How to take high-quality photos at night without a tripod?

Taking pictures at night is very popular among professionals and beginners. Many photographers need to carry a tripod when shooting at night, but it is not convenient to carry a tripod with them. It takes time to install it. Let's take a look at how to take high-quality photos in the dark with a SLR camera without a tripod.

1, looking for artificial lighting

It all depends on your imagination. You can shoot in shop windows and under street lights. In the background of brightly lit shopping centers or other buildings, the photos look particularly beautiful. Some people will take out-of-line photos based on billboards in car headlights and even bus stops. Try to find interesting places.

-This is the way to get unique content.

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Step 2 shoot with a wide-angle lens

It is best to use a wide-angle model with short focal length for this kind of shooting, because this lens has a large depth of field when opening the aperture.

Wide-angle lens makes your photos clear and bright.

3. Use the things available around you as a fulcrum

In order to prevent the camera from shaking in your hand, you can try to lean your body against lampposts, house walls, trees and so on. In some cases, lying on the ground to take pictures is ok.

You can lean against the railing or the wall-so your hands won't tremble.

4. Pay attention to stability

In some cameras, the stabilization system is implemented in the "fuselage" (such as Nikon's model). Usually telephoto lenses have an anti-shake system. Of course, this is not an excellent choice, but it can increase your exposure time.

5. Improve your ISO.

With the increase of sensitivity, the noise of the picture will also increase. In this case, the Quan Huafu sensor will provide better results than the clipping sensor because of its larger area. If we only consider the setting of ISO, first try to improve it to.

1000 - 1600。

(Try a different ISO value)

Step 6 take pictures continuously

This will not only allow you to choose the most successful picture, but also help you with the subsequent processing. In fact, if necessary, you can combine pictures into an image in the graphic editor to achieve the desired effect. In addition, night photography is an important reason for using encirclement.

(continuous shooting helps to increase the choice of photos)

7. Take test photos

Don't forget to analyze the situation by looking at the test lens, so you can adjust the camera settings in time. If the photo is dark, the ISO should be improved.

Or increase the shutter speed, try different options and find a balance. However, it is important to consider that night photos of people look brighter on the camera screen.

8. Don't ignore the flash.

Many cameras can't have high-quality built-in flash, so you can take an external flash with you. Most importantly, don't forget the battery.

You can take good photos with a flash.