Skills of taking night photos, what should I pay attention to when taking night photos?

What should I pay attention to when shooting at night?

In night photos containing wide roads, you can often see continuous lines of different colors in the picture, which is full of sense of form. How is this effect achieved? If we carefully consider the exposure time principle in imaging, we can find the mystery.

Next, let's take a look at the shooting skills of night photos.

Grasp the best opportunity for night photography.

Many night photos are made up of dark sky and beautiful lights. In fact, the dark sky can be replaced by a beautiful sunset. In order to make the picture look no longer gloomy and dark, it is particularly important to choose the ideal shooting time.

Traditional photography mostly uses double exposure (once at sunset and once after dark) to create similar effects, while digital SLR mostly does not have the function of multiple exposure due to technical differences. Even so, photographers can still get similar effects with digital SLR cameras. The days in summer are longer than those in winter. Choose the summer evening, shoot the night scene before dark and after turning on the light, and catch the moment when the weather changes to complete the creation. All you have to pay is a long wait and a little patience.

Creation of silhouette at night

Architectural photography does not stick to a pattern in the expression of architecture. When the overall effect of the subject is tall and strong, the photographer can find the best shooting angle and impression by changing the angle. When the building has a hollow, complex and changeable network structure, photographers can filter out details, textures, colors and other information through specific shooting techniques and focus on their sense of spatial form.

For the latter, the expression of outline is the most practical. After you can skillfully use the exposure method, it is not difficult to produce the silhouette effect. In order to get a more perfect effect, the photographer needs to choose a beautiful background to set off the beauty of the building as a silhouette, and the sunset can take this responsibility as one of various weather conditions. Photographers need to wait for the right shooting opportunity to ensure that the building can really produce the ideal silhouette effect when the sunset background is perfectly presented, and the exposure at this time should be subject to the sunset. Using the right techniques at the right time will produce the ideal shooting effect.

Show the dim lights outside the glass

It is raining! The taillight of the car in front reflected red on my window. I saw a beautiful raindrop shining softly with the taillight of the car in front.

The night outside the window is quiet. Raindrops weave a beautiful picture on the window. The author conveniently took out his camera and focused on the raindrops attached to the glass, taking this vivid picture.

On the screen, sparkling water droplets sparkle like rubies under the orange light. The picture is rich in texture and details, the out-of-focus image is soft, and the scenery outside the window is faded. Just managed raindrops are enough to make the screen colorful and unique.

Usually in go on road trip, the window is transparent, so you can shoot the scenery outside the window. If it rains and the window is wet, you can't concentrate on your position. You must stop. Occasionally, you can focus on the raindrops on the window and try to shoot different styles in the rain.

Represents a linear traffic flow with long exposure.

In night photos containing wide roads, you can often see continuous lines of different colors in the picture, which is full of sense of form. How is this effect achieved? If we carefully consider the exposure time principle in imaging, we can find the mystery. There is no doubt that the lines in the picture are produced by the lights of vehicles. On a two-way road, there are bound to be two colors of lines. This is because the colors of the front and rear lights of the car are different. The front of the car is usually yellow and white, and the light at the rear is red.

When shooting at night, we should make full use of the lights of cars to create continuous and wonderful lines. Pay attention to the continuity of the vehicle when shooting, and don't shoot when the red light is on, otherwise the picture will be disconnected. In order to make the lines formed by the light in the picture long enough, it is necessary to adjust the aperture to get enough exposure time for the shutter, and at the same time use a tripod to assist the creation.

The above is an introduction to the shooting skills and the best time to shoot at night. I hope it helps you!