What are the shooting skills of night photography?

Night photography includes many aspects, mainly refers to shooting scenes under outdoor lighting or natural light at night, which is different from shooting methods and effects under sunlight and flash lighting. The following is the knowledge about night shooting that I carefully recommend for everyone, hoping to help you.

Shooting skill

1, night view of the construction site

Construction sites generally refer to reservoirs, power stations, mines, bridges, factories and buildings. They were built on site. The shooting method should pay attention to the following points:

* * *1* * according to the engineering characteristics, determine the shooting angle, and know the relevant situation and the law of night activities in advance during the day;

***2*** Choose a suitable shooting time, and it is best to shoot this kind of theme when the project reaches the * * * stage and the face of large-scale nervous projects is basically visible;

* * * 3 * * Pay attention to the surrounding natural conditions-mountains, water, trees, bridges, buildings, etc.

* * * 4 * * The sky should not be exposed to too much light;

* * * 5 * * When performing scenes, the angle should be high rather than low;

***6*** One or more exposures can be used.

2. Night view of city streets

Take a street view of the market, either at night on holidays or at ordinary times. Generally, it is better to take pictures on holidays. Because during the festival, the streets, shops, city appearance and windows are all arranged in good order. Colored lights, neon lights and slogans have also been added to the larger buildings, and the demolished pictures will be more prosperous and beautiful.

Choose an appropriate angle. Too high or too low an angle can easily deform the roadside buildings. The camera should be placed in a place where it is not easy to be collided and does not hinder traffic. It is best to choose places with concentrated lighting, concentrated vehicles, concentrated buildings and certain characteristics.

Step 3 set off fireworks

Shooting fireworks at night can't be as relaxed and nervous as shooting the scene. In the whole process of shooting fireworks, half a camera was set up. When the fireworks are about to take off and land, open door B and let the fireworks bloom and float in the night sky in the shooting range until they go out, so that the whole process can be recorded on the negative.

In the shooting part, after the fireworks are opened, open the shutter when they are about to bloom or bloom, and shoot the most representative moment. Multiple exposures can be taken, and the same negative can be exposed for two or more times. The exposure time can be shorter when shooting fireworks, and longer when shooting ground scenery.

In addition, you can shoot separately from two negatives, that is, one negative shoots fireworks and the other negative shoots ground scenery and people. The exposure time is different. After exposure, the two films are stacked together. Be careful not to shoot fireworks and scenery with negatives. It's best to put fireworks near the top of the film and scenery near the bottom of the film, so it's much easier to enlarge the two films together.

4, shooting the moon scene

The following methods can be used to shoot moonlit scenery:

*** 1*** long exposure, shooting the scenery in the moonlight alone; Take a short exposure, shoot the moon alone, and then overlap and enlarge the two negatives.

***2*** When exposing on the negative, cover the moon on the lens with your hands. * * * It's best to try it before shooting, so as not to even block the scenery. When the exposure reaches the last few seconds, move your hand and let the moon be exposed on the negative.

Step 5 shoot the night scene and add portraits.

Taking portraits at night is also very interesting and unique in life photography. The shooting method is relatively simple and easy to master. One shot and two exposures can be used.

*** 1*** One shot.

Because the light source of portrait is often weak when shooting at night, auxiliary light must be used as the light source of portrait shooting, such as flash. When shooting, the aperture should not be large, so you can use F/5.6 or F/8 aperture, because large aperture is easy to blur the night scene background.

***2*** Two exposures.

If the background light of the night scene is weak, we can expose it twice. Expose the night scene for the first time, and then add flash exposure when taking portraits for the second time, which is very suitable for taking portraits at night.

Matters needing attention

*** 1*** Prevent the camera from moving.

During the long exposure, the camera must not move, but should be fixed on a tripod with screws or placed in a stable and firm place. Dial the aperture, press the shutter and a series of operations, you should be careful. Because a negative is exposed for more than two times and moves slightly, the scenery will be blurred and overlapped, a photo will be extremely slightly overlapped, and the enlargement will be obviously exposed, leading to failure. Don't ignore this problem when making exposure, because it is often easy to happen in night photography.

***2*** protects the lens from direct light.

After the shutter is opened, strong light shines directly on the lens, which is easy to produce halo, leading to the failure of the whole film. So when shooting, you should carefully observe whether there is strong light, whether there is a direct lens with strong light, and whether there is no prevention. In the process of shooting, we should also guard against sudden strong light, such as car lights and pedestrians' flashlights. If the shutter has been opened, it can be temporarily covered with a lens cover or hat.

***3*** Use of aperture and focal length.

The use of aperture is very important in shooting night scenes. The aperture size affects the exposure time and the clarity of the scene. Some night scenes cannot accurately measure the distance with a camera, so we have to use a smaller aperture to increase the depth of field to make up for it. When shooting night scenes in general light, the aperture can be reduced to F/5.6~F/8. If the light is bright, if the scene will not change for a long time and the light will not weaken, you can use a smaller aperture to extend the exposure time. If you use multiple exposures, you can also use the aperture to adjust according to the intensity of light.

The problem of measuring distance cannot be ignored. Generally, you can put the distance at infinity when shooting a big scene, but you must take a clear picture of the distance when shooting a middle scene or a close shot. The usual method of use is to let a person stand next to the object being photographed, light a flashlight to measure, or choose a nearby lamp and something brighter to measure. However, in the process of multiple exposures, it is absolutely forbidden to take a close shot and a long shot, which will blur the negative image or cause two shadows. You can only plan the depth of field and make the characters and the north scene as clear as possible.

Equipment and tools

* * *1* * Both domestic and imported cameras used by amateur photographers are equipped with a B-door device, which is enough for photographers to shoot ordinary night scenes. Imported single-mirror reflective camera is better. The simple camera of automaton is more difficult to shoot night scenes because there is no delayed exposure device.

***2*** Cable release and lens cover.

Night photography, under normal circumstances, the exposure time is longer. If you press the shutter button with your finger and shake it slightly, the images will overlap. Therefore, the cable and lens cover are essential equipment for night shooting. For those exposed for a few seconds, cable release can be used, for those exposed for a long time or exposed for many times. It is more convenient to use the lens cover.

***3*** tripod.

Tripod is an indispensable auxiliary tool for shooting night scenes. When exposing me many times for a long time, the best way is to fix the camera on a tripod.

* * * 4 * * Other odds and ends.

Such as flashlights, hoods, etc. You should be prepared in advance. Flashlight can illuminate to measure distance, switch shutter, aperture or find parts.

The hood also plays a certain role in shooting night scenes. For example, when it rains or the light is messy, wearing a hood can protect the lens from moisture and prevent light from entering the lens.

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