5 Tips for Taking Night Photos with a Slow Shutter
If you love photography at night and want to experiment with different techniques, then this is the video for you. Here are 5 tips for adjusting slow shutter speeds to get some good photos after dark.
The title of this video is catchy, but the real draw for me is the thumbnail — it happens to be in my favorite place to shoot at night: Tokyo. In fact, I’ve stood in the very places where this video was shot, taking similar pictures. I love night photography and have always loved taking pictures, but thanks to modern cameras, this is now possible and more versatile than ever.
On my first camera, I was lucky enough to be able to shoot at ISO 800 and get an image without much noise. Now, with the most modern cameras, I usually shoot at ISO 3,200 or higher and it’s almost impossible to tell, even before I apply any noise reduction. This is useful if you are a wedding photographer for example, but it gives freedom in many other ways. Being able to shoot on the street, at night, hand-held, is something I love to do and it just keeps getting easier.
In this video you will be shown some tricks and tips for pulling the shutter and most of it is done in handheld mode and just need to practice the technique.