Digital Photography Tips for Night Shots
1. Avoid a flash, if you can. When shooting at night (unless shots are indoors), it creates drastic lighting differences that are difficult to remove with standard editing software
. When adjusting highlight and shadows, sometimes the foreground begins to look pasted over the background. One key in telling an edited photo is different lighting in different points in the image. Successful editing is editing that contributes to the image, not detracts from the over-all visual experience. Plan to avoid a flash or practice, practice, practice!
2. Buy the tripod; use the tripod. There is nothing more frustrating than organizing your life around an after-dark photo shoot and being unable to follow through due to long shutter open times and camera shake. If your subject supports it, use the timer on the camera or a remote for the shutter. Pressing the button on the camera can create camera shake.
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3. Take advantage of the available light. Pay attention to light points and use the light as its own focal point. Treat it like a hired model; respect it and know its best angles. Unexpected light sources can make darkness photography some of the most visually interesting, making your images look other worldly. Don’t just consider the tangible subject matter in your frame composition, use the light.
Using these three digital photography tips for night shots will help make your after dark photo shoots a raging success!
