Now I love long exposure photography.
I do it with my main camera.
but more recently
I've been doing it more and more with my iPhone.
But despite being totally
different technology, there's one thing in common ...
we need to use a tripod
to keep the camera or the phone still. But
there's a new app on the scene that means we don't need one.
This is a game changer.
Okay,
so this new app I'm talking about is called ReeHeld
and this is made by the same folks
who make the raw long exposure app that I use called ReeXpose.
ReeXpose is an incredible app that I've mentioned in
a previous video.
It shoots raw and can be used to create long exposures
from one second to bulb mode, and it works great.
Now I use ReeXpose
when I'm out with the intention of taking photographs
so I have other kit with me.
Not a lot because this is mobile photography and 99%
of what I have in my bag is for recording content.
My drone, 360 camera, GoPro and so on.
But I also have with me my tripod.
ReeHeld though is for those times when I don't
have other kit with me, times when I'm just out.
which is ideal because you can guarantee
when you don't have your kit with you,
you'll see something that you want to photograph.
Of course you can create long exposure photographs
using the iPhone camera app when using the live option.
But this is a one click fix.
There's no other controls.
It just smooths out anything that was moving
and it's hit and miss if it actually blurs stuff,
it shouldn't.
With ReeHeld though, you have complete control over
how long you want the long exposure to be,
depending on the look that you want to create,
and you do this by simply scrolling the wheel from one
second to a maximum of 30 seconds.
You then simply press to take the long exposure
and stand as still as you can.
Now, I have no idea how this wizardry works,
but somehow ReeHeld is able to align all the photographs
it takes in real time
and blend them all together to create the long exposure,
and I've been testing
this for a few weeks now, and it works incredibly well.
As for settings you can press to change
the lens from wide, Ultrawide and telephoto.
There's a three second timer you can turn on to give you
time to settle in and get ready to hold still.
And there's the shutter button.
When you press the shutter button,
you see a green line moving around the outside
so you can see how much longer you have to go.
The long exposure photographs that ReeHeld creates
are JPEGs and are stored in the iPhone camera roll,
which you can access by tapping in the bottom left.
And if you tap on the gear icon,
there's information about the other apps, lenses
they make, how to get in contact and so on.
But that's it.
Incredibly easy to use and gives fantastic results.
I just don't know how.
Now I can't mention handheld long exposure without mentioning
another app that's been around for quite a long time ...
Spectre camera.
In fact, it was first released four years ago,
but hasn't received one single update
in over ten months and that was only
to make it compatible with the iPhone 13 Pro.
The update before that was two years ago
to make it compatible with the iPhone 12 pro max
and there's been new models released since then.
Unlike ReeHeld where you can choose to create a long exposure
any time from 1 to 30 seconds handheld, Spectre
Camera is limited to three long exposure times
three five or 9 seconds.
So it can't be used to create pictures like this
where the exposure needs to be a lot longer.
It does have this stability
indicator, though, which is really useful.
On launch ReeHeld doesn't have this, but the folks at ReeFlex
tell me that it's already
been added into version 1.1, which also has a few more bells
and whistles added and will be released imminently.
Now the price ...
You can download
ReeHeld from the App Store for free
and that will give you the ability to test it
and take ten long exposure photographs.
After that,
you can either opt for a yearly subscription of £2.99
or buy outright for £7.99 giving lifetime access.
Now, the day
this video goes out is the day that the ReeHeld app
is actually released and available in the App Store.
and the makers are running a contest.
Running from the day this video goes out
and the app is released, which is the 6th of April 2023,
up until the 9th of April
If you take photographs with ReeHeld and share them on
Instagram or Facebook and use the hashtag #reeheldcontest,
the top
ten photographs picked by the makers will be featured
on their social media channels and blog
and can be selected to be featured in ReeHeld’s
store listing in the Apple App Store.
Winners are announced on the 10th of April.
Now I've added all the links that you could need
for ReeHeld into the description part of this video,
but before I go, a reminder that in a few days
there is a completely free and new online event coming up
running from April 17th through April 20th ...
The Photoshop Creativity Virtual Summit.
19 World class instructors teaching 36
Photoshop classes over four days, covering
such things as special effects, textures, blending, lighting,
drawing, painting, compositing, and much more.
I've added a link in the description
where you can register for a free pass
to all of the content.
Right, that's all I've got for you.
I'll catch you in the next video.