Use Four Dimensional Photography for Evocative Images.
Stories take time. They have a beginning a middle and an end. They evolve.
A picture is a snap shot of a split second in time. It tells part of a story and can infer more. Pictures of castles can tell of hundreds of years of history with a little knowledge and a lot of imagination. Collections of pictures will lead you through a story, but moving from one to the next disconnects you. Moving pictures will draw you in telling the story while holding your attention, but move you along at their pace, not yours.
But what if you want to capture more of the story in a single image? An image to take your own time with, to contemplate. An image with fresh insights that doesn’t require prior knowledge. An image that uses all four dimensions of time and space.
We can do this with Long Exposure Photography and it can be extremely evocative, showing patterns not visible to the naked eye, or capturing unexpected emotions.
You don’t need much extra equipment for this technique other than a way of keeping your camera still for long periods and a neutral density filter to allow the longer exposure. The most effective way of…