Night Photographs
Hello,
I have a question... how do people usually get good and glossy Night Photo's? Everytime I take night shots of buildings and other things, sometimes it comes out blurry. I want to start doing night photography and taking pictures of the City Life at night. Do you think it could be the lenses? or would I need to upgrade the flash? Or do I just need to set my camera to manual instead of auto or what could it be?
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Tripod.
Night photos usually require longer shutter speeds. Longer shutter speeds will record movement as blur...and that includes movement of the camera (even the small movements of your hands etc).
So put the camera on a tripod (on on anything solid) and don't touch it when your take the photo (remote or the timer).
Thanks for your help. I guess I have to get a tripod now. :)
Yes a Tri-pod is essential. What kind of camera do you have? Many SLRs or DSLRs have night shooting modes. And can take nice night shots automatically.
It is different if you are taking shots of scenery or scenery with a person or subject in the foreground. For this, depending on the camera there are different flash modes. Less expensive cameras only have one flash mode and what tends to happen is the flash goes off and lights up the subject in the foreground so brightly that the background is lost and can not be seen in the shot. As compensation some of the better cameras have "rear curtain sync" or other flash modes which allow the cameras shutter to open, record the background detail first, then fire the flash and record the foreground subject on top of the background image giving you the best of both worlds.
Some cameras even let you change the strength of the flash so that the subject is more or less lit depending on how you like them to appear in the picture.
Background only shots can be taken with a long exposure but you have to have a stationary camera (on a tripod) and a stationary subject. If anything in the frame is moving at all during your shot it will be blurred.
Take a look at your cameras owners manual. Perhaps there are some night features you missed reading about or maybe they give some tips that might be helpful.
Good luck. Also, you might want to check out the LENZ camera forum on the ZhuHai page of this Expat 9 site.
Cheers!