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DSLR Tips: Night Photography
admin on Oct-10-2008
Full guide at: http://www.dslrtips.com/workshops/How_to_take_photos_at_night/manual_long_exposure.shtml How to take successful photos at night, by Gordon Laing, Editor of http://www.dslrtips.com
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common sence people.
common sence people.
That was perfect!! …
That was perfect!! I had that exact problem trying to capture the hard rock cafe and its lights, great tutorial
Life Saver!!
Excellent, thanks …
Excellent, thanks for the tips. Clearest explanation I have come across.
i like your way of …
i like your way of explaining
it’s just pretty clear and understandable
THANK YOU SO MUCH !! =D
5 stars !
Way to go Gordon …
Way to go Gordon all nice reviews
If you see any …
If you see any unusual reflections or flare from the lights, then yes remove it, but if not, then you’re fine!
popeye was a good …
popeye was a good guy.
is it important to …
is it important to remove my uv protective lense before doing night shots…or does it matter whatsoever?
by the way u look …
by the way u look professional n good n i didn’t see anything funny like the previous comment. only funny thing for me is the british accent. it get me evrytime
thanx so much. i …
thanx so much. i will try tonight. i use prtable tripod or solid base whatever convinient at that moment like top of the car, walls etc to mak it not wobble.
You could try …
You could try focusing on a distnat light, like a building or a streetlamp, and then use the self-timer to allow any wobbles from your hands to disappear before it then takes the shot.
Great tutorial. …
Great tutorial. Thanks so much!
Anybody out there …
Anybody out there help me? i have a digital camera n its not a SLR. but it has so many options like manual setting etc. But it has only autofocus! So whenever i try to get a night time photo, it comes bit blurry! otherwise exellent shots. It seems the autofocus is not focusing the lense to infinity. How can i make the camera to focus to infinty in the night?
Popeye with a …
Popeye with a british accent?
Please don’t take …
Please don’t take any offense, but you look just like Popeye from the old cartoons. Please don’t get me wrong; I look funny, too.
Very much …
Very much apreciated. Thanks Cameralabs
Closing the …
Closing the aperture would increase the depth of field, and also potentially improve the lens quality (up to around f8 anyway), but obviously it would let less light in and require longer exposures. If that subsequently exceeded 30 seconds, then you’d be looking at using Bulb and a cable release, which goes beyond this particular tutorial. Feel free to discuss it further in the dlsrtips section of the cameralabs . com forum though!
Why purchase a dSLR …
Why purchase a dSLR if you don’t know what you are doing? Here is some advice: never use the camera in automatic mode. Use either Av (aperture priority - you set the aperture number, the higher the number, the smaller the aperture and the less light gets into your camera, a small aperture number results in a large opening and reduces the depth of field: it blurs the background) or Tv (shutter priority - controls how long the shutter is open and sets aperture automatically).
Wouldn’t setting …
Wouldn’t setting the ISO to 100 and the aperture to something lower - f/8 or even f/16 - improve the DOP and quality of the image. You are the first person I know of to recommend opening up the aperture in night photography.
That is not trick, …
That is not trick, that is just something that you need to know if you have SLR or dSLR camera. see you tomorrow at work gordon
Simple, just put …
Simple, just put the camera to Manual M mode and adjust the shutter speed until you reach BULB - it’s straight after 30″.
ohh, how can u set …
ohh, how can u set a canon eos 450d to bulb mode? is it just by turning the shutter speed to 30″?
No. Bulb mode keeps …
No. Bulb mode keeps the shutter open for as long as you press the button (or a cable release). You’d use Bulb if you wanted exposures longer than 30 seconds (or 60 on an Olympus DSLR).
is this also known …
is this also known as the bulb mode?
Awesome fuckin’ …
Awesome fuckin’ video!! Thanks tips helped alot!!!!!!!
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