How to take a good night photo?

Simply put, there are two main ways to shoot at night: tripod and non-tripod. ...

Yes, that's the difference.

Shall we start with a tripod?

The built-in flash of some cameras will start automatically when the external environment is too dark, so it needs to be turned off manually. Why do you turn off the flash when it's so dark at night? Because the flash of the camera only has a range of 3-5 meters, it can only illuminate the scene 3-5 meters in front of you, and the scene behind it will be darkened because it is not illuminated.

Set the camera to Av file and set a small aperture, which is generally recommended to be between F8.0 and F 16. A small aperture can make most of the contents of the picture clear, and it can also make the lighting at night have a beautiful Starlight Glimmer effect. If your camera doesn't have Av mode, switch to P file.

Set the ISO lower, so that the picture will be more delicate, without noise, and the rough problem will be solved perfectly. This is also the biggest problem with hand-held night shots, which will be discussed later.

Because the light is dark at night, the shutter time will generally be longer when the ISO setting is low, so it is easy to blur the picture when shooting by hand, so it is necessary to use a tripod to keep the camera stable. If you don't have a tripod, you should also find a support point, such as a trash can, and try to keep the camera stable.

Putting the camera on a tripod solves the problems of camera jitter and blurred picture. In addition, when you press the shutter, it may also cause the camera to shake. This is that you can use the camera's time-lapse shooting function to shoot.

① Turn off the flash.

② Turn to Av gear and F8 or even smaller aperture.

③ Adjust ③ISO to 100-400.

(4) Press the shutter with the help of tripod or cable release or telephone pole plus time delay shooting function.

Let's talk about the case of shooting night scenes with a camera without a tripod.

Many times we don't want to take a tripod out because it's too much trouble. Now many cameras have a hand-held night view mode. If your camera has this mode, the night scene taken by this mode is still ok. If not, then look. The following steps are very important.

I won't say much about this. I have already said it above. Anyway, I usually turn off the flash directly

Go to the TV file and set the slowest shutter speed 1/30s to keep the picture clear and get good picture quality. This speed only applies when the zoom is not turned on. If the zoom is turned on, the larger the zoom is turned on, the faster the shutter speed should be set to ensure the clarity of the picture.

Too high ISO will lead to rough picture and affect image quality, so ISO is generally not more than 400. But when shooting at night, even if the camera automatically matches a larger aperture in TV mode, the picture may be very dark. At this time, it is necessary to improve ISO and increase the brightness of the picture. To put it bluntly, it is to sacrifice the image quality in exchange for the normal brightness of the picture.

Be sure to keep the correct shooting posture, so as to keep the camera stable to the greatest extent, otherwise it is very likely that the shutter of 1/30s will be blurred. The correct photo posture should be like this: hold the camera in your right hand and press the shutter, hold the lens in your left hand, and naturally clip your arms at your sides. If there are trees, telephone poles and other objects to rely on, then lean on them.

① Turn off the flash.

② Set the camera to Tv and the minimum shutter to 1/30s.

③ISO value is set to automatic.

(4) Keep the correct photo posture.