No tripod, still want long exposure photos of people?

It's sure we've all seen long exposure photos taken of people that are not blurry in the photos, but everything else is. It looks artistic and professional. In fact, it's not that difficult to reach the desired results if you have a camera with manual settings.

Firstly, make sure you can set the shutter speed manually. If yes, set it either to 1/5 second or 1 second. The aperture value can remain large, f/1.8-f/2.8 in order to separate your subject from the background. Switch on your pop-up flash (if you don't own a flashgun) and there we go, take the photo.

I used exactly the same method to produce the following photos:

A good spot for fashion photography in Budapest

Have you ever wondered where to do your fashion photoshoot in Budapest? I was asked to help a friend of mine, who studies to be a fashion designer, do a photoshoot for her assignment. She was given the task to have a series of photos that complies with the topic "Mixed Patterns." I instantly said yes, but I was quite nervous when I had to find a great place where we could take the photos. The weather was awful, rainy and cold, but we insisted on doing it outdoors.

I finally came up with the idea of doing the photoshoot under the arcades of an old building near Deak Ferenc ter, in Jozsef Attila utca. As it was overcast, light filtered through the clouds and gave us some nice diffused lights. As for the equipment, I wanted to make it as simple as possible, so I didn't take my strobes whatsoever; I took my Canon eos 60D and a Canon EF 50mm f1.8 lens to get some nice background blur and sharp images. 

You can check some photos below: