A great way to accentuate long exposure photography, like when capturing traffic, is to create beams of light. You can do this with the app Light Shaft in a Sony a7 Series camera. In this movie, author Richard Harrington guides you through how to create beams of light in an image with Light Shaft and a Sony a7 Series camera.
- Our last method creates beams of light.…This is quite useful if you're trying to do something…like long exposure with traffic moving through,…or you really wanna create a sense of direction.…I'll choose Beam,…and this allows you to set the point.…This one has the most controls.…Once I set the Direction,…there we go,…we're gonna create a sense of a light beam elongated out.…
Let's take that from the edge.…When ready, take the shot.…You'll see that it analyzes and, literally,…makes a beam of light.…This makes it quite possible…to make things appear to emanate.…You can always go back if needed…and set that slightly different, at an angle,…and it creates the beam.…All four of these effects are very stylized ways…to manipulate your images.…
Now they're a bit over the top for me,…but I have to admit,…if I'm working with a subject where the light…is quite intense, like a stage, or traffic lights at night,…this can be a lot of fun.…
Author
Richard Harrington
Released
10/20/2016In this course, Rich Harrington takes you on a tour of the Sony app ecosystem, highlighting some of the best a7 apps and showing how to get the most out of them. The course is geared toward the a7 models, but its basic concepts apply to any Sony Alpha-series camera that is supported by Sony's PlayMemories store.
- Keeping your firmware up to date
- Purchasing and installing apps from PlayMemories Camera Apps
- Using your smartphone as a remote
- Syncing to your smartphone
- Creating time-lapse videos with the a7
- Shooting multiple-exposure images
- Correcting lens distortion
- Creating stop-motion animation
- Stylizing photos in the a7
- Painting with light
- Photographing star trails
- Shooting long exposures
- Bracketing
- Creating light shafts
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 11s
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1. Keeping Firmware up to Date
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2. Installing Apps on Your a7 Series Camera
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3. Smart Remote Control
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4. Sync to Smartphone
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Initiating the sync1m 55s
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5. Time-Lapse
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What is time-lapse?1m 7s
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Creating custom setups3m 15s
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Using the angle shift add-on2m 48s
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6. Sky HDR
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The purpose of HDR1m 31s
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7. Multiple Exposure
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What is Multiple Exposure?1m 34s
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Choosing a theme4m 37s
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8. Lens Compensation
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9. Stop Motion
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Creating stop motion2m 21s
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10. Motion Shot
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What is motion shot?1m 23s
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Advice on capturing photos2m 25s
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11. Smooth Reflection
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12. Stylizing Your Photos In-Camera
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13. Light Painting
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Capturing light traces1m 20s
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Creating spiralgraphs2m 48s
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Light painting an object5m 2s
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14. Star Trail
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Capturing star trails3m 33s
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15. Shooting a Long Exposure with Touchless Shutter
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16. Bracket Pro
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What is bracketing?1m 21s
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Aperture bracketing3m 32s
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Shutter bracketing4m 41s
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17. Light Shaft
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Creating ray light1m 49s
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Creating beams of light1m 15s
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Conclusion
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Summary57s
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