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Attention Photographers: How to get great night life photos.? |
I'm going to a Art gallery out in North Hollywood this Saturday. And maybe after I want to take some night shots of like Hollywood and Highland or some where in and around that area. I have a Canon 20D with a Tamron AF 17-50mm f/2.8 lens. I don't want to use the flash very little if not at all. But I want to get some good if not great night shots, What are some good suggestions and camera setting for night shooting? Your light meter won't be of much help after dark, but it will give you an idea of where to start. You will also need to find some way of bracing your camera, either a tripod or a bean bag or sand bag, you can even use a jacket or a towel. The bottom line is that you will need some way of steadying your camera because you will be shooting at very slow shutter speeds. You should also use a cable release or at the very least the self timer on your camera, again because of the slow shutter speeds. You will probably want to shoot at f/2.8; you can try stopping down your lens, but remember, each f/ stop cuts the amount of light passing through the lens by one half. If your light meter can register an exposure, take it. Then bracket two to four more shots on either side of that exposure. For instance, if your camera gives you an exposure of f/2.8 at a 30th, then take three more shots, keeping the f/2.8 and changing the shutter speed to a 60th, a 15th, and a 8th. If you light meter can't register in extreme low light, then you will need to guess. You may end up with exposures of up to a minute or longer. Once you've done some nigh work, you'll have an idea of what you can and cannot do. Even then, it's still a lot of guess work. I have an old camera, a Canon PowerShot A540. I use manual, and change the ISO levels, AWB, and F3.2 levels. Your flash doesn't have to be on fully: change the flash output. It changes lighting. Well, it's nice to see you have a DSLR. The 17-50mm Tamron may not be the best for night photography, but at least it has a nice, constant aperture. First off, you are going to want to set up the aperture to the widest it can be. Then, lower the shutter speed. This will require a tripod and remote. |
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