How to properly shoot night scenes. Tips for shooting night scenes with slow shutter speed.

A tripod is a major premise. With this major premise, you can start playing with slow shutter speed. The so-called slow shutter refers to shooting with an exposure time of several seconds. Regardless of whether you use a SLR camera or a mirrorless camera, the shooting methods are similar, but there are many ways to play slow shutter speed, and you need to master the basic key points.

When it comes to selecting focal lengths and lenses, there is no doubt that you should use a wide-angle lens. Mr. S has just started taking photos, and he didn’t know that the 18mm wide-angle end of the kit lens is so useful. Slow shooting of ordinary night scenes does not require a large aperture, so the threshold is relatively low. Moreover, in actual shooting, only with an aperture of f/11 or even smaller and a low ISO value can a "slow" shutter be achieved. For photos taken at a slow shutter speed, if the brightness is not what you want, you can change it according to the situation. If the ISO is low enough and cannot be changed, if it is too bright, please continue to narrow the aperture or speed up the shutter. (The aperture can be reduced to f/22 at most, and f/32 will affect the image quality)

The advantage of slow shutter speed for night scene photography is that even if a black shadow passes in front of your camera, it will not remain in the photo. For SLR cameras, it is best to use the countdown shutter time or remote control shutter to shoot. If you can shoot without manually pressing the shutter button, do not press it manually to shoot immediately. If you decide to use a tripod for shooting, you can safely remove the anti-shake function of the lens.

You must shoot more and practice more. Most of the works of masters on the Internet have been post-produced, so it is normal for you to feel that the painting style does not look like a blockbuster. The most important thing is that you must be satisfied with your composition, and the clarity of the scene must be high enough (no shaking at all).

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