Five shooting techniques of night scene

Night photography, the camera needs a long exposure, how to shoot a good night scene? Here are five shooting techniques for night scenes. Welcome to reading and understanding.

1, theme and composition.

Because of the light, many scenery that looks breathtaking during the day will be covered by the night. All we can shoot is colorful lights and colors in the dark night. It can be said that shooting the night scene is actually shooting the characteristic light and color at night. Since it is clear what to shoot at night, we should consider the selection and deletion of scenery and light and shadow in composition. Just like writing an article, you must first determine what your photos should show, and then focus on them by highlighting the center. For other non-central scenery, in order to highlight the key points and emphasize the perfect composition, you can shoot less or not.

2. Keep the camera stable.

When shooting at night, the camera needs to be exposed for a long time, sometimes the exposure time may be as long as several seconds or even hours, which requires the camera never to shake, otherwise the captured image may be blurred because of the camera shake. In order to keep the camera stable, the camera should be fixed on a tripod to shoot, and the shutter should be driven by releasing the cable or the camera's self-timer function. When you really need to press the shutter directly, you should also press it as lightly as possible to minimize the machine shaking caused by human factors.

3. exposure.

Generally speaking, due to the weak light at night, the exposure time of the camera is naturally longer than that of the general scenery, but like other changeable scenery shooting, the exposure time should be controlled according to the light situation and the specific composition of the scenery. In this respect, digital camera has incomparable advantages over traditional cameras, because it has the function of real-time preview of LCD screen and is not afraid of wasting film. In actual shooting, we can first set a set of aperture and shutter speed that we think is suitable for shooting, and then preview it directly. If the image is overexposed (too bright), we can reduce the shutter speed or aperture appropriately. If the exposure is insufficient (too dark), we can appropriately extend the exposure time or increase the aperture until we get a satisfactory image effect.

4. Adjustment of focal length and aperture.

Like other photography, night photography also needs to highlight the theme. When shooting panoramic pictures, it is necessary to get the maximum depth of field as much as possible, so that the far and near scenes can get clear images. When shooting a large-scale night scene, we can adjust the focal length of the lens a little farther. By using hyperfocal distance, we can get enough depth of field to make the whole picture look patchy and three-dimensional. Aperture is also very important in shooting night scenes. Although we can get enough luminous flux by extending the exposure time, it is definitely not that the smaller the aperture, the better. Due to the differences of various digital cameras, the lenses equipped with them generally have a so-called optimal aperture coefficient, which is mostly about 4-5 orders of the maximum aperture of the lens, and a maximum aperture is F3. For example, for a 5 lens, the best aperture is mostly F5. 6-F8, using the best aperture and hyperfocal distance at the same time, will make the shot image highlight the theme and get good clarity and layering.

5, the use of flash.

Some friends also like to use flash when shooting night scenes. In fact, many times, it is unnecessary to use flash, because as long as the flash is on, it will more or less destroy the beauty of the night and make the image tend to be mediocre. Therefore, as long as enough exposure time can be guaranteed, I personally think it is better to use less flash.