DSLR Tips: Night Photography

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Full guide at: How to take successful photos at night, by Gordon Laing, Editor of

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: February 10, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Author: cameralabs

Length: 00:07:03
Rating: 4.85
Views: 205130

Tags: DSLR Tips photography technique night long exposures

Video Comments:
chucktees5353 (January 6, 2009 at 6:42 pm)
how much dose an DSLR cost?
cameralabs (January 6, 2009 at 6:54 pm)
Have a look at the best buys section at cameralabs . com - there's several examples there...
venividibitchy (January 4, 2009 at 1:08 pm)
Thanks for the helpful tutorial.

What if you are attempting to capture a portrait in a night (city street or otherwise lit background) setting? Even a 1/2" shutter speed would be too slow, it seems.
srivatsahg (January 4, 2009 at 10:36 am)
You rock ... !!! Thanks for tutoring countless people like me :) ....
Peyre (January 4, 2009 at 6:25 am)
i like the fact that you explain everything on a EOS :)
s2photo (January 2, 2009 at 9:44 am)
Dont open up your aperture the whole way... DOF should also be a consideration. Especially if say you are doing a cityscape. Wide open your DOF will become shallow. If you're using a tripod, (which you should be) aperture doesn't really matter. If you have any sort of noise reduction for your camera turn it on. It'll help with the image sensor heating up and creating more noise due to the longer shutter speed.
reconchrist (January 2, 2009 at 7:57 am)
Thank you very much! greatly appreciated. Never stop, you are a great tutor
byDeuce (December 31, 2008 at 2:01 am)
Much thanks, Gordon. Really usefull info in all your videos. Have a Happy New Year!
Phavonic (December 29, 2008 at 6:30 am)
What is the best aperture and shutter-speed to get bedroom pictures like in pornography/glamour modelling? Somebody kindly answered me before but I lost the message.

I have two 500w tungsten lights but no reflectors--are these necessary? I was told also to use blue filters for these types of light, but all my experiments (for skin-tone on bed) are bad and still look like polaroids. Please someine set me right. Thanks
cameralabs (December 29, 2008 at 3:33 pm)
Sorry, I can't help you. This tutorial is about taking photos of lights at night, not glamour photography!