How to take clear and bright images at night?

Many photographers like to take photos at night, but they have to face such a real problem-the problem of clear photos. Although the night scene is beautiful, it is difficult to take portraits at night. When shooting portraits at night, we should pay special attention to focusing, metering, correct exposure, color control and the use of flash. So, how to shoot clear and bright images at night?

Turn off automatic mode

When you want to take good photos at night or in dark, it is important to turn off the automatic mode. If the automatic mode is applied, it is impossible to take a good photo. Apply the manual mode (m) in the correct way.

Set to m (manual) mode.

Set the appropriate ISO.

For night shooting, the ISO must be set to 100 (sometimes, for practical reasons, you may need to increase the ISO slightly. ), many people may tell you that you need to apply a better ISO setting in a dark environment, but when you set a higher ISO, you will absorb more light. If it is slightly inappropriate, the screen will shake because of the shutter speed.

Aperture setting

Generally, at night, the aperture is set like F/13 or even higher, so that the image taken will not be too sharp. We match the shutter speed to compensate for the light loss.

Shutter speed

The brightness at night is different. For shutter speed, more tests are needed before shooting. Generally, the shutter speed at night is set to 5- 10 second. If the image is too dark, set it to 20 seconds or longer. If the image is too bright, just set the shutter speed to a few seconds.

For many friends, the color of night portraits is difficult to control. Under different lighting conditions, portraits at night will show different colors. For example, portrait photos taken by indoor incandescent lamps and rain bar energy-saving lamps will show different colors. The color of the indoor photo is blue, but it is warm brown in the bar, and it will show another orange under the street lamp.

Tips: Finally, don't forget that the abnormal skin color of a portrait can also be changed by post-processing. When shooting, photos can be stored in RAW format, and the hue and color of photos can be changed without loss through related software.