Emergency tips for handheld shooting in low light

Preface

Photography is about shooting light. When faced with environments with insufficient light sources, such as night scenes, concerts, etc., and the flash cannot be used, how should we adapt to the situation and how should we shoot in low-light environments? Produce decent images?

Therefore, this article mainly introduces emergency tips for handheld shooting in low-light environments where flash cannot be used, hoping to enable you to capture impressive images in low-light environments.

Emergency tips 1.: Try to increase the sensitivity (ISO) as much as possible

Using a digital camera to adjust the sensitivity is far more convenient than using a film camera, that is, a digital camera can adjust the sensitivity at any time. In contrast, film has only a single sensitivity. When the sensitivity is higher, the camera's sensitivity to light will be higher, allowing photographers to maintain a safe shutter in low-light environments to capture clear images. However, when shooting at high sensitivities (ISO1600 or higher), images with too high an ISO will have obvious noise, and post-processing may be required to reduce noise in the images. However, the high ISO performance of new models nowadays is very good. It is very reliable and everyone can take pictures with confidence.

Nowadays, the ISO of new models is really high, and I often use ISO1600 to shoot

I personally feel that black and white photos have a different flavor when they have a little more noise

< p> Emergency Tip 2.: Use your maximum aperture

In addition to increasing the sensitivity, photographers can also use the maximum aperture to increase the amount of light entering the lens (if the lens has f/2.8, use f/2.8 If you have f1.4, use f1.4), let the camera shoot at a higher shutter speed, and obtain clear and stable images. Some lenses will reduce the image quality when the light is turned on, but it does not matter, because the loss of image quality is better than missing out. The important thing is that the photos are good, but one thing you need to pay attention to is the control of the depth of field, because the depth of field of the image with a large aperture is relatively shallow. It seems that in this group photo, I lined up the people in a row and distributed them within the same depth of field, so that the subjects would not be out of focus due to the large aperture. Also, the bokeh is very charming when using a large aperture.

Emergency Tip 3.: Lean on your surroundings to stabilize your body and use a slow shutter speed

When shooting in low-light environments, try to rely on stable objects such as railings, walls, stone pillars, etc. to stabilize your body. Lower the shutter speed to a suitable speed. In addition, photographers should also press the shutter button halfway to focus first, and hold their breath when fully pressing the shutter button to reduce body shaking.

The left and right pictures above were also taken using ISO3200, aperture 2.8, focal length 200MM, and shutter speed 1/6. The difference lies in the shaking of the body during shooting. It is obvious that the picture on the right was successfully shot using a super-slow shutter speed.

Emergency Tip 4: Fall in love with blur and shoot unique works.

If none of the above methods can produce a photo, then you have to accept the ghosting. Ghosting means movement, and movement often makes a photo come alive. Think about moving shots to add a bit of psychedelic and dynamic feel to the picture.

Here are some examples

After reading the article, when you find that the light source around you is not ideal, you need to use your brain to see how to use low-light emergency tips. Continue Keep photographing your work.