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Caption: Epic long exposures from GREECE
Caption: Editor's note: Petros Mitropolous is a Greek photographer based in Athens. Only a little over a year ago did he start exploring long-exposure photography, and yet in that time he's produced some really moving pieces of work in the genre.
Creating more than just a pretty picture, Petros is exploring light, time, composition, and story. Here are some of his favorite images since he started this journey, and the stories behind them.
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Caption: "I'd recently bought my new angle lens and was trying to experiment with long-exposure photography. For this image, I drove more than two hours to find a secret spot near Athens I'd heard about located south of the city. It was a beautiful day with no one there to interrupt me, though I'd brought a friend along to share a beer with while waiting for sunset."
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Caption: "Other images require some manual labor on my part. When I arrived at this location, the composition was flat. There was nothing to anchor it, nothing to compose around. So I made my own anchor. I found a broken tree down the shore and pulled it into the water. I literally created the composition."
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Caption: "As I took this photo, all I felt was grateful, small, and filled with awe, which is pretty much exactly how this journey into long-exposure photography has felt."
Caption: All photos by Petros Mitropolous
To see the full photo essay, click here: _______ 7 epic long exposures from Greece
www.matadornetwork.com/life/7-epic-long-exposures-greece/