Describes the tools, creative options, and special considerations involved in shooting with a DSLR camera at night or in low-light conditions, such as sunset or candlelight.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- What can you shoot in low light?
- What you need for this course
- Working with exposure parameters in low light
- Working with image sensors in low light
- Working with shutter speed in low light
- Considering motion blur
- Working with ISO in low light
- Assessing your camera's high ISO capability
- Working with in-camera noise reduction
- Working with aperture in low light
- Understanding dynamic range
- Working with color temperature and white balance
- Exposing to the right
- Introduction
- Talking with Steve Simon about low-light photography
- Shooting by candlelight
- Choosing a mode
- Exploring the role of lens stabilization
- White balance considerations
- Flash considerations
- Problem solving
- Understanding aesthetics and composition
- Introduction
- Preparing for the shoot
- Act I: adjusting to the light
- Intermission: reviewing the strategy
- Act II: moving to the back of the house
- After the show: lessons learned
- Reviewing the performance images
- Shooting in the shade
- Street shooting
- Shooting flash portraits at night
- Controlling flash color temperature
- Adjusting exposure to preserve the mood
- Dynamic range considerations
- Shooting lingering sunsets
- Exploring focusing strategies
- Composing and focusing at night
- Shooting the stars
- Practicing low-light landscape shooting
- Focusing on the horizon in low light
- Light painting: behind the camera
- Light painting: in front of the camera
- Manipulating long shutter speeds
- Correcting white balance
- Correcting white balance with a gray card
- Correcting white balance of JPEG images
- Blending exposures with different white balances
- Brightening shadows
- Reducing noise
- Sharpening
- Correcting depth-of-field issues
- Correcting night skies
- Goodbye
Taught by
Ben Long
