Digital photography is full of art created and inspiration, and the digital camera itself has the characteristics of the characteristics makes we have some shooting techniques that are different from traditional cameras. For example, in macro photography, digital cameras have a lot of compared with traditional cameras. Advantage, and digital cameras seem to be slightly difficult in night shooting. Today we will discuss some of the techniques that take the digital camera for night scenes.
Tip: Accurate exposure control is the key to digital cameras for nightlight photography.
Shooting night scene with scene mode
At present, many high-grade digital cameras provide P (automatic), A (aperture priority), S (shutter priority), M (manual) exposure shooting mode, and most digital cameras provide scene shooting mode, the most common The mode is two kinds of night scene patterns and macro mode, and some digital cameras provide more detachable scene modes, and even have functions such as evening, late night shooting mode. With this kind of night scene mode, you can achieve satisfactory results. For most digital camera novices, this way to take the night scene is the simplest and feasible method, but you need to pay attention to some Digital The camera cannot synchronize flash operation in the night scene mode.
Computer synthesis secondary exposure
Due to the night scene, the ambient light is weak, the reverse difference is large, and the digital camera is an electronic photosensitive element (which is the CCD we often say). Due to the technical restriction, the information obtained is easily affected by noise, the detail of the dark part The performance is weak, and the general digital camera cannot perform secondary exposure operation like a conventional camera, which is a common technique for the traditional camera when shooting at night, but we can solve this problem through computers:
First, first determine the file size and format of the photographed image, and the settings on the camera, clear composition, and then take a photo when the light situation is better in the night; keep the original focal length constant, in the first time , Then set the exposure value on the digital camera, be careful not to change the focal length of the lens and change the file size format of the image, and then take another photo; enter two photos into the computer, with image processing software ( Software such as Photoshop or PhotoImpact is subsequent synthesis processing, so that you can get high quality nightlight images.
This method can also be a beautiful photo of a beautiful person.
Night scene shooting focus problem
There is still very little digital camera that is currently using fixed focus patterns. It is basically more than 2 million products, and many other digital cameras have adopted autofocus and manual focus combination of focus modes. Each focus mode has a corresponding features and applicable objects, such as numerical adjustment manual focus and focus ring manual focus. Numerical Adjustment Manual Focus The distance numerical adjustment in the LCD display reaches accurate focus, this focus mode is troublesome, and the distance is highly required, but for the shooting night scene, it can play an utility.
In general, non-SLR or non-regular digital cameras still have many places that need to be improved in the accuracy and speed of autofocus. Since the normal digital camera focus sensor is difficult to accurately focus on the low-contrast and low brightness, when the night shoot is focused, try to lock the focus to the bright scene, and the focal length is patterned after the accuracy.
White balance accident harvest
Different from the traditional camera, the digital camera is not a white balance effect by adding a color filter, which is only adjusted through the built-in program. The general digital camera has several white balance modes to choose from, and more digital cameras also provide white balanced numerical adjustment (color temperature adjustment), and some digital cameras do even have custom white balance features, these are photographers It provides a broader creative space.
When performing night view, if there is no use of white balance adjustment, the light waves produced by the floodlight of the building and the scenery, the light wave is presented in the photosensitive element more gorgeous color light than the naked eye (due to human eye automatic correction color balance) And the sky in the evening showed a more surprised and beautiful color on the photosensitive element. If the automatic white balance adjustment is used, the colorful color of the scenery is lost, the photo level is plain. Readers who pursue special effects can try the effect of different white balance, will not intentionally gain. Night scene shooting skills of digital cameras require a lot of practice to master, according to the function and characteristics of our own camera, readers can also explore a lot of interesting places in the shooting practice, play their own creation inspiration, and the night beauty can show it. .
Precautions
A general digital camera is not equipped with a lens hood, so it is necessary to be careful when photographing near the light source. It can be blocked with a simple object.
When shooting, the LCD (LCD screen) should be selected for the view. Considering the problem of power consumption, a compromised method is to use an optical viewfinder to make a framework confirmation using the LCD. When shooting in a dark environment, the display cannot complete the work well, and you should use the optical viewfinder to view.
When you go out, you should bring your battery and active memory. LCD display should be taken when not shooting.
Be sure to bring a tripod, hand-held shooting greatly affect the quality of the final image, use Selfie function or remote shooting to reduce the impact of jitter
The effect displayed by the LCD display is not the final photo effect. It is generally more bright than the actual photo, and it is necessary to accurately observe the accurate observation on the computer.
