Hello, I saw these fantastic photos and I was wondering what wind of post processing he did.
http://www.istockphoto.com/search/lightbox/3291265/#1bd55297 [nofollow]
I mean apart from the long exposure to blur the persons how did he create all the white background around the people?

Thanks

exactly over and over and perhaps a little over exposure

grab your camera and go outside and make it 2 or 3 seconds everything is going to be white, magic!!

well right a 2-3 seconds exposure will make everything white but will also burn a large part of the image.
The pictures in Istock are perfect I'm a contributor too I don't think they will ever accept a shot where a so large parte of the image is washed out...

well right a 2-3 seconds exposure will make everything white but will also burn a large part of the image.
The pictures in Istock are perfect I'm a contributor too I don't think they will ever accept a shot where a so large parte of the image is washed out...

open one or two of these at IS and you will see faces cut on half!

It could also be a blend of two images....

Quote from: LUAN on May 09, 2011, 11:11

well right a 2-3 seconds exposure will make everything white but will also burn a large part of the image.
The pictures in Istock are perfect I'm a contributor too I don't think they will ever accept a shot where a so large parte of the image is washed out...

open one or two of these at IS and you will see faces cut on half!

that's probably (or at least mostly) just an effect of a long exposure.  The head will only show where it has been in the same spot for enough time to create some color.. which is probably only half of the head width (if that makes any sense).  If you do a shot with a 5 second exposure, you can walk pretty slowly through the frame and have no record of being in the frame at all.  Walk slower or make it a faster shutter speed and you will be a thin sliver with half a head.