If you've ever looked at photos of your friends painting their name with light Instagram, Facebook or any other social network sites, and wondered how to do it yourself, the answer is long exposure photos. And it's actually quite simple, once you know where to find the settings, and have the right equipment.
Exif details: ISO - 640 Aperture - f/22 Shutter Speed - 4sec
Long exposure on smartphone: What you need
Before you get started with the process of taking long exposure shots on your smartphone there are some essential pieces of kit you should have, because it doesn't matter how steady your hands are, even the smallest vibration will be enough to ruin the photo. In short, you need something to mount your phone on, to keep it still. Mount your phone properly on tripod so that it doesn't fell.
Long exposures on smartphone: The method
1. Find your manual mode
A lot of modern Android smartphones now have manual controls built into their camera apps. Head to your default camera app, look through the camera modes and see if there's one named "manual" or "pro".
2. Locate shutter speed
Once manual mode is activated, you'll see a number of options. The most important to take note of are the ISO and Shutter Speed settings.
Once you tap on the shutter speed icon you'll get a list of speeds, ranging from fractions of seconds as fast as 1/3200 of a second, all the way up to 30 seconds. Needless to say, the longer the exposure you choose, the more time the sensor is exposed to light.
3. Adjust ISO
This is why it's also important to adjust the ISO, which defines how sensitive the sensor is to light. With a really high ISO, you not only run the risk of over-exposing/having too much light and ending up with a bright white image, with no detail, but also you will increase how much noise appears. For any long exposure, it's good to take the ISO relatively low. The lowest available option in many phones is 100
4. No manual mode? There's an app for that
If you don't have a manual mode, either because you have an iPhone or a lower-end Android, there are third party apps available.
Camera FV-5(Camera FV-5 Lite - Apps on Google Play
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Bacon Camera(Bacon Camera - Apps on Google Play
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Long exposures: Light painting and light trails
Using the same combination of long exposure and low ISO, you can point a flashlight towards the camera and use it to paint your name in the air, but it can be done manually.
Exif details : ISO -100 Aperture - f/22 Shutter Speed - 5sec
Exif details : ISO -100 Aperture - f/22 Shutter Speed - 8sec
Exif details : ISO -100 Aperture - f/11 Shutter Speed - 2sec
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