Long Exposure Night Photography Cheat Sheet

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Long exposure night photography cheat sheet. A fast aperture f 1 4 to f 2 8 wide angle lens 14mm 35mm the wider the focal length the longer exposure you can shoot without stars trailing. Captured at park avenue in arches national park utah. Dslr or mirrorless camera that has manual mode ability to shoot exposures up to 30 seconds and ability to shoot in raw file format. Mike s super long exposure cheat sheet.

Cheat sheets were promised. Here are some combinations that i ve found useful in various situations. Iso 6400 f 2 8 for 30 seconds on the left and iso 800 f 2 8 for 12 minutes on the right. There are lots of different ways to shoot night photography.

Is is caused due to movement. Today i shared night photography long exposure photography tips that you can use in street photography or urban photography at night. Night photography cheat sheet. Long exposure essential equipment camera wide angle lens fully charged battery photography field reference test shot compose camera on tripod dial in iso and aperture according to baseline reference below.

A shutter speed of more than 20 30 secs will make the stars look as though it was a camera shake but is not. If you re doing long exposure shots to capture star trails maybe leaving the shutter open for minutes or hours you would want a lower iso value to keep from over exposing the image and to reduce noise graininess. Night photography cheat sheet. Limit test shot s to 30 sec.