Night Photography Tips for Beginners

For most photographers who are amateurs, doing and taking night photography shots can be daunting especially when having the slightest idea on how to set your camera is way below zero. Night photography is one of the best ways to come up with a great photo especially when you’re able to capture the lights that gives a whimsical effect to it.

Here are some tips that night photography beginners can follow. You need to know that most of the times the use of a flash is a definite no-no because this can overpower the color of the lights at night. This can also over expose the background of your subject and under expose your focal subject. One great simple tip is to use a flashlight when taking your night photography shot because it’ll help your camera dials and this can also help you improve the use of your camera in the evening shots.

One of the main equipment you’ll need is a tripod. A shaky camera shot will produce a blurry image and this will ruin your whole picture. The use of this important gear will help your camera stay steady and this is useful for a long exposure shots that is the number one technique being used by photographers when they are on a night photography journey. Another important gear is a remote this will help prevent camera shakes too, because you’ll be able to take a shot without touching your camera’s shutter button. If you don’t have a remote, you can set your camera on a timer and this helps a lot too.

The settings of your camera play an important part on the success of your night photography too. You can set your ISO from 200 to 400, your shutter speed to 20 seconds (20”) 15 seconds (15”) and your aperture to 8. This will all depend on how dimly lit the place is. You can adjust your shutter speed and your ISO settings will basically depend on your shutter speed.

White Balance setting is also a very important part in night photography, most places are lighten with incandescent lights, you should set your white balance into tungsten or in some camera’s to incandescent or bulb. You can also manually set the color of your white balance, try to take sample shots because this will give you an idea on what’s the best setting that you should use.

Night photography doesn’t have to be very difficult, you just need the patience, the determination and the passion to learn how it is done perfectly.