Low-light photography is the common name used for situations where the subject you are going to take a picture of is indirectly lighten by objects far away or with a dim source that can be outdoors or indoors, for example places that have no strong lights on but has some other background lights such as a TV, a lamp, a candle or street lights. Mostly for beginners a low-light moment would be identified when the camera is unable to focus lock using the auto focus without additional illumination, so the caption looks blurred or shows everything dark.
For this type of photography setting it is need to use special lens that will amplify the light that is already there. There are three different levels of low-light that will determine under which …show more content…
An example of this is the shadows created by buildings, trees, bridges, or the position of the subject itself according to the one in which the sun is. For this condition it is necessary to shoot at higher shutter speeds to avoid blurry images, this will help avoiding motion blurred by using the proper lens depending on the angle. For this it is also needed to use faster lens and to decrease the lens aperture to the lowest one in the camera in order to let more light pass through the lens into the camera body, also it will be helpful if the lens you are using go with VR/IS (Vibration Reduction/Image Stabilization) technology and to increase your camera ISO (Sensor Sensitivity).
After sunset, when you can still clearly see everything around you, but you can tell that it is getting dark or when you are indoors it is the low-light level, where it will be useful to stand closer to the light source, stabilize yourself, push your ISO the higher number and shoot in RAW mode and slightly underexpose. Under low-light environments, camera might start to lose its auto focus capabilities so it is better to use the AF assist option if your camera has it; using a full frame camera or a tripod will also come handy at this level.
Finally, the dark level is during night where it is hard to see or differentiate objects that are not sharp, so many of the tips given before wont work due to the lack
For this type of photography setting it is need to use special lens that will amplify the light that is already there. There are three different levels of low-light that will determine under which …show more content…
An example of this is the shadows created by buildings, trees, bridges, or the position of the subject itself according to the one in which the sun is. For this condition it is necessary to shoot at higher shutter speeds to avoid blurry images, this will help avoiding motion blurred by using the proper lens depending on the angle. For this it is also needed to use faster lens and to decrease the lens aperture to the lowest one in the camera in order to let more light pass through the lens into the camera body, also it will be helpful if the lens you are using go with VR/IS (Vibration Reduction/Image Stabilization) technology and to increase your camera ISO (Sensor Sensitivity).
After sunset, when you can still clearly see everything around you, but you can tell that it is getting dark or when you are indoors it is the low-light level, where it will be useful to stand closer to the light source, stabilize yourself, push your ISO the higher number and shoot in RAW mode and slightly underexpose. Under low-light environments, camera might start to lose its auto focus capabilities so it is better to use the AF assist option if your camera has it; using a full frame camera or a tripod will also come handy at this level.
Finally, the dark level is during night where it is hard to see or differentiate objects that are not sharp, so many of the tips given before wont work due to the lack