60 Beautiful Examples Of Night Photography. Advertisement Low light levels make night photography a challenging yet rewarding subject. The best results require specialized equipment, like SLR cameras, tripods, cable releases and flashguns. After sunset, the everyday world is magically transformed, and city buildings, fireworks, thunderstorms and the northern lights all become popular subjects. We present 60 amazing examples of night photography, photos, created by some hard-working and dedicated photographers. You may want to take a look at the following related posts: In the City Artificial light transforms the urban landscape into a place of magic and mystery.
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In the case of the Dachau Concentration Camp, this won't result in comforting attractive images. Below is a parking garage in Kyoto. The colors and industrial appearance of the structure are remarkable in the middle of a city known for its ancient temples and gardens. The purpose of the image is to capture the feeling of walking by the structure, not to delight or decorate.
A supermarket exterior is a subject that will probably never make a wall-worthy image by itself. Give Old Buildings Some Space In general, the older the structure, the more environmental context is required. Using your hands or your mind, crop the preceding images to include just the structures and see if they would still work. Even a Bit of Space Helps Step Back and Use a Telephoto Lens Include the Fence Watch the Shadows. Understanding Shutter Speed - A Beginner's Guide. Shutter Speed is one of the three pillars of photography, the other two being ISO and Aperture. Shutter speed is where the other side of the magic happens – it is responsible for creating dramatic effects by either freezing action or blurring motion. In this article, I will try to explain everything I know about shutter speed in very simple language. Dolphin - 1/1600 Shutter Speed 1) What is a Camera Shutter? Before reading this article, I highly recommend reading about what a DSLR is and what it consists of.
Simply put, a camera shutter is a curtain in front of the camera sensor that stays closed until the camera fires. When the camera fires, the shutter opens and fully exposes the camera sensor to the light that passes through the lens aperture. 2) What is Shutter Speed? Shutter speed, also known as “exposure time”, stands for the length of time a camera shutter is open to expose light into the camera sensor.
Example of Motion Blur Waterfall - 5 Second Exposure (Shutter Speed) Tutorial: Understanding Depth-of-Field. What controls Depth of Field? Now it gets interesting. The basic factors determining DOF are: The distance between your camera and your subject The focal length of your lens (for example 18 mm or 100mm) The size of your aperture (for example, f/2.8 or f/16). Remember large number = small aperture. There are other technical factors involving the sensor or film in your camera, but we're not going to worry about those, because they are basically a given and out of your control.
Compare the two following illustrations to see how changing the focal length and aperture affect the DOF of an image. Example 1 I'm not going to explain the math of why this happens. The wider the aperture, the shallower the DOF (e.g., f/4 creates shallower DOF, and thus more blur, than f/16) The longer the focal length of the lens, the shallower the DOF (e.g., a 200 mm telephoto lens creates shallower DOF than a 22 mm wide angle lens) The closer you are to your subject, the shallower the DOF Image 1: Image 2: Image 3:
Mastering Panning – Photographing Moving Subjects. Previously we’ve covered the topic of shutter speed and looked at how increasing and decreasing it can have a significant impact upon the images we take – particularly if the subjects in those images are moving. Today I’d like to take a brief look at a related topic – that of photographing moving subjects by ‘panning’. Panning is a technique that can produce amazing results (if you perfect it…. or get lucky) but is also one that can take a lot of practice to get right. The basic idea behind panning as a technique is that you pan your camera along in time with the moving subject and end up getting a relatively sharp subject but a blurred background. This gives the shot a feeling of movement and speed.
I’ve found that panning seems to work best with moving subjects that are on a relatively straight trajectory which allows you to predict where they’ll be moving to. How do you do it? Select a slightly slower shutter speed than you normally would. A variation on the Panning Technique.