There are many skills in night shooting. The first trick is to choose the best shooting time, that is, 10 to 20 minutes after sunset. This time is very short and needs to be prepared in advance. Using the blue sky after sunset as the keynote of the night scene, you can shoot the sky with cold color and the light with warm color to form a contrast between cold and warm; Sometimes shooting clouds is very tasty. Here is a brief introduction to the photography skills of night scenes.
First, photographic equipment
1, tripod, it takes a long exposure time to shoot the night scene, which is necessary.
2, the choice of lens, wide-angle lens, standard zoom lens can be.
3. Release the cable to prevent finger vibration when pressing the shutter. If there is no cable release, it can be achieved through the camera's timed shooting function.
4. When the camera is placed on the tripod, turn off the anti-shake function of the lens.
Second, the camera settings
1, aperture, for beginners, you can choose aperture priority mode to shoot, and a small aperture (F8-F 1 1) can ensure a sufficient depth of field; A small aperture can turn a light into a beautiful star. Of course, if you want to shoot the facula effect of the light source, you must choose a large aperture and a shallow depth of field.
2, sensitivity, in order to get a clean and delicate picture, it is recommended to set the ISO value to 100 or 200. For high-end full-frame cameras, the ISO value can also be set to 50 or even 32. In this way, although the exposure time will be longer, the picture will be more delicate.
3. White balance. It is suggested to set tungsten lamp mode or 3000K-5000K color temperature mode. Specific will be based on personal preferences or creative needs, of course, you can also try them all, which is also a comprehensive understanding of the different effects of different white balance modes.
4. It is suggested to choose RAW format to leave more space for post-processing photos.
5. In order to improve the image quality and save shooting time, please turn off the "long exposure noise reduction" function.
6. Try to use black cards.
Black cards will have many opportunities to be used in night shooting. And even a novice photographer can easily master the skills of using black cards. Its principle of use is to cover the bright part of the picture with a non-reflective black card in the process of long-term exposure, so that the bright part can reduce the exposure time. Of course, the operation still needs more practice and summary to be proficient. This method will make the light of the whole picture more uniform, and it can also shoot different pictures, which is worth a try.
Third, the shooting content
There are many things to shoot at night. For example, the neon-lit landscape bridge in the city, beautiful buildings and beautiful pictures of reflections in the lake, lighted streets in the city, beautiful shop windows, and photos of car tracks (related articles), star tracks, the moon and so on.
As for the composition, lighting and shooting angle of night scene shooting, it is almost the same as other subjects photography.