Long Exposure Photography: Shoot Your Own Stunning Photos (Udemy.com)
Quick start long exposure course. You can capture beautiful photographs with your DSLR, mirrorless and iPhone cameras.
Created by: Phil Ebiner
Last updated September 2026
What you will learn
- Shoot amazing long exposure photographs
- Know the right gear necessary for long exposure photography
- Understand the right settings for long exposure photography in different camera modes including aperture priority, manual, and bulb
- Quickly set the shutter speed using modern day techniques and apps for long exposures
- Edit beautiful long exposure photos in Adobe Lightroom
- Show off some of their best work as photographers with these new skills
Course Description
You're a photographer and you want to learn how to shoot with the long exposure shots. But you don’t know where to start. You don’t know what equipment you need. You don’t know what settings to use. You don’t know what type of shots you should get.
This course teaches you how to shoot long exposure photos with a typical digital camera. You’ll learn the gear, settings, and tips needed to shoot beautiful long exposure photographs. We'll even do a live demonstration out in the field while we shoot long exposure photographs. Lastly, we'll edit our long exposure photos in Adobe Lightroom.
We use a DSLR / mirrorless camera for most of this course, but you’ll even learn about an app that allows you to shoot long exposure photos with an iPhone.
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Quick start long exposure course. You can capture beautiful photographs with your DSLR, mirrorless and iPhone cameras!
Enroll now to start taking some amazing long exposure photos!
We can't wait to help you become a better photographer!
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
1,473 Reviews
Phil Ebiner
I’m Phil Ebiner, an educator, photographer, filmmaker, and founder of Video School and Photography & Friends. Through my online courses and creative community, I’ve helped millions of students around the world learn practical skills in photography, video production, design, and more. My goal is to make creative skills feel accessible, useful, and encouraging, whether you’re picking up a camera for the first time or looking to take your work to the next level.
My teaching style is clear, supportive, and hands-on. I break complex topics into simple steps, explain the “why” behind each technique, and share real-world examples you can immediately apply. As a photographer and filmmaker, I believe great creative work is not just about gear or settings, but about storytelling, intention, observation, and connection. My goal is to help you feel confident, inspired, and capable of bringing your own creative ideas to life.
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Reviews
By Dominique Dolores on 9/8/2018
Thank you! Though, I believe that maybe it would be also helpful if you can have more live tutorials on setting up the camera on the spot.. some camera can still be a little intimidating.. I have Sony A6000,, after watching this class, I still feel a bit intimidate as if I can execute and apply the Long Exposure- Slow Shutter speed application properly. Overall, I am happy and satisfied with the course. Thank you! Lorraine
By Arlene Hambrick on 1/28/2018
The remaining question I have is what is the best lens to use when shooting a long exposure. I ask this because I love shooting with my 50 but I also have two kit lens for my cannon t5. Since we need to buy the ND filters I need to match my filter with at least one of my lens. Which one should I go with? Other than that question, I loved the class. It was short, to the point and ver clearly stated. Oh yes, by the way the streaming on the actual shoots was very slow and I had to wait many times for the video to move on. This was annoying. However, I didn’t know if it was my device or the program since this was the first time I have had streaming problems. Thanks Queenmother45@comcast.net
By Tim Hicks on 8/28/2017
I believe the instructor has excellent knowledge of the subject taught, but could have portrayed it a bit better. He often stumbled on words, jumped subject/material during instruction, and had some distracting mannerisms. Im not trying to be overly critical, as I believe he has great potential and knowledge on his subject, but needs to fine tune his presentation. Also, I wish he would have provided the exact name of the ND filter app he uses. An inquiry via the apple app store provides several choices but inability to narrow down the one used in the course.
By Carl Wilks on 3/29/2017
Great course, taught me a lot about the use of Neutral Density Filters to get long exposures in the daylight. I have not had a lot of experience using ND Filters. When talking about remote releases and cable releases he did not mention using the camera's timer to remove camera shake. If he did I missed it. He also said nothing about using Variable ND Filters. Over all a good course though.
By Partha Sarathi Mohapatra on 7/30/2016
Loved the way Phil teaches - well-paced and lucid. Two thumbs up! It would have been nice if the editing was shown using Photoshop (CS5 in my case), but then Lightroom isn't too different. Thanks Phil! I look forward to signing up for some of the other courses by you. Time to go out and practice the lessons learned. See you.
By Georges Samaha on 6/20/2016
It's a short Course, Easy to view it in a single day, but straight to the point. It teaches many important details about shooting long exposure, and if you have already experience in it, or you try practicing during taking the Course, you will it's high Value. I recommend everyone to watch it,
By Saud bin Nabi on 3/31/2016
Thanks Phil for such a nice course, it is easy to understand and quite helpful. It will be more helpful if you share some more setting for NIKON. I am trying with my bare hand and with tripod. I am happy with the result. Day Nikon d7000 Shutter: 1/5 sec. Aperture: f/16 (55mm) ISO: 100 Night Nikon d7000 Shutter: 1/2 sec. Aperture: f/7.1 (55mm) ISO: 200
By AJ Oahu on 3/24/2016
Perfect amount of light-hearted humor and excellent material! I will surely be taking your paid course when possible $$$. FINALLY! I shoot with a CANON 6D (as you do) so I'm thrilled to learn about the BULB shooting etc...I'll shoot you an email. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!
By Mark Jones on 2/25/2016
This is a clear and concise introduction to long exposure photography that does not over complicate the processes and reasons behind creating great photos of moving objects. Practical examples aid the understanding process and seeing is believing with some of these special effects you can create. well worth the time to spend on this course.
By Ellyse Look on 1/21/2016
I've been interested in long exposure for awhile, so this course was helpful. I would love to see an example of a night photo after doing the lake and the fountain examples. I know the editing part is based on preference, but having a few guidelines (like you had with camera settings) would be helpful. Overall, thank you for putting together a wonderful mini-lesson on long exposure!
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