How to take successful photos at night, by Gordon Laing
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oh. thank you
So it’s ready for action.
I watch a couple of your videos. very informative and helpful, but can you please tell us why we have to put our camera on Auto or P after taking photos?
Thank you
If you are working with an unstable position and are okay with a little bit of noise in the picture, you can also change your ISO setting to a higher level which will allow you to use a quicker shutter speed. If you do have a stabilizer though, you should go with the longer shutter speed and keep the image noise to a minimal. If you want to become a better photographer, try using the manual setting during the day, it will allow you more control and the ability to over expose if you want to.
Great information. Thank you so much for sharing this!!!!
thanks a lot dude you helped me out BIG time
When you get a shallow depth field during the day, you are still using quick shutter speed. Resulting in the camera only focusing on your main subject. At night, you leave that shutter open longer, allowing more light in, and allowing the camera to focus on the entire scene.
Woah, buddy, that’s a really close shot.
thank you soooo much!!!! i finally know how to change the aperture and the shutter speed at the same time!!!
Thank you very much. Your videos are very informative.
Matey ur amazing, ty for the tips…
thanks..i can finally go out and do some damage at night here in NYC
Another small tip is to use a shutter release cable to reduce the amount of vibration in the camera vs. pressing the shutter release button on the camera. If you don’t have a shutter release device, use the camera shutter timer so you aren’t touching the camera.
@sefmm
You want to lower your ISO as much as possible to reduce the amount of image noise you’ll get. But you have to keep in mind that the lower ISO settings will require you to use some sort of stabilization device for your camera or else your photos will be blurry. If you check your camera settings, you may have “long exposure noise reduction”. If you do a lot of night photography where you will use a 2+ second shutterspeed.
How higher the iso how more sesitive to light, but when you do that you have more noise.
So for night you can better egt a higher iso, but than you get more noise.
what about the ISO?? what difference makes a high or a low ISO?? What’s better for night? Somebody help me please.
when we select a big aperture, it will result in shallow depth of field right?
then why does night photography, the depth of field seems normal?
thnks…..
ross kemp on photography
god bless you
sharp very sharp, i really love that pic…
great!
Two points that may be useful. Don’t forget depth of field. I would use an aperture of f8 and adjust exposure with the shutter. Important also – remember to change to tungsten. If as in your Las Vegas pic there is a mix of tungsten and daylight leaving exposure to auto works most times. On some dslrs there is a white balance adjustment which can be very useful.
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Wow very helpful! helped me take some great night photos outside my house cant wait to use this from the hotel with a great skyline view of nyc