Night Photography

It is a particular form of photography, which requires good technical knowledge of the capabilities of a digital camera and a tripod. The challenges arise from the absence of light.

The poorly light scenery can be captured as an image only with long exposure times. This type of photography requires good knowledge of what is ISO speed and how steady is a camera at different shutter speeds.

Take a look at the image below:

Shutter Priority | Shutter Speed 1/13 | Aperture Value 2.5 | ISO Speed 50

As you see, there are some indicators to help you with your images:

• Shutter Priority - the camera is set on shutter priority mode because the most important setting you need to control during night photography is the exposure time
• Shutter Speed 1/13 - at 1/13 sec. the shutter speed is very slow. On various occasions, you may even get to 1, 5 or 10 sec. exposure time.
• Aperture Value 2.5 - at F 2.5, the aperture is at the maximum I had available for my digital camera
• ISO Speed 50 - I've used this ISO setting because of the low noise it generates. Remember the fact that for higher ISO values you get more and more noise. You get a lot of noise even if you are at ISO 50 using very long exposure times, like 5 or 10 sec.