Lights On
Lights On is Pragyan, NIT Trichy’s photography competition that allowed participants to display their skill and talent in long/multiple exposure photography. The event, as a part of the Creatrix cluster, received great participation that extended to multiple continents.
Long exposure photography, also referred to as time-exposure or slow-shutter photography, manages to sharply capture the stationary elements of images while simultaneously blurring or smearing those elements in motion. It does this using a long-duration shutter speed and as a result, the locus of bright objects becomes clear.
Multiple exposure photography, on the other hand, is the superimposition of multiple exposures to create a single composite image. When dealing with traditional film cameras, a multiple exposure would be starkly different from a long exposure, which would be a single exposure. However, with digital cameras, a long exposure can be acquired by integrating several exposures.
Both long and multiple exposure images manage to beautifully capture one dimension that is missed out on by conventional photography — time.
Andy Mumford, an English photographer based in Lisbon, Portugal, judged the entries based on their composition, originality and creativity. Mumford has contributed articles to several magazines and currently focuses on shooting landscapes and travelling, as well as teaching photography through workshops and writing.
Pragyan extends its wishes to the winners, and hopes that all participants will continue to pursue their hobby in photography and hone their skills.
