{"id":6719,"date":"2014-08-04T09:46:32","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T09:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arjunkarthaphotography.com\/?p=6719"},"modified":"2020-07-24T08:26:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T02:56:27","slug":"low_light_night_photography_tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arjunkarthaphotography.com\/low_light_night_photography_tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"How to shoot in low light: Night photography tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
When you’re out shooting on a bright sunny day with ample light on the subject, it\u2019s all heaven. But when the light turns–trouble starts to play! Learning to shoot in low light and night time can help you as a photographer, and help you push the boundaries of your creativity; while walking away with some brilliant images. Low light imaging is a very impressing creative aspect of photography but many photographers who are starting out face challenges shooting in the dark.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n First of all what is low light? Don’t confuse low light with NO LIGHT! Low light is the situation in which the amount\u00a0of light is lower than the normal or there is an ambiguity in light. For example a shot inside a room which is dimly lit, or a post sunset shot or a night landscape where there is very little light to work with.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Broadly speaking there are two types of scenarios that come to mind; one is the landscapes at night, and the other is night portraits (or low light people photography). Let’s start with shooting night landscapes, and I’ll do a separate post on shooting people at night – because that’s a while different kettle of fish!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In shooting a landscape like a cityscape or even an ambient street\u00a0scene, the answer to low light is normally very rarely answered by on-camera flash (the flash that is built into your camera, or a strobe that you mount on the camera’s hot shoe). It will kill \u00a0the ambiance and the feel\/emotion of the subject. So, what do you do? Let’s work with an example:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nNight-time landscape photography<\/span><\/h2>\n