Night Shot

Taking pictures at night is interesting. You will need to make sure there is enough light which often means long exposure photography. Flash usage will help increase the amount of light but natural light is often more appealing. Remember those night pictures of tall buildings with colorful light and their reflection on the water. They are beautiful, aren't they? I haven't got a chance to take that kind of pictures yet but here are some of my night shot work. Enjoy!



The key to a good and steady long-exposure shot is a tripod. Image stabilization feature helps but nothing beats a good tripod. Keeping your camera steady is the key to sharp long exposure result. Also try to play around with several exposure value (e.g. -1EV, -2EV, +1EV, +2EV etc) and several white balances. Either use bracketing feature or manually take the photos with different exposure values and see later on which one looks better.

Now, it's your turn to experiment with long-exposure night shots. It's fun and you'll be surprised how nice the result might be. Just don't forget to bring a good tripod with you. Feel free to email me some of your work.