Comments on: Night Photography Tips

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:55:27 +0000

@richard buck et al.,

The Runner- 800ISO
Vancouver at Night – 400ISO
Lions Gate Bridge – 800ISO
the last three – 100ISO

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:22:07 +0000

Good set of images, this is something I’ve dabbled with but need to practice more. Thanks.

By: jan

jan — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:34:14 +0000

great article, i really enjoyed reading it?

i’m new in night photography. next month i’m travelling to NYC. i wanna take some photos from top of the rocks rockefeller center downown heading to the empire state building. how wide would you guys open your aperture for this particular example?

By: Photography Tips & Tricks

Photography Tips & Tricks — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:34:52 +0000

Wonderful tips. It looks like your sweet spot is f/15 and 25 to 30 in many of the images. You’ve inspired me to go out this weekend and try for some night shots. The only issue is that I’m rural so I really need good moonlight and my options are limited to landscapes unless I drive to the city. Thanks for sharing!

By: Richard Buck

Richard Buck — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:34:35 +0000

Shutter speed and apeture isn’t enough information, we would also need to know what ISO was used on these photos, and possibly color temp.

Regards

Richard

By: Subash

Subash — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:08:09 +0000

Wow!!! Wow!!! that is what I can say after going through the above article. Thanks for sharing the aperture and shutter speed settings. Wow!!!

By: Kris shaw

Kris shaw — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:41:09 +0000

I love shooting at night and the results can be so rewarding but I always forget how different it is to just simply shooting in daylight. A couple of tools I always find handy are:
A. A torch. Seriously I know it sounds simple but the amount of times I’ve gone out without it and struggled. If not just for seeing where your walking, you’re gonna need it to focus or at least see where that speedlight gel is you just dropped!
B. Hand warmers. Not for your hands but for your batteries. I live in the uk and it’s pretty cold on a night when it’s not the height of summer. Last year I invested in a load of cheap gel hand warmers (the type you snap and they heat up). I bought a load and wrap my spare batteries for my torch, camera and speedlights along with them. keeps my batteries from dying quickly in the cold. Its amazing how they drain in the cold air. The £1 warmers really made a difference. Hope this might help anyone considering a night shoot in the near future!

By: Derrick Heng

Derrick Heng — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 05:01:36 +0000

Hi
I took night photo few week ago,I notice that during the night do we need a fast shutter speed to able to capture the image?
Sometime I use high shutter speed like 1/1000, I notice that my image white wash or dark off.
pls advice me what to do next time I went for night shoot and one more thing is “How high shell I put my iso?

Derrick

By: Frances

Frances — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 03:08:39 +0000

I need to shoot a football team and they are wanting to do the pics on the field in the evening under the lights. Any suggestions or tips for this set up to be successful. Thank you!

By: Andy Mills

Andy Mills — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:26:48 +0000

@Michael Munro

“One question springs to mind, if I do not ask I will never know. Why would you want a f1:2.8 lens when you use an aperture of f8 or f22? Using a lens with a big aperture makes the lens faster hence an aperture of f1:2.8 or a f1:1.8 lens would be a very quick lens. Does the big aperture really have an effect at f22?”

Basically for the same reason you’d want a small aperture at any other time of day – depth of field. Often night exposure subjects require the DoF – such as cityscapes. And sharpness – many lenses aren’t as sharp wide open, but saying that, many aren’t as sharp stopped right down (my 17-70mm starts dropping off at f/18).