SUMMARY
Jason Friend walks through six attempts to capture a long exposure of a pier and lighthouse, emphasizing the process often omitted in tutorials. He details his gear, settings, and initial compositions, which he finds too flat. The key turning point occurs when he physically moves his position, discovering that a five-meter shift transforms the scene from a flat postcard to an image with depth. Friend explains that moving your feet alters spatial relationships, a crucial technique for landscape and seascape photographers.
TAKEAWAYS
Tutorial shows six attempts at a single long exposure composition.
Physical movement, not zooming, is key to altering perspective.
Moving five meters transformed a flat composition into one with depth.
The process emphasizes location scouting and iterative refinement.