Night photography skills

Taking pictures at night is a strange practice. Although experts in this field regard it as a deep-rooted passion and pursue the progress of technology and creativity endlessly, those who are more familiar with daytime photography often don't know that the real photography rules they have tried often need to be revised at night. With this in mind, the next time you take an adventure in the dark, consider the following suggestions to help you take beautiful photos.

Night photography skills 1 (1) brightness.

First of all, we must ensure that the brightness of the shooting environment is sufficient (if shooting indoors, it is best to turn on all the lights), pay attention to shooting in light (the mobile phone is close to the light source), and avoid backlighting.

(2) stability.

First, to hold the mobile phone steadily, it is best to hold it with both hands and support your arms against the body or the walls of tables and chairs. Second, you must stand firm, and it is best not to shoot while walking.

Specifically, there are six tricks:

(1) Avoid hand vibration

Look for railings, walls and other objects, and lean your elbows on them as support points, so that your hands can be much more stable (you can also put your hands on pedestrians, and beautiful women have the right). In addition, don't put down the phone immediately after pressing the shutter, but keep the original posture for 5 to 10 seconds (don't press it and leave), so that you can take clear photos.

(2) Start the night shooting mode

At present, most mainstream mobile phones have night shooting mode. In the night shooting mode, the shutter speed of the mobile phone will slow down and the ISO sensitivity will increase to increase the brightness. Therefore, it is best to turn on the night shooting mode when taking pictures in a dim environment.

(3) Improve ISO sensitivity.

ISO is a numerical value used to express the sensitivity. The larger the ISO value, the more sensitive it is to light. At present, mainstream mobile phones support manual ISO adjustment (the common range is 100 to 400, and some even reach 800).

However, increasing ISO often produces noise, which will affect the color and clarity and make the photos look as ugly as fog.

(4) Improve the EV exposure value.

EV refers to exposure value, and the exposure brightness doubles with each level of EV increase. At present, mainstream mobile phones support EV adjustment function, which is generally between -2 and 2, and each adjustment unit is 1/3 or 1/2.

However, excessive use of EV will lead to the loss of layering and make the photos look "dull", so the adjustment should be moderate, and never brighten the photos blindly.

(5) If it is not too dark, turn off the LED flash.

Night photos taken by turning on the LED flash often appear hazy, so it is recommended to turn off the LED flash as long as the light is not particularly low at night.

(6) Pay attention to composition

Whether a photo is taken well depends on the composition, especially in the case of night shooting. First of all, you should learn to prioritize and have a prominent point (the prominent point is preferably a light source).

It is suggested that friends open the auxiliary line of Jiugongge, so as to make a better composition, especially the one in the middle of Jiugongge, which is the legendary golden section. If you put the subject in that grid, you can definitely take a good picture.

Tips for taking pictures at night 2 1. Explore unknown adventures.

A basic understanding of the role of aperture and shutter speed will show the dimension of expanding ideas at night. When you stop the aperture, you will turn the street lamp into starlight and set the shutter speed to light bulb, so that you can capture the invisible things. Therefore, instead of mastering everything and following other people's exposure measures, it is better to use my camera to explore all the variables on the camera. Then, write down your exposure settings, so that you can discuss the final result after taking pictures and become a real learning experience.

2. Know your destination and make a reconnaissance in advance.

In a challenging shooting scene in low light, everything in front of us has extraordinary absorption, which may complicate the attempt to confirm a specific composition or picture theme. In order to prevent this dilemma and prepare for unexpected surprises, you should be familiar with your destination, and it is best to search for the location in advance.

Plan to arrive at your location before sunset and adopt your time setting. At the same time, it also has the advantage of taking pictures by light at the right time. This will increase your understanding of how changing lighting conditions affects the scene.

Step 3 practice in advance

Low-light shooting makes it more and more important to study your camera manual, remember how your equipment works, and choose the location access point of the basic menu before you enter the darkness. When taking pictures at night, you should take pictures manually with a camera and lens. If you will make a new breakthrough in this field, you can adapt to the manual function of your equipment in a low-voltage environment, so that you can take more beautiful photos under less than ideal conditions.

4. Use high ISO test as exposure guide.

If you are still not sure how to confirm the exposure from scratch, please use a technique called high ISO test as a guide. This is how it works. Every time you continue to increase the ISO dial and stop opening the aperture gap of the lens completely, your subsequent exposure time will be reduced by half. Suppose you raise ISO to 6400-6 times different from ISO 100-and fully open the aperture to F/2.0-increase the light input of f/8.0 in the mid-range setting. Although these settings may produce images with poor contrast, increased grains and limited depth of field, the exposure bracket can save valuable time to identify well-exposed histograms in these settings.

5. Adjust your image capture to solve the problem of high contrast and color conversion.

Night photography usually involves the working environment, with high contrast and wide color transmission. This makes the original file format of the lens particularly important, and there is more room to control the contrast and white balance in post-production. Your camera also has white balance presets and automatic white balance options for various lighting conditions. Automatic white balance is fast and convenient, but its function is limited, which can be compensated by the lighting conditions or color advantages in the mixed scene.