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: 4.83
Views: 166875

Tags: DSLR Tips photography technique night long exposures

Video Comments:
truNGiiesofly (November 17, 2008 at 6:37 pm)
thanks alot! but do u have anyway where i can take night picture (human) with the shutter speed/aperture being low and not have blur picture since human tends to move alot?
cameralabs (November 17, 2008 at 6:58 pm)
Someone just asked this two posts comments down! Just follow the night tutorial at dslrtips . com but force your flash to fire. The flash will illuminate the person and any movement will be mostly invisible - but ask them to stay as still as possible anyway!
truNGiiesofly (November 17, 2008 at 7:03 pm)
but is there anyway doing so without having to use the flash? it tends to create shadow which irritates me alot.
cameralabs (November 17, 2008 at 9:19 pm)
If you want to avoid the flash and a slow shutter speed, but still record night lights, then your only hope is to use the maximum ISO with the lens aperture at its smallest f-number. If you have any more Qs, feel free to post in the dslrtips section of the cameralabs . com forums...
copper4534 (November 16, 2008 at 5:05 pm)
Thanks for al the quality vids. I've recently bought a Canon 450D ad was starting to get a little overwhelmed with the different settings.
mayavania (November 15, 2008 at 9:56 pm)
is there any tips when trying to get a picture with a human subject while trying to get a good exposure of the background. Is it going to be a problem since its hard to get the person completely still.
cameralabs (November 15, 2008 at 10:25 pm)
It's surprisingly easy! Just follow the tutorial at dslrtips . com and force your flash to fire. The flash will illumionate the person and any movement will be mostly invisible - but ask them to stay as still as possible anyway!
xtysonboswellx (November 20, 2008 at 2:15 am)
Keep your subject in the dark and pick a bright background then use a slow shutter sync, or second curtain shutter setting on your flash, this will give your background extra time to expose before the flash fires exposing the subject.
rectify2003 (November 11, 2008 at 3:18 pm)
Thank you for a very useful video.
cameralabs (November 10, 2008 at 3:02 pm)
Noise is the texture and random specks you see in shadows or on flat areas of colour (like a blue sky) on a photo. As the ISO increases, so does the noise. PS - Don't forget to check the actual dslrtips . com site for more tips, and also the dslrtips section on the cameralabs forums if you have any questions...