Taking Dreamy, Misty Ocean Photos at the Beach

12.09.2011

All of the photos don't need to look like dreamscapes, either: With a shorter exposure, you can capture the motion of the waves while still freezing other elements in a photo. I took the photo , for example, by asking my model to stay as still as possible and then setting the exposure for about 2 seconds.

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