All our articles about long-exposure

Michael Kenna: The Square Print and the Hours-Long Night Exposure

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Michael Kenna: The Square Print and the Hours-Long Night Exposure

How Kenna's small square negatives, exposures of seconds to hours, and vast empty fields reduce landscape to a few essential tonal marks.

Reciprocity Failure in Long Exposures

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Reciprocity Failure in Long Exposures

Why film loses sensitivity during long exposures, how to read a stock's reciprocity data, and how to correct metered exposure times.