How to take good night photos?

Lead: Many photos taken at night are very colorful, which is different from a single light source during the day. At night, all kinds of lights in the city are colorful and neon. If you master some shooting skills at night, you will be able to freeze the beautiful night scenes you saw during your trip and leave good memories. Here are some tips to pay attention to when shooting night scenes.

1, equipment selection

Don't expose most night scenes for a long time. If you want to take delicate and high-quality night photos, you must pay attention to the quality of the camera. During the long exposure, you should ensure the stability of the camera. In order to prevent the photos from blurring, you should use a tripod to shoot. If you want to pursue better picture quality, you can choose the self-timer mode of 10 second or choose cable release and remote control to minimize camera vibration.

If you want to shoot high-quality photographic works, you'd better choose equipment with large sensors, which can receive more light, have better image quality and strong noise reduction function. For example, Canon EOS 70D, 5D3?

EOS 5D Mark III, EF 24- 105mm f/4L is USM, iso: 100, 5S, F 16, focal length: 24mm (photography/Meng Wei) The Bund is brightly lit at night, with a breezy breeze, and the scenery is particularly charming.

2. Selection of aperture and shutter parameters

If you want to shoot a big night scene and make the picture very clear, you should choose a smaller aperture (such as F22, F 16, etc. ) to get a better depth of field effect, so that the distant view is as clear and detailed as the close-up view, 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. If you shoot a smaller object, you can choose a larger aperture, and you can also take a good photo by highlighting the details with a shallow depth of field effect. The light at night is much darker than during the day. In order to ensure the image quality, choose a small aperture with low sensitivity, and the shutter speed will be slower. The slow shutter can take some special photos, such as the trajectory drawn by the lights of cars driving on the road. If the exposure time is long, you can choose B-gate exposure as needed.

EOS 5D Mark III, EF 50mm f/ 1.2L USM, iso: 100, 1S, F 1.8, focal length: 50mm.

The emphasis is on the guitar, and the large aperture turns the distant neon into a light spot. Shooting at night is a common technique, and the most important thing is to grasp the light of the main light source.

EOS 5D Mark III, EF 24- 105mm f/4L is USM, iso: 100, 30S, F22, focal length: 24mm traffic lights form bright light under long exposure.

3. Sensitivity setting

With the improvement of ISO sensitivity, the images taken by digital SLR cameras will be degraded by noise. If the sensitivity is too high, there will be noise in the picture. The lower the sensitivity, the better the image quality. ISO sensitivity can be 50 or 100 to minimize possible premature phenomena.

EOS 5D Mark III, EF 24- 105mm f/4L is USM, ISO: 100, 3S, F 1 1, focal length: 35mm (photography/Chen Lin), the night is getting low, and the lights are on, and the ancient city of Fenghuang shows a difference from the daytime.

4. Accurate metering and exposure.

The most difficult thing in shooting night scenes is correct metering and exposure. 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. Because the camera metering will default to 18% medium gray scale, if the exposure is carried out according to the parameters provided by the camera, the final photo will generally be too bright. Therefore, in order to shoot a charming night scene, if the dark area of the shot picture is relatively large, the exposure compensation should be appropriately reduced by 1-2 to obtain accurate exposure.

EOS 5D Mark III, ef 24- 105mm f/4 lisum, iso: 100, 5S, F 16, focal length: 105mm, the night is hazy, the moonlight is good, and the silent night is particularly charming.

EOS 5D Mark III, EF 24- 105mm f/4L is USM, ISO:800, 5S, F 16, focal length: 105mm exposure compensation-1.

5. Selection of focusing mode

Because the night scene is generally dark and it is difficult to focus, it is necessary to focus accurately if you want to take clear and high-quality photos. Some people will choose an infinite focus distance, and if they shoot a larger scene, they can also get a good focus effect. If you need to shoot a picture with a small depth of field, you need to focus manually. The specific operation method is to switch to real-time display shooting, use enlarged display to focus on any position of the picture, switch the focus mode of the lens to manual focus, and manually adjust the focal length to prevent focus deviation.

EOS 5D Mark III, ef17-40l19mf/1630sec iso 320 and tripod are convenient for focusing the bright part of the national grand theatre manually.

EOS 5D Mark III, EF 24- 105mm f/4L is USM, ISO: 100, 2S, F 1 1, focal length: 75mm. At night, the cruise ship pulls out a line of light under long exposure, which is very moving compared with the background movement.

6. Selection of shooting mode

If you have high control over exposure, you can choose manual exposure mode. In general, it is recommended to use aperture priority mode, set sensitivity, aperture and exposure compensation, and then choose self-timer mode to minimize camera shake. When shooting the traffic situation on the road, due to the long exposure time, the light of the vehicle will form a straight line pattern on the screen.

EOS 5D Mark II camera lens: EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM shutter speed: 30s aperture value: F9.0 focal length: 16mm sensitivity: ISO50 shooting mode: aperture priority aperture priority is very suitable for most people, especially novices, so you can focus on shutter control, and don't forget to bring a tripod, no one will be so quiet.

EOS 5D Mark III, EF 24- 105mm f/4L is USM, ISO: 100, 10S, F 1 1, focal length: 24mm (photography/Meng Wei) at night, city street lights.

Pay attention to pedestrians when you press the shutter, and try to shoot when no one is walking in front of the camera, but sometimes the shadow left by people walking through the screen will have a better effect. In addition to camera settings, there are many other things to pay attention to when shooting. You should take more photos, look at the photos taken by other excellent photographers and learn some skills and knowledge in shooting and composition. If we can flexibly use the above night shooting skills and grasp the scene conditions, I believe many film friends can take beautiful night photos.