How to Shoot at Night without Flash For Dummies

[kn9ioutom]

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO

[jane1975]

Good tips, although the scene mode that was first shown was Night Portrait as apposed to Night Landscape which is for cities and other landscapes on compact cameras.

[londonguri]

charge ur battery !!! :)



[THCronos]

This tutorial has an error. Although a small f stop such as 2.8 that the guys is using, is allowing more light to enter the camera, it will increase your depth of field. Since you are mostly shooting a city picture at night, (more of a landscape) you need small DOF so that all buildings and streets stay on focus. This easy to understand when making portrait pictures, in which you have a low f stop, so that the focus is only on the face, and blur all the backround(out of focus).

[Raitaponi]

@THCronos Correct, although you did get DOF the wrong way. In landscapes you want a big DOF and in portraits you may prefer a smaller one. Depth-of-field is the area that's sharp in the image. A smaller aperture (bigger f-stop) also helps in sharpening the picture overally to a certain point.

[aligerous]

@THCronos A small F-Stop (2.8 larger aperture) increases depth DOF? Are you sure about that? I think you have it backwards.

[nikker1985]

Some pictures took me over two minutes to shoot.

I changeg a lense and go the same results for one minute of shooting.

What do I look for when I look for a lens that is good for shooting pictures at night?

[easyshutter]

@nikker1985 , look for a bright lens , the lower the F ratio the better it is.

[coffieworld101]

i just got a tripod and a monopod for christmas and i cant stop using them!! its awesome

[BerkeleyBuilt]

noob.

[LaPersonaNonGrata]

You don't need to manually record you shutter speed/ aperture - the metadata within the camera will do this for you now-a-days.

[goldhunting]

Could you update this video for today? This is all so 3 years ago.

[TheBrowniey]

Lol at the amount of grain in that last shot:P

[ironian24]

Dean the aperature is not depth of field just so you know that fact.

it is what lens you use, for example 10-20mm wide angle lens even at f4 can produce sharp images from front to back.

It is a myth that aperature is the same as depth of field or controls it, read up on this before giving wrong info.

[ironian24]

Dean the aperature is not depth of field just so you know that fact.

Ian.

[Debedeb]

wonderful awsome

[692ALBANNACH]

Do you have any tips on shooting wildlife at night .I can get the shots clear but the animals are a bit blurry.Those dam elk and bears just don.t want to co-operate and stand still.

[ironian24]

@692ALBANNACH

It's not going to happen, you can't take the impossible shots and that's one of them, accept cameras cannot take shots in the dark very well at all.

i have a 5d mark ii and even that cannot cope with a sharp wildlife at night shot, accept your camera even the best cannot do what you are asking of it.

Hope this helps.

Ian.

[global001]

@ironian24 No its possible. Just use a flash to freeze the action. 

[framethis]

I found this a bit misleading .using 2.8 with a tripod .note with using 2.8 if any moving person or object comes into the scene it will be captured .so going with f22 etc will lessen this as the lens is open longer

[myart4]

hey, 45194 people think they are dummies ! lol

[3blufire]

where i can buy the whole guide... cuz it really good

[diver165]

I agree with Clickherephotography. This is generalized information at a very basic level. I'm not a fan of large apertures when shooting landscape as it jacks with the DOF.

[padlockd]

Wow... That is for dummies. If you have a tripod, set the aperture to your lens's sweet spot (usually between f/8 and f/9). That will allow maximum sharpness + depth of field. If you don't have a tripod, THEN you can use a wide aperture.

[kycruisecrazy]

Can you use a all in one like the 18-250 by Tamron?

[libra10574]

@kycruisecrazy that lens is not very sharp or fast, due the quality of glass and number of elements needed to zoom through that range. The longer the zoom range, the lower the quality. It's also not going to let in much light due to being slow (no wide apetures) and long. If you have this lens, just put it on a tripod at a middle (sharpest) f/stop and leave the shutter open for as long as you need--even several seconds.

[chompychomps]

Terrible advice. Oh, but I liked the dead battery!

[gookorn]

you guys rock!

[shadowblack1987]

Lol at the guy writting his settings of his dslr.

[Si737]

Haha in massive writing, on one big piece of paper.

[vaneppie]

@shadowblack1987

xD

[JadenShelton]

@shadowblack1987 Exif info for the win

[aguyandhiscomputer]

@shadowblack1987 Funny because the lighting and scene will never been the same or because pros have the settings memorized?

[mjoraid]

@shadowblack1987 hahahahahah i did not understand ur comment until i saw him, hilarious ...

[clickherephotography]

Why do you suggest that you use a wide aperture such as f2.8 when using a digital camera lens?

It does not matter what aperture you use as you are using a tripod and cable release to prevent camera shake, besides using an aperture of f2.8 will decrease your depth of field (DOF).

Using an aperture of f16 f22 (for example) will decrease the shutter speed, however; it will increase the depth of field.

See my channel for more information about this and other photography tips.

Regards

Dean.

[nataku012]

@clickherephotography hit it right on the head.

Also why would you write down your settings if you can review them on the camera (most cameras should be able to view the metadata), I would only do that if was shooting with film on my slr. Also one other observation, I pray for the love of god that you don't think ISO incorporates " image sensor sensitivity" in the acronym! That is all haha!

[TzumB]

@clickherephotography Smart ass

I agree, this is a sucky video but you're still a smart ass

[clickherephotography]

I didn't say that the video is sucky at all and I don't consider myself to be a smart ass...

I just like to share a little knowledge and a few skills as other people do here in YouTube.

Regards

Dean.

[libra10574]

@clickherephotography yes, but DOF increases with distance, If you're shooting a skyline from a mile away, you dont need too high an f/stop for everything to be in focus.

[bonakid22222]

@clickherephotography dude. wider aperture = more light. the guy below is correct. youre a smart ass

[heavenwithin81]

@clickherephotography Would that mean I dont have to crank up my ISO??

[Hmjals]

@clickherephotography Aperture has nothing to do with shakiness; the shutter speed is responsible for that. Also, if you set it to full manual you can choose any shutter speed or aperture without worrying about one decreasing with the increase of the other.

[bananapooptime]

@clickherephotography They said why it was suggested: for getting the quickest shutter speed if you don't have a tripod.