I have been using DJI Osmo Mobile 2 gimbal for a few months now. I've been using
it in my Android phone which is Samsung Galaxy S6 and I noticed, there's one mode
particularly in photo mode called long exposure photography and light trail
photography. Nobody is really talking about it. Why?
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Back to DJI Osmo mobile 2 gimbal. When I was planning this video, I confess,
I went online and I was looking for some kind of tutorials. I was looking for some
final photos of long exposure photography being used or lights trail and
to my surprise I really couldn't find much there. There were only few photos,
but they were not those masterpieces I was looking for. I was looking for
something which is literally gonna blow me away. And that made me wonder why? Is
it bad? Is it not good at all? And as curious as I am, it made me grab
the DJI Osmo mobile 2 gimbal and my phone and explore it. So I'm standing here
right now and I want to try it out.
And I did actually remind me photo shoot I did many many years ago when I used to
do modeling with Toronto photographer Ivan Otis. He used technique called light
painting. The photos turned out so artistic, it was just beautiful. It looked
like it was painted. If you want to check out his work, the link is in the video
description below. I believe he has a lot of light painting photos on his website.
So let's turn on DJI Osmo mobile 2 gimbal and let me show you what I
am actually talking about. Go to DJI Go app, hit photo mode and go to long
exposure or light trail. Well first and foremost I tried to use this feature
handheld and it didn't work. The results were blurry. I used cheap
tripod with it and since it shook here and there, it was very blurry too. So make
sure you use really nice sturdy tripod which is not going to move anywhere.
And I found this nice river as you can hear and see, so let me show you the
second option which is the long exposure.
Well the nice think about it is that if I am not using DJI Osmo mobile 2 gimbal, if
I'm just using regular camera app, I have to think about timer. I have to time it.
How long do I want the shutters stay open for? But if I'm using this DJI Go
app, I hit the start and I'm watching the photo being produced. I'm watching the
photo being taken and when I feel like it's done, I just hit the stop button. So here
are some samples I took with the DJI Osmo mobile 2 gimbal in the long
exposure mode.
And I would use this mode for movements such as water, cars going by, very fast
movements.
And the second option DJI Go app offers is light trail and there are so many
things you can do here. You can get really creative there. And the easiest
thing is to actually grab maybe your flashlight like this one. What I would do
like if I'm taking photos of myself, let's say... or some different
object. I would press start and then start painting light painting the areas
I want to lit up. So let's say a little bit here, a little bit here, and a little
bit over there. Now as you are light painting you will be able to see it in a
DJI Go app when you are doing the light trail. And once you hit stop, you will end
up in a photo with the areas nicely lit.
So here are some samples I took of objects during the day, and I didn't even
have to wait for the dark because it looks way better if you take that during
the day as your light painting. I will show you before, when I'm not using any
lights just taking regular photo and then when I'm actually doing the light
painting how it looks like when it's finished.
Well, now we know we can use it with flashlights. But when else can we use
light trails? I was in the summer testing it out during a storm. It was set up very
nicely safely behind the window and I was watching the storm unfold and as
there were flashes appearing on the sky it was actually painting those flashes in.
So set up the tripod set the DJI Osmo Mobile 2 somewhere very nicely safe
and see the storm painting the sky.
Or you can capture fireworks or traffic lights, you know cars as they are moving
their lights. Or you can grab a little laser light and write a message during
night you know but it's a very very dark or you can play with sparkles. There are
so many options. Isn't that fun? You can just play around with this. Well if you
haven't tried it, just try it out. So that's it for today's video. Please give
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