Long Exposure Photos in iOS 11

At TidBITS, I write about how to use the Long Exposure effect in iPhone photos to get silky waterfall photos.

Jeff Carlson on October 12, 2017

As I’ve been taking photos using my iPhone in iOS 11, I’m loving the new Long Exposure effect for Live Photos. Traditionally, a long exposure shot is made when you leave the shutter open for a relatively long period of time, which does cool things like expose more of the night sky or make waterfalls look silky smooth. Over the weekend, I was at Snoqualmie Falls outside Seattle and tried making long exposure shots of the waterfall… and got better results by snapping a quick photo handheld with an iPhone than with my mirrorless camera.

I wrote up the experience, including how you can do the same thing (it’s so easy) at TidBITS: Using Long Exposure in iOS 11’s Photos App.

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Published by Jeff Carlson

Author, photographer, and late-nighter Jeff Carlson writes for outlets such as Popular Photography, DPReview, Creative Pro, and others, and is a contributing editor for TidBITS. He is the author of Take Control of Your Digital Photos; The Photographer's Guide to Luminar AI, Take Control of Apple Watch, and Take Control of Your Digital Storage, among many other titles.

  1. Dina October 13, 2017 at 1:48 am

    Great, thanks a lot for sharing! 🙂

    Reply

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