Equipment for Photographing at night
In a bright environment, you can make it with almost any camera good pictures. In a dark environment however, should you have fas the following Equipment:
- Camera: to be able to night-good images, you need a camera that can be manually set. That's usually each time a reflex of the case.
- Tripod: After dark, nothing can be done without a tripod. The camera must stand still in order to allow longer exposure times without camera shake. They should pay attention to a good quality. More expensive models are usually built from sturdy, lightweight materials, while cheap plastic tripods will always provide the necessary stability.
- Remote shutter release: This is from a twofold sense. On the one hand, you can trigger the camera on the tripod, without touching himself, the vibrations are avoided. In addition, you can use a remote shutter release in the so-called Bulb mode arbitrarily long exposure times of several minutes.
- Fast lens: Choose a lens with as large aperture. These let in more light on the Sensor traps and are thus better suited for dark environments. Especially fixed focal lengths, like the 50mm 1.8 lens from Canon, Nikon , or Sony offer an excellent light intensity for very little money.
With good equipment, even at night photograph
Photographing at night - these options are
Of course, there are countless designs and methods to make interesting night shots. Here are some suggestions:
- Long-term exposure: At night the camera requires much longer shutter speeds to expose the image correctly. A set of exposure times of several seconds, to allow moving objects to blur, as in our example image.
- Smooth water: here, Too, the long exposure comes in. You are photographing a river or lake at night and illuminate approximately 30 seconds. The surface of the water is blurred and looks especially smooth and quiet.
- Street photography: especially in large cities, there are also at night sufficient light sources. Here you can practice well in Street photography. Essential light is, however, a strong lens, since you are mostly shooting from free Hand.
- Landscape: in Landscape photography, there are numerous possibilities. Try, for example, on a clear night, the stars or the moon to photograph.
Long exposure at night
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