Flash, tripod and co. - what is allowed in the Museum?
Before you make on the way, learn about the Museum you want to visit. Perhaps the use of tripod and flash is not allowed, but Photography is prohibited.
- In most museums Photography to protect the exhibits is permitted only without a flash. You avoid Trouble with the supervision of staff, and a switch – if possible – the flash completely.
- Since the weekends are always a lot of people pushing in museums, it is recommended that you visit during the week. So you can capture good shots without people walking in front of the camera; and maybe even the supervisors are a little more relaxed and, accordingly generous.
Settings for Museum images: white balance, aperture, and ISO
Many of the exhibits and paintings would suffer from light and are therefore issued in special lighting – the normal white balance settings are often inadequate results.
- For the manual white balance you should have, therefore, always a piece of white cardboard in your photo bag.
- To be on the safe side, make your recordings the best in RAW Format. So, you can make p loss-free adjustments to exposure and white balance.
- You try to work with a closed aperture, in order to obtain as large a depth of field (for example, F11). Perhaps the sensitivity needs to be increased. You stay still, if possible, under ISO 800, high ISO values will bring more noise with it. As a result, the pictures lose sharpness and color.
- If you want to take a tripod, or, a image stabilizer good services: to Turn on him, especially in low light.
Images behind glass with polarizing filter no Problem
Many exhibition items will be shown behind glass. This can cause annoying reflections of light – therefore take a circular polarizing filter. Keep in mind, however, that the exposure time is extended slightly. In some museums is always a lot of audience is on the go, but with the Live-View function on your camera, you can even head over good pictures.
