how to take night pics

nizzan1984 · Post by **nizzan1984** » September 04, 2007

ooo and the camera is a digital slr 5.0 megapixels, and you can pretty much adjust everything. theres a parking lot right next to my house w/ lights so imma try it tonight

.rob · Post by **.rob** » September 04, 2007

1. don't use flash
2. tripod is your best friend

try playing around with your colors a little bit and try adjusting your white balance. what exactly are you having trouble with?

this was taken with all natural lighting. it helps a lot to find good balance of lighting.

jdm delivery · Post by **jdm delivery** » September 05, 2007

like rob said a tripod really is your best friend for night shoots. you want the camera to be as still as possible because your not using a flash. you could use the flash but you wont get the effect of natural lighting like the above picture. also what kinda of camera are we dealing with? is it a film slr a digital slr a compact digital? you should probably check out the functions for your camera to see what its capable of. the best way for seeing how a photo is taken or how it will come out is by recording what settings you used for each photo so when it comes out you can see how one looks compared to another.

miyagi · Post by **miyagi** » September 05, 2007

tripod, no flash, slow shutter speed.

just experiment ... you can make night look like day by adjusting white balance and shutter speed

nizzan1984 · Post by **nizzan1984** » September 05, 2007

.rob wrote:1. don't use flash
2. tripod is your best friend

try playing around with your colors a little bit and try adjusting your white balance. what exactly are you having trouble with?

this was taken with all natural lighting. it helps a lot to find good balance of lighting.

thanks for the help guys, and beautiful car!:o the problem i am having is that the pics turn out too dark. im gonna try using a lil bit more light next time.

oo by the way the camera is an olympus camedia E-20n

jdm delivery · Post by **jdm delivery** » September 07, 2007

^^^^ what type of camera? if your photos are too dark try slowing the shutter speed some more or if you have a digi turn the exposure up. i dont know too much about digital SLR's

nizzan1984 · Post by **nizzan1984** » September 07, 2007

jdm delivery wrote:^^^^ what type of camera? if your photos are too dark try slowing the shutter speed some more or if you have a digi turn the exposure up. i dont know too much about digital SLR's

yea, i really wanna try all these settings but i ran out of batteries, and they take special ones that are like 2 AA's put together. anyone know where to get these types of batteres that are rechargable??

hondamnit · Post by **hondamnit** » December 29, 2007

also i would suggest using the timer that way you dont shake the cam pushing the shutter button.

Post by **Nikku** » December 29, 2007

nizzan1984 wrote:yea, i really wanna try all these settings but i ran out of batteries, and they take special ones that are like 2 AA's put together. anyone know where to get these types of batteres that are rechargable??

camera store?

idrmjdm · Post by **idrmjdm** » March 02, 2008

bump the f stop up.