Long Exposure photography at the coast - get a more minimal look

Long exposure photography gives a certain look and feel to movement and varying the shutter speed can impact on how much of the dynamic is retained.
In this video from Lowestoft North Beach on a pretty grey day, I take a few long exposure photographs giving various feels in the final photo artworks.
Why not come along for a beach stroll?
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[@iansmith8056]

Photography is more than just clicking the shutter button. It can be a way of life and thinking. Your videos are a nudge in that direction and have inspired me to get out more with my camera and with more conviction and purpose. A big thank you Andrew

[@AndyBanner]

Thank you, Ian.

[@petefox5307]

There are photography videos and then there are yours,fantastic,Pete.

[@AndyBanner]

You're too kind, Peter.

[@SloopJohnBee-vq6dw]

Seagulls are the bane of my life for long exposure beachscapes. You did amazingly to keep the bird sharp in the first image. Mine are usually a blur to be edited out 🙄👍📸

[@AndyBanner]

That gull had been stapled into place..... The trick is to do a normal fast shutter speed shot to capture the birds and then do your long exposures and composite the static birds in post.

[@thelawonphotography-g7p]

Can I just say…. I was feeling very low today and quite despondent…. But visiting you channel I feel a lot better….. thanks for your insight views on not just photography but life….. I thank you!

[@AndyBanner]

No, Thank YOU. It's good to know I can help people. Hope things are better for you now.

[@chuckhaaser884]

I liked your minimalist long exposure shots Andrew. So many times I would have said to myself that there isn't an interesting image there and kept walking. You always seem to find the pleasing composition. I especially like them with the dead birds nailed to the posts.

[@AndyBanner]

Thanks, Chuck. I am waiting for an Amazon delivery for some inflatable birds, but fear my nails may be incompatible....

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

some lovely coastal "architecture" and structures on that beach. that's a whole day out 🙂 There's nothing like that local to me (Swansea / Gower) but I am blessed with some superb beaches / coastline. I think with that curved defence wall, shooting from its right hand side is the angle, but needed a higher tide maybe? final image is a triumph 🙂 anyway, really long exposures aren't usually my cup of mead to shoot, but I do enjoy looking at them. have a look at at Izzy Abuleela's channel - ex-pat based in Australia and he shoots some glorious really long exposures, usually at the coast.

[@AndyBanner]

Indeed, Nick. I really should have walked further. Thanks for your ongoing support

[@GeoffMoorePhotography]

Enjoyable video again Andrew. Was nice bumping into you yesterday at the photography show, apologies I was a little rushed, we were just making our way to the exit, otherwise would have been good to have a coffee with you. I hope you had a great day and found something of interest.

[@AndyBanner]

Thanks, Geoff. Being recognised is a little strange. I went along on Sunday too and found a few interesting things., at least one that I will probably talk about before too long. Did you find any gems?

[@stephenthompson1998]

Thought last image first class

[@AndyBanner]

Thank you.

[@JoseOrtiz-df7oq]

I really enjoy your videos, your pictures

[@AndyBanner]

Thank you very much!

[@jimsturla]

Hi Andy. I liked the cracked wall shot. It kinda says something about the power of the sea against man made stuff. Maybe try it in high contrast, grainy B&W and see how that looks.

[@AndyBanner]

I may well do this when I next review these images. There's often unseen potential in images you uncover months after shooting.

[@SteveMorris1964]

Hi Andy, the trouble I have is lack of patience in finding an image out of the mundane, and it's something I am working on to improve, it is getting better but still room for improvement, enjoyed the video and the post processing of the images made them as you said. Take care, Steve.

[@AndyBanner]

Cheers, Steve. The best advice I can give you on "mundane" images is stop looking and you'll find them. Anything that catches you eye normally has potential. An overflowing litter bin on the highstreet shot with selective focus putting it on one side of a 3/4 shot with a someone striding past it in soft focus. A rotting window seal, peeling paint, a stack of chairs, looking though a fire escape. Look for patterns, textures and contrast. In a future short here I will show you something that caught my eye that you won't believe. I don't think I made the best of it, but if you want bizarre, there's a very weird one coming.

[@sandrabliss5299]

I love the video. I'm really drawn to your minalmistic images. Very nice! Thank you for the chuckle on your wind turbine comment...😅.

[@AndyBanner]

There's lots of these whirly gig things not switched on. It's a sad indictment of our situation. I don't know why they keep building them off shore unless it's so we can't see how things really are.... :-)

[@stephenthompson1998]

Hi Andrew enjoyed video and thought the second image of the wall that you had tweaked was best of the two images.

[@AndyBanner]

I can barely remember yesterday any more - I'll have to watch this relate to your opinion! :-)

[@Kangamoos]

My problem with self talk is that I am awesome at talking myself OUT of shots, but not great at the other side :D I quite liked the wall shot you weren't a fan of, and I like the processing you did on the one where you added the grain and such. Great video! Love your content as always!

[@AndyBanner]

Being able to talk yourself out of a shot is a powerful skill. So long as you're fully aware of why it won't work that is. If you really know what's wrong with an image in the field, I think you are doing well. I struggle which is why I shoot 35.000 frames a year and fill hard drives with mediocre or worse dross. :-) Cheers for the support, Jen

[@hartsphotography]

Another thumbs up for a very interesting video, loving the content at the moment thank you

[@AndyBanner]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for your support.

[@johnchipperfield3367]

Just came across your channel a couple of days ago, so I've been back tracking, this is my neck of the woods, the north denes in Lowestoft.

[@AndyBanner]

Welcome aboard! I don't get that far "south" often. I am up on the Norfolk Coast between Sea Palling and Cromer.

[@russgrant512]

This talking to yourself malarkey...it's an awful lot more common than any of us care to admit, and it works. All in all you've just had a very normal day out. We all talk ourselves into a shot, as well as talk ourselves out of it. However we all suppose that the idiot listening to ourselves really knows what you're talking about. Good stuff Andy, keep it up.

[@AndyBanner]

I have had half a lifetime talking to myself... It's mostly fruitless when the words are directed towards others, but at least I listen.

[@ericlundquist3466]

Thanks Andrew

[@AndyBanner]

Eric, a massive thank you. I am lost for words.

[@KathleenSellsIdaho]

Thank you for the inspiration. ❤ These are so beautiful and lovely.

[@AndyBanner]

Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. There's no channel without lovely people like you.

[@KathleenSellsIdaho]

@@AndyBanner I always look forward to your videos. Thank you. 😊

[@ROUGHROADPH]

Very good tutorial Roy.

[@AndyBanner]

I am really struggling to see the link between myself and 70/80s comedians. I might suggest that you are awful, but fear that might encourage you further ;-)

[@ROUGHROADPH]

Oh come on Roy, stop being a Dick ! Jokes aside, your presentations are very watchable, hence I learn from your tutorials. Also thanks to the ‘mushroom’ lady.

[@Arripa-777]

Beautiful !

[@AndyBanner]

Thanks for sticking with the ramblings each week.

[@Arripa-777]

@@AndyBanner 😂👍🏽

[@iaincphotography6051]

The first shot of the wall, bit of a crop on the left, and a tad on the right then flip it. Glad you mentioned the buoy, I was trying to wipe dust of my monitor. The ND shots, lovely work.

[@AndyBanner]

I have the "dust on the monitor" issues when watching post-processing videos and the presenter has stopped moving the mouse!

[@johndavies12]

Hello from N.Wales Andy, I thought the image with the posts and marker was image of the day. However, you mentioned that you might remove or soften the horizon. This is a technique we see a lot in "fine art" images .. but there doesn't seem to be much info on how it's done. Look fwd to the next one John .

[@AndyBanner]

Thanks. There's a mixed opinion over these shots, about half think the first is better than the last and vise versa. Horizon removal cam be complicated or in a situation such as this, quite simple. It's really a case of just blending and fading the line so that it is so soft it is imperceptible. With a wide open space lile this, it would have been easy. I have also done it looking through the victorian ironwork of Cromer Pier (less successfully) where you have to very carefully clone or paint out every part through every aperture of the supports without painting the supports out. Not easy. If you shoot with the intention of doing this using high key exposures, you can make the task a lot simpler.

[@johndavies12]

Cheers Andy, thanks for taking the time to reply 👍

[@goranritterfeldt2608]

You said in the end that you are not so good in promoting yourself… Now listen! Perhaps just because of that I enjoy to follow your channel. I feel more impressed with someone who end a sentence with a question mark instead of an explanation mark! Right? Take care. Göran in Latvia

[@AndyBanner]

Do I do that? :-)

[@toine1915]

Hi, Andy. The first photo is really beautiful. The rest are just good photos that deserve to be seen. Beautiful surroundings along the beach, a very nice place for long exposures. I'll see you in the next video. Antoine.

[@AndyBanner]

Thansk, Antoine. Sorry, I haven't got around to emailing you. Things are a bit hectic. Hope you are well

[@a.beckwith4576]

Thanks Andrew very special parting shot, love it

[@AndyBanner]

Very kind thank you

[@barnseyb6031]

Great video Andy, really enjoyed it. I particularly liked the last shot, absolutely gorgeous.

[@AndyBanner]

Thank you. And to think I thought at the time I hadn't really got anything

[@andyblake8213]

Another great video this week. Loved all the images. Enjoyed the humour too!

[@AndyBanner]

Humour? :-) Cheers

[@paulwbakerphotography]

Good video Andy. Not sure about the wall photographs, oops sorry I mentioned them 😂. I have those filters, you are welcome to them, bloody horrible things in my opinion. Thanks for the evenings chuckle mate.

[@AndyBanner]

Cheers, Paul. I have had no issues whatsoever with those filters. I use this system in preference to the Lee setup I have - the holder is secure unlike version one of the Lee holder which will fall off if you have the tenerity to breathe. Lost it in a field once with the polariser on it. Spent an hour retracing my steps! I think we all have different experiences with things.

[@paulwbakerphotography]

@@AndyBanner the lens fell out of my polariser one the first time I took it out the box. The lens cracked unfortunately. I still use them occasionally but not my go to choice. Cheers mate

[@paulwbakerphotography]

@@AndyBanner by the way the last images was excellent.

[@AndyBanner]

Had the screw-in retainer worked lose? I have had this happen on filters years ago. Surely you could have gotten it replaced? I have found K&F very willing.

[@saalikreynolds3064]

Hi Andy. I do enjoy the banter in your videos. I do gain some insights from them too so keep it up.😁

[@AndyBanner]

Thanks, will do!