Photography 101: Shooting in Low Light
56mBeginner2014-10-10
Authors
Joseph "PhotoJoseph" Linaschke
Photographic Storyteller, Educator, PhotoApps.Expert
Course details
Exploring the world of nighttime and low-light shooting is a great way to expand your photographic horizons. In this installment of Photography 101, photographer Joseph Linaschke provides an introduction to the creative options and technical considerations behind night and low-light shooting.
Joseph explores indoor, candlelit scenes; bright cities, where he shows how to capture spectacular traffic trails; and the great outdoors, under the natural light of the moon and stars. The course also contains tips on using your iPhone or other smartphone for low-light photography—or even as a light source—and enhancing noisy, high-ISO images in post-production.
Learning objectives
Setting up low-light portraits
Using the iPad as a light source
Shooting a long exposure of city lights
Shooting simple night photos
Exposing for the moon
Processing night shots with StarStaX
Joseph explores indoor, candlelit scenes; bright cities, where he shows how to capture spectacular traffic trails; and the great outdoors, under the natural light of the moon and stars. The course also contains tips on using your iPhone or other smartphone for low-light photography—or even as a light source—and enhancing noisy, high-ISO images in post-production.
Learning objectives
Setting up low-light portraits
Using the iPad as a light source
Shooting a long exposure of city lights
Shooting simple night photos
Exposing for the moon
Processing night shots with StarStaX
Skills covered
Night PhotographyLegacy SeriesPhotography
Concepts
Introduction
- Introduction
- Exploring the essential gear
Low-Light Portraits and City Lights
- Setting up a low-light portrait
- Taking a candlelit portrait
- Taking a portrait at night
- Using the iPad as a portrait light source
- Shooting a long exposure of city lights
- Addressing noise in post
The Moon, Stars, and Night Landscapes
- Shooting a simple night photo
- Taking a creative approach to lighting structures at night
- Light painting on a rock face
- Balancing the moonlight and stars in a photo
- Processing night shots with StarStaX
Final Selects
- Reviewing the final selects