{"id":6157,"date":"2015-09-10T15:02:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T15:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6157"},"modified":"2023-07-02T13:03:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T13:03:08","slug":"top-tips-for-low-light-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/top-tips-for-low-light-photography","title":{"rendered":"7 Top Tips for Low Light Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Low Light Photography for Beginners<\/h1>\n<p>2015&#8217;s summer looks to be ebbing away &#8211; certainly in the evenings as it&#8217;s dark by 8PM now!<\/p>\n<p>So last night we started our summer-winter transition and showed a group how to shoot at night.<\/p>\n<h2>What we did&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>Kicking off at Clarence Dock, or New Dock Leeds, as the re-brand calls it, we created:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>dusk shots of the old docks.<\/li>\n<li>night shots of the docks &#8211; 30 second exposures, to smooth the water<\/li>\n<li>a bit of light painting at Knightsway bridge<\/li>\n<li>car light trails.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some examples:-<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6157 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/13-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/13-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/13-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/39-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/39-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/39-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/36-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/36-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/36-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/52-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/52-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/52-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/05-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/05-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/05-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/28-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/28-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/28-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/12-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/12-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/12-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/09-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/09-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/09-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/23-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/23-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/23-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/10-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/10-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/10-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h1>The Low Light Photography Tips<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li>Using the tripod is essential<\/li>\n<li>Use the lowest ISO you can as this give less noise<\/li>\n<li>use LIVE VIEW and the LIVE HISTOGRAM to anticipate exposure. The histogram will have a &#8220;U&#8221; shape, lots to the left, lots to the right. Make sure not too much is off to the right.<\/li>\n<li>start at 30 seconds exposure and work out the F-Stop from that &#8211; viewing the live histogram to do it<\/li>\n<li>shoot, then review and understand the histogram &#8211; in a nutshell, everything off to the left is underexposure and will be noisy, everything off the right can&#8217;t be recovered and will always be white.<\/li>\n<li>composition in a built environment &#8211; getting verticals right, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/mastering-the-rule-of-thirds-a-guide-to-balanced-composition\/\">rule of thirds<\/a> and use of lead lines. Set up an interesting shot then wait for cars to pass to leave light trails&#8230; light trails on their own are boring, they just add to an already good shot<\/li>\n<li>using road furniture (arrows etc.) and reflections as part of your composition. We tell stories in pictures, these are part of the story<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We&#8217;re off to Salford Quays next &#8211; then onwards to teach you how to Light Paint and lots of other nocturnal goodies over the darker months<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low Light Photography for Beginners 2015&#8217;s summer looks to be ebbing away &#8211; certainly in the evenings as it&#8217;s dark by 8PM now! So last night we started our summer-winter transition and showed a group how to shoot at night. What we did&#8230; Kicking off at Clarence Dock, or New Dock Leeds, as the re-brand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_22977785_22977785":"","facebook_10157410341118549_123005067715685":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14,30],"tags":[357,220,432,433,417,204],"class_list":["post-6157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-composition","category-tips","category-training","tag-camera","tag-leeds-3","tag-low-light-photography","tag-teaching","tag-west-yorkshire","tag-yorkshire-2"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/39-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg",1000,667,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/39-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/39-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/39-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg",1000,667,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/39-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg",1000,667,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/39-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg",1000,667,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/39-new-dock-night-workshop-leeds-west-yorkshire.jpg",1000,667,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"McFade","author_link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/author\/admin"},"uagb_comment_info":2,"uagb_excerpt":"Low Light Photography for Beginners 2015&#8217;s summer looks to be ebbing away &#8211; certainly in the evenings as it&#8217;s dark by 8PM now! 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