Long Exposure Landscapes
with Stephanie Saldivar
"Join travel photographer Stephanie Saldivar for an immersive long exposure workshop at Austin’s iconic Pennybacker Bridge, where sweeping Hill Country landscapes meet striking architectural design. As golden hour settles over the Colorado River, you’ll learn how to use NiSi’s dynamic ND filters to control light and shape mood while translating the life within nature and structure into expressive art. This session begins in soft, glowing light and carries into blue hour and night, capturing the transition from calm to electric.
Throughout the workshop, Stephanie will guide you through exposure control, creative motion blur, and long exposure techniques that transform moving water, drifting clouds, and passing headlights into visual rhythm. You’ll explore how architecture anchors the frame while nature adds flow, depth, and emotion. By mastering NiSi ND filters, students will learn to extend shutter speeds without sacrificing detail or balance.
Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned photographer, this experience is designed to elevate your landscape and urban-architecture photography. You’ll leave with images that blend form and movement, where steel, sky, and river come alive in a single frame, as dynamic and layered as Austin itself.”
Topics covered:
- manual camera settings (ISO, aperture, shutter speed)
- importance of tripod
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About the Instructor
Stephanie Saldivar is a long-exposure photographer who finds inspiration in the pulse of the urban jungle while patiently awaiting her next wilderness adventure. Known for transforming motion into art, she uses light, time, and movement to reveal the hidden rhythms of both city streets and natural landscapes. Her work blurs the line between human environments and the natural world, capturing trailing lights, shifting clouds, and the subtle vibrancy that exists in every space. Whether she’s photographing the energy of downtown Austin or the quiet drama of remote terrain, Stephanie’s images invite viewers to slow down and reconnect with the world around them. Guided by curiosity and an enduring love for exploration, she continues to bring life, depth, and intention to every frame she creates.