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Compared with traditional cameras, digital cameras cannot be exposed twice due to technical limitations, and the details in dark light are relatively poor, so it takes a lot of trouble to perfectly reproduce the scene. How to use digital photography for friends who are new to it?

Shoot the perfect night scene?

The more beautiful the night, the more suitable the city at night. The city that never sleeps has rich colors and bright lights, so the shooting of night scenes has become a subject of photography. Although it is difficult for digital cameras to shoot night scenes, we can rely on the LCD screen to check the exposure in time and get more satisfactory colors by adjusting the color temperature.

1. Night shooting also pays attention to the shooting location.

Do you still have to pay attention to the choice of location when shooting at night? The answer is of course yes! It can be said that dazzling lighting at night is the premise of shooting at night. Without lights or with few lights, objects cannot be displayed or displayed clearly. With enough light, not only can the object appear layered, but also the picture can be brighter and clearer. So it is very important to choose a suitable shooting location.

2. Night shooting equipment is a bit particular.

Although any digital camera can shoot night scenes, the different equipment ultimately determines the different film effects. First of all, there must be a digital camera that provides aperture priority, shutter priority and exposure compensation. Because the surrounding light is easy to interfere with the shooting effect, or even form a light spot, the hood of a digital camera can easily solve the above problems. If there is no hood, you can also temporarily block it with a larger notebook or other objects.

In addition, most night shots require long exposure, and hand-held shooting is basically impossible, so a tripod is needed to fix the camera. If the camera is equipped with a cable release or a remote control, it is easier to take clear film (if neither is available, you can try to use the camera's self-timer function). For example, Olympus 5050 comes with this gadget, which will be very useful in night shooting. For beginners, in the absence of a tripod, you can choose a railing on the roadside or a half-high fence to fix the camera according to local conditions. When there is nothing to rely on, you can try shooting with high sensitivity and large aperture.

3. Practical skills of night shooting

At present, many high-end digital cameras provide shooting modes of P (automatic), A (aperture priority), S (shutter priority) and M (manual). In addition, most digital cameras provide scene shooting modes, and the most common modes are night scene mode and macro mode. For beginners, shooting with a digital camera with night shooting mode is the most convenient and effective way. If your camera does not provide scene shooting mode, you should pay attention to the following aspects when shooting:

4. Aperture and shutter

Generally speaking, except for special needs, we all like to use a smaller aperture value (about F8 to 1 1) to increase the exposure time. Smaller aperture can make the distant view and the close view equally clear and detailed, especially the neon signs in the shop window can be clearly displayed, otherwise the neon signs will form a mass of light and look blurred. Interestingly, as long as the exposure time is long enough, pedestrians on the road will not appear in the photo (because the crowd is moving, the figure of people will become inconspicuous after long exposure), while cars driving on the road will form the shadow of lights (aperture value F7, exposure time 12 seconds, ISO value 160). If you want to focus on the crowd in the night scene, you have to use a larger aperture (F5.6 or so, which will blur the background) or use high sensitivity (ISO) to improve the shutter speed.

5. Conduct accurate photometry

I believe that the most difficult thing to shoot at night is metering. When shooting a long-distance night scene, the black sky will affect the photometric reading of the camera and make the photo overexposed. In addition, if the shooting is influenced by spotlights or other strong lights, the photos will be underexposed to a certain extent. Most digital cameras are equipped with a variety of metering modes, so we should choose the corresponding metering mode according to the actual situation. Because different metering modes will directly affect the exposure accuracy of photos. In order to shoot a charming night scene, it is best to make one or two exposure compensation adjustments when shooting. If you use shutter priority or aperture priority mode to shoot, there will be overexposure in many cases, so how to adjust the exposure compensation value will have to be tried by everyone.

6. How to use white balance

Choosing different white balance will directly affect the tone and artistic conception of the photo. Generally speaking, don't choose automatic white balance, which will affect the inherent color of light and make it lose its unique color temperature feeling. Generally speaking, we will use tungsten lamp white balance when shooting city night scenes, because this white balance is closer to the effect of lighting. Of course, this is not absolute, it depends on the environment.

7. Focus in the night scene

Because it is difficult for ordinary digital camera focusing sensors to focus on scenes with low contrast and low brightness accurately, when focusing on night scenes, we should focus on bright scenes as much as possible, and then lock the focal length for composition. Of course, you can also switch to manual focusing and use LCD to see the focusing effect. Roughly estimate the distance between the scene and the camera, and then select the appropriate focal length through the numerical display of LCD.

In addition to the above aspects, it is best to avoid using flash when shooting night scenes, which will destroy the atmosphere of the scene, and the general random flash will not play much role in shooting night scenes. If you want to shoot a good night scene film, you should not only shoot more, but also watch other people's films and learn shooting skills and methods from them.

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