait title) which was fun. Apart from the fact it was bloody freezing and even with gloves my hands were going numb..

Lets get to my photography tips:

1. Make sure your shutter speed (how long the lens stays open) is set to at least 4 seconds
2. Set your aperture (how wide the lens is) is set to around f8-f10
3. Increase your ISO from 100-200 or more depending on how dark it is outside
4. Preferably use a tripod to avoid camera shake (if not find something to rest your camera on)
5. Go mad and start taking lots of shots, long exposure photography takes time and patience

So I hope any of that helps, I'm not even pretending to be a photography expert but they are just some of the tips I've learnt from photography a level and photo society at uni. Here are my favourite shots I took:

This last picture will seem very random but we started taking more abstract pictures which I thought was cool. The next picture below is also very random but we came to the York shambles and normally it's always busy so we took advantage to take a picture while it's quiet: (reminds me of some film scene I like the eerie vibe)

Afterwards I was frozen so I made myself a hot chocolate to warm myself up..yes I'm that extra I have heart shaped marshmallows:

On Wednesday all I have is a 9am lecture so me and my friend decided to go treat ourselves and go shopping (you know spend our student loans while it's still there) and we went to this cute cafe called Lucky Days. I got the most amazing pancakes, if you're ever visiting I would highly recommend.

I was waiting in monsoon dressing room area while my friend was trying on clothes and how cute was the room, sums up my aesthetic.

So me and my housemate have a watermelon obsession and when we saw this in tkmax we just had to get it for our soap:

Guys!! I ordered 3 stranger things posters from eBay for £6.50 as I got one free and I can't wait to show you but I'm waiting for my parents to help put them up. I also got a friends one which I'll show you when it's up.

Lastly here's my collection of cards from my mum, the first two are from first year when I was really homesick and the last one I got recently I love them all (ft my cute lights)

Okay so hope you have a good week and I'll speak to you all soon,

byeeeee!

Sophie

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