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August 3, 2018 by Julia Anna Gospodarou

LONG EXPOSURE PHOTOGRAPHY EXTENSIVE TUTORIAL

Enlightenment I – Eiffel Tower Trocadero © Julia Anna Gospodarou 2017 – 24mm Canon Tilt-shift Lens, 135 sec. f/13 ISO 100 13-stop ND Filter

In this article, I will present you a long exposure photography extensive tutorial in the form of a step-by-step guide to creating artistic long exposure photography in no time. I will be telling you all you need to know about this technique so you can start getting great long exposure photographs right from the start. In addition, I will provide links to all the equipment I am talking about, and, when possible, as in the case of Formatt-Hitech neutral density filters, also discount codes for it. To find out what the code is, read on.

I started writing this article as a long exposure crash course where I wanted to share the essential, but, as it happened with many of my articles lately, it evolved into an extensive tutorial, so you will get even more than it was planned in the beginning. I can guarantee you that this tutorial will be an excellent tool for the beginning long exposure photographer, but the advanced long exposure photographer will find some flavor here too. I have won many awards for my long exposure work and I hope this tutorial will help you win just as many.

I will be updating this tutorial periodically, to keep it up to everything new that is happening in long exposure and to add info and advice from my experience or from the experience of others that can help you get better at this technique all the time. If you want to get the updates you can subscribe to my website and you’ll get them as soon as I publish them. Continue reading →

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December 9, 2017 by Julia Anna Gospodarou

Long Exposure Photography with Medium Format – Fujifilm GFX 50S – Extensive Review

Immaterial Intricacy – Brooklyn Bridge, New York – © Julia Anna Gospodarou 2017

Long exposure photography with medium format is a subject that hasn’t been covered extensively so far. My goal in this article is to fill this gap and provide more information about how you can create the best long exposure images when shooting with a medium format camera. The camera I am using to analyze long exposure photography with medium format in this review is the new Fujifilm GFX 50S.

I am working with this camera for a few months already and recently I have made a complete Fujifilm GFX 50S review that you can find on my website. It is the most extensive Fujifilm GFX 50S review available at this moment and if you are interested in this camera I would recommend you to start by reading the main review and then continue here.

Before starting with this review let me tell you that for even more information and tricks & tips about long exposure photography, you can read my Long Exposure Photography Extensive Tutorial that I have published some time after this review, where you can find all the details about this technique in a complete guide.

INTRODUCTION

LONG EXPOSURE WITH MEDIUM FORMAT AND HIGH-RESOLUTION CAMERAS – WHAT IS THE STATUS QUO

In a few words, I have to say I am extremely pleased with the results I get when shooting with the GFX, both stills and long exposure. Contrary to my initial fears about shooting Continue reading →

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May 31, 2017 by Julia Anna Gospodarou

FROM ART TO PHOTOGRAPHY AND WHY

The Substance of Memories I - Manhattan New York - © Julia Anna Gospodarou 2016 - From Art to photography

How do you travel from art to photography? Should art look like “art”, or should it look like the artist? Should photographs follow a recognizable pattern in order to be accepted or should they express the vision of the artist? Is an object art, even if it is not understood? Is the artist an artist, even if he is not understood? Even if he does not fall into a mainstream “artist” pattern? How does the artist and photographer find inspiration and how does he transform it into an object that has the power to move?

INTRODUCTION

I will not try to answer these questions. Not directly, at least. But I will tell you a story that comprises all these questions and hopefully some answers. A story about how art can influence photography, how you can travel from art to photography, and how art and memories can be the substance of photography.

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May 5, 2017 by Julia Anna Gospodarou

COMPLETE GUIDE TO ICM INTENTIONAL CAMERA MOVEMENT: TECHNIQUE AND ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION – PART 1

Intentional Camera Movement or ICM is a creative way of working with long exposure photography and it implies deliberately moving the camera during an exposure. ICM is both a technique and an artistic way of expression. It can be used as a tool to modify reality, with the intent of creating an emotional response in the viewer.

There is not much free information you can find about intentional camera movement online, Continue reading →

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January 25, 2017 by Julia Anna Gospodarou

ABOUT CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO IN ART

All That Jazz – Manhattan Pier, New York City © Julia Anna Gospodarou

Art is a great tool to question the world, to challenge it, to change its traditional structure, to change its preconceptions. Art is a great tool to challenge yourself, to explore yourself and to push yourself to evolve. Art is a great tool to change the status quo of the world. But in order to challenge the status quo of the world through art, you need to start by challenging the status quo in art itself.

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December 5, 2016 by Julia Anna Gospodarou

LONG EXPOSURE, ARCHITECTURE, FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY VIDEO TUTORIAL AND PROCESSING eBOOK – CREATING (en)VISIONOGRAPHY

NEW VIDEO TUTORIAL + NEW PROCESSING eBOOK

LONG EXPOSURE, ARCHITECTURE, FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

CREATING (en)VISIONOGRAPHY

€49 | $59

2.5-HOUR VIDEO TUTORIAL
+
50-PAGE NEW eBOOK: “ADVANCED BLACK AND WHITE PROCESSING WITH PhtD™ – PHOTOGRAPHY DRAWING”

From the winner of

ARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR IPA 2016

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS FINALIST

HASSELBLAD MASTERS FINALIST

– JULIA ANNA GOSPODAROU –

This video tutorial and eBook aim to change the way you see photography and to open a new world for you in fine art. They aim to teach you how you can use photography as a tool to express your deepest and most essential vision and be able to create art. (VIDEO SUMMARY BELOW) Continue reading →

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November 20, 2016 by Julia Anna Gospodarou

ABOUT BEING VULNERABLE IN ART – MAKING OF “UNKNOWN PROPHECY”

Unknown Prophecy © Julia Anna Gospodarou 2016 - Being vulnerable in art

An article about being vulnerable in art and about the making of “Unknown Prophecy”, my latest image, that explores this idea. Being vulnerable in art is one of the prerequisites of great art. It allows the artist to explore more honestly his emotion and transmit it in his work, so he can connect with the viewer more directly and efficiently.

“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.”
– Swami Vivekananda

I have shot this image that I am calling “Unknown Prophecy” in Mycenae, one of the most important archaeological sites in Greece, and one of the most mysterious and profound cultural places I’ve ever experienced. This is the inside of the Tomb of Agamemnon, or the Treasury of Atreus, as it is also called, and it is a space where I personally feel an intense energy and very deep emotion. This photo is me trying to convey the things I feel inside this space combined with me seeing photography as a spiritual tool even more than an aesthetic one, and much more than a documentary one, a tool capable of going deep into our minds and souls and project outside what lies there.

I think photography is much more than an image. Of course it can be just an image, it depends what we are using it for. But in my vision photography can be much more and this Continue reading →

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September 21, 2016 by Julia Anna Gospodarou

BLACK AND WHITE FINE ART PROCESSING WITH PHOTOGRAPHY DRAWING™ IN 15 STEPS

Urban Saga V – Aqua Serenity @ Julia Anna Gospodarou

Photography Drawing™ (PhtD) is the method I created to process black and white photography, so I can give my images a three-dimensional look and create the illusion of reality. This method has its base in the principles of drawing and of working with light, which explains its name. I am making here a practical overview of this method for black and white fine art processing where you can learn how to apply it in 15 steps.

You can see how I apply Photography Drawing on my latest image in the Urban Saga series, Aqua Serenity, that I feature in this article.

I have drawn the inspiration to create this method from my practice in architectural and classical drawing where use light and shadow to create three-dimensional worlds on Continue reading →

INTRODUCTION

LONG EXPOSURE WITH MEDIUM FORMAT AND HIGH-RESOLUTION CAMERAS – WHAT IS THE STATUS QUO

INTRODUCTION

NEW VIDEO TUTORIAL + NEW PROCESSING eBOOK

LONG EXPOSURE, ARCHITECTURE, FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

€49 | $59

2.5-HOUR VIDEO TUTORIAL + 50-PAGE NEW eBOOK: “ADVANCED BLACK AND WHITE PROCESSING WITH PhtD™ – PHOTOGRAPHY DRAWING”

ARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR IPA 2016

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS FINALIST

HASSELBLAD MASTERS FINALIST

– JULIA ANNA GOSPODAROU –

2.5-HOUR VIDEO TUTORIAL
+
50-PAGE NEW eBOOK: “ADVANCED BLACK AND WHITE PROCESSING WITH PhtD™ – PHOTOGRAPHY DRAWING”