We have some creative long exposure photography ideas to help you create beautiful photography.
Colors and shapes
Paint light using different color light sources with differing shapes.
City streets at night
Photograph long exposures of busy city street scenes at night.
Star trails
You will likely need to get away from the glow of city lights, but another long exposure photography idea is to capture night sky star trails.
Waterfalls
Capture a long exposure of a waterfall. The effect will be to create silky smooth water movement over the falls.
Ocean waves
Use a slow shutter speed that captures the silky movement of waves as they crash onto shore.
Busy highway light trails
Use long exposure photography to capture the light trails created by cars on a busy highway.
Fireworks display
Long exposures of fireworks as they explode on the night sky always look great.
Abstract long exposures
Use a moving light source to create an abstract long exposure photo.
Weather time lapse
Use time-lapse photography of the changing weather conditions over the course of a full day or part of a day.
Ferris wheel
Capture movement at night of a Ferris wheel or other carnival ride
Vehicle movement
Photograph a vehicle as it speeds by on the road as a long exposure, panning the camera as it moves by.
Plant time lapse
Photograph the stages of a plant as it grows or a flower as it blooms.
People movement on the street
Shoot the light trails created by people as they walk along a busy city street at night, or during the day using an ND filter.
Train station
Capture long exposures of a busy train station at night with the movement of trains producing smooth light trail effects.
Bridge with cars at night
Photograph long exposures at night of the movement of cars across a bridge.