{"id":1106,"date":"2011-11-29T10:41:36","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T10:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:20:14","slug":"night-photography-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/night-photography-city\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Night Photography in the City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t put your camera away in the dark!<\/h2>\n

Too many people put their cameras away for the winter – night photography is one of the most creative forms there is. Amaze your friends with long exposures, light trails, wierd shapes etc.<\/p>\n

Here are 5 Photography ideas to do at night which would be impossible during the day – all in a city near you.<\/h4>\n

1 – Light Trail Photography<\/h1>\n

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As traffic passes, they leave lines across your photos<\/p>\n

2 – Tripod zoom burst Photography<\/h1>\n

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If you zoom whilst taking a photo, points of light turn into lines like these – on a tripod these are straight lines.<\/p>\n

3 \u2013 Hand held zoom burst Photography<\/h1>\n

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If you hold your camera and zoom, you get a more random pattern, a little like fireworks<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 \u201cmoving\u201d characters Photography<\/h1>\n

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By moving the camera at the last moment of an exposure you can make Xmas figures like these look like they’re flying across the photo<\/p>\n

5 \u2013 Exploding windows Photography<\/h1>\n

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And finally, if you can see ceiling lights in an office block, you can get this “exploding windows” look by doing a zoom burst<\/p>\n

All of the above were done “in camera”, not using photoshop at all – it’s a case of using a little imagination and technical know-how with the camera.<\/p>\n

McFade Photography Training<\/a> showed a group how this was done at the end of November – if you’d like to know more, get in touch and we can organise 1-2-1 Photography training for you, or a group event anywhere you like.<\/p>\n

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