Lighting

[SimpleJoee]

What are people doing in regards to poor lighting for shots? I'd love to get a few night shots done, but obviously I'd need some sort of contraption to give off enough light. Even in overcast conditions sometimes my photo's come out as if they've been taken on an iPhone, the noise is horrendous.

 

[Addicted]

Tripod and longer exposures for night shots, and make sure you set your ISO as low as you can, but obviously lower ISO = slower shutter speed.

 

[SimpleJoee]

Failed to mention for shooting cars, flol! But that does apply above, as I can't shoot actual night style shots for the life of me either. But I was thinking what lighting equipment people have used/owned?

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Failed to mention for shooting cars, flol! But that does apply above, as I can't shoot actual night style shots for the life of me either. But I was thinking what lighting equipment people have used/owned?

Depends entirely on the situation !

Are you indoors, outdoors, how much light is there.. What are you trying to achieve ?

Longer exposure and manually set the ISO to 400 Max.

What camera ?

Post some examples of your fails ?

 

[SimpleJoee]

Outdoors, countryside so no street lighting (or scarce). Nothing fancy, just literally a good quality shot in the dark really.
Canon 750D standard 18-55mm kit lens. I haven't saved any, because they came out very very poor. But I'm still not really up to spec with exposure and ISO settings.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Outdoors, countryside so no street lighting (or scarce). Nothing fancy, just literally a good quality shot in the dark really.
Canon 750D standard 18-55mm kit lens. I haven't saved any, because they came out very very poor. But I'm still not really up to spec with exposure and ISO settings.

Read the stickies...

 

[SimpleJoee]

Read the stickies...

If you're referring to the lens, I am aware of the issues..

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

If you're referring to the lens, I am aware of the issues..

The sticky threads on here.

ISO, exposure, depth of field, aperture.. You will need a basic grasp of these..

I don't mean to be short with you but the same things are asked over and over.

Take some pics.. Post them up and we can suggest things to do/not do.

My first pics were awful ! Practice practice practice...

 

[SimpleJoee]

The sticky threads on here.

ISO, exposure, depth of field, aperture.. You will need a basic grasp of these..

I don't mean to be short with you but the same things are asked over and over.

Take some pics.. Post them up and we can suggest things to do/not do.

My first pics were awful ! Practice practice practice...

Believe it or not I have actually read some of the stickies!
I need to get to grips with the above settings/features, I usually just point and click and then turn out pretty decent in my eyes.
Obviously though yes, the best way is to get out there, take some shots and ask for tips!

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Crack on.

This sections died on its arse.. I don't use my camera any more... So inspire me haha !

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Yup, as TEG says, read the stickies and practice. (And about this section falling on its arse which is a shame!)

Make sure you are setup on a tripod where you want the shot and try every possible combination. Shoot in RAW too. Makes editing so much easier.

So if there is no/very little street lighting:
Try: In Manual - F8 - 10 seconds. ISO 100. If its too dark, up the ISO to 200/300 etc. Then try F8, 15/20/30 seconds etc with ISO 100.
Try lighting the car with torch. Your phone will do a job too if you want it too.
Your camera will be fine shooting up to ISO 2000 before you start seeing too much noise too but the lower the better.

It's all trial and error though and will change when you go to different spots.

Go out. Take shots. Post shots. Repeat.

 

[SimpleJoee]

Aaron, you're a star!