Cubatron Core by Mark Lottor | Long Exposure Experiments
The beauty of long exposure is the visualization of time and movement.
Long exposure photography can be used to capture a lot of different phenomenon. In this case, it is used to capture the movement of the blinking lights through this multi-LED large scale installation, the Cubatron Core by Mark Lottor, to make an abstract image to convey motion. The piece will be featured at the Exploratorium through Thursday, January 25, 2018.
From the photographer: "As the Media Explainer, I usually take pictures of the Explainers themselves, but on one day I was interested in playing around with my camera. Specifically, i had the intention of capturing a decent long exposure shot. I took some test shots around the museum, but since I did not have a tripod, they came out blurry and unpleasing. I figured that the Cubatron would produce the best results because of its numerous vibrant lights. Also, because it looks cool. When I began taking my long exposures, I tried to stay as still as possible, but these pictures did not give me the results I wanted. Instead of producing an interesting image, the lights had no movement and overexposed the picture. Then, I figured out that while taking the long exposure, I could move around the camera while the shutter was still open and create the appearance of movement. I continued to fiddle around with different shutter speeds and different patterns of movement, which resulted in the images that I shared with you. Then I enhanced them a bit in photoshop and voila!" —Joshua Guillen, Exploratorium Media Explainer
