Experience of night shooting skills in digital camera

Published: 11th April 2011

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Digital photography is full of creativity and artistic inspiration, and the inherent characteristics of digital cameras allows us to have some operational Unlike traditional film camera techniques, such as in macro photography, digital cameras, traditional cameras, it has a relatively large advantage, and in night shooting, the digital camera becomes a little difficult. Today we talk about the night at the digital camera shooting tips.

Tip: accurate exposure control is a digital camera night photography of the key.

Night scene mode to take advantage of

Many high-end digital cameras offer P (auto), A (aperture priority), S (shutter priority), M (manual) exposure shooting modes, in addition to most of the digital camera scene modes are provided, the most common model is the night mode and macro mode two, and some digital cameras offer a wealth of scene modes in more detail, or even get the evening, night shooting mode and other functions. Night mode through such conditions can usually achieve satisfactory results, for the most novice digital camera to take night shot this way is the simplest way possible and with the security, but should be noted that some digital night mode camera flash operation can not be carried out simultaneously.

Computer synthesis of double-exposure

As night shooting when the ambient light is weak, great contrast, while the digital camera is used in electronic sensor (that is, we often say that the CCD), because of technical limitations caused by the resulting information can be subject to noise impact, the details of dark performance will be weak, and general digital camera can not be as traditional as a second camera exposure operation, which is the traditional time of the camera used during the night shooting skills, but we can solve this problem by computer:

First make sure the photo file size and format as well as the settings on the camera, clear composition, and then at night the situation before the onset of the light is still relatively good time to take a picture; to maintain the original focal length of the same, when the night comes , then set the digital camera exposure value, we must pay attention not to change the lens focal length and change the image file size format, and then get another photo shoot; the two photos into the computer, using image processing software ( like Photoshop or PhotoImpact software) for post-synthesis processing, this way, you can simple and convenient access to high-quality night images.

This method can also be cooked out of beautiful night scenes characters.

Focus Night shooting problems

The fixed-focus mode is still digital camera has been very little, the basic products are 200 million below, many other digital cameras have automatic focus and use a combination of focus manual focus mode. Each has the appropriate focus mode characteristics and application objects, such as the value of adjustable manual focus and manual focus the focus ring. Adjustable manual focus numeric LCD display by adjusting the distance value to achieve accurate focusing, this way of operating trouble focusing on distance judgments are higher, but for shooting night scenes such topics, but it can be effective.

In general, non-SLR digital SLR or non-standard auto-focus camera in the accuracy and speed are still many areas for improvement. As an ordinary digital camera focus sensor with low contrast and low brightness of the scene is difficult to accurately focus, so the focus during the night shooting, try to sharpen the focus will be on bright scenes, aligning the composition of coke and then lock the focus .

White Balance windfall

And the difference is that the traditional camera, digital camera, not through additional filters to achieve the white effect, it is only through the built-in program to the entire image to adjust the color. Some digital cameras have generally white balance modes to choose from, even some digital cameras also offer white balance adjustment value (color temperature adjustment), more high-end digital cameras and even some of the custom white balance function, these are all photographers provides broader room for creativity.

For night photography, if you do not use white balance adjustment, decorative features of buildings and light generated by floodlights, to render the sensor is more beautiful than the naked eye the shade (due to the human eye can automatically correct color balance) and the evening sky show in the sensor is more surprised on the bright colors. If the automatic white balance adjustment, but the loss of the features bright colors, photos, bland levels. Readers can pursue special effects to try different white balance taken effect, there will be surprises, oh.

Digital camera the night before shooting skills requires a lot of practice to master, according to their functions and features of the camera, you readers can practice shooting a lot of interesting places to explore, play to their inspiration, the beauty of the night to be able to show up .

Notes

Generally not equipped with a digital camera lens hood, so close to the light source photography, be sure to carefully spot generation. Simple objects can be blocked.

Shooting, should select LCD (liquid crystal display) for viewing. Taking into account the power consumption problem, a compromise is to use the optical viewfinder for framing, the use of LCD for composition confirmation. Shooting in the dark environment, the display can not be a good job, you should use the optical viewfinder.

Go out shooting, you should bring enough batteries and memory activities. LCD screen when not shooting.

Sure to bring a tripod, handheld shooting will greatly affect the quality of the final image, using the self-timer or remote control shooting reduce the impact of jitter

LCD display shows pictures of the effects is not the final result, usually much brighter than the actual photos, the computer accurately to observe the judge.