Night Time Photography

So I've decided I will probably update once a week, either on Monday or Wednesday probably Wednesday because I have access to the computer lab. I do have a laptop at home but I rarely get online at home too busy watching Doctor Who. Anywho as of right now I am pulling from my archives because I do have pictures that I love and that some people don’t know how to do.

So this time it is night time photography, which includes light streaks like from cars or flashlights. For this setup you will need:

-Camera (duh)

-A tripod (unless you can stand like a statue…)

-A remote (so you don’t get movement when you hit the trigger)

-A street or in this case a bridge

-A lens (any will do I just used the standard 18-55)

For this shoot I went up the Harbor Bridge in Corpus Christi, less than a year ago they put lights lining the bridge which is why I decided to go up there. Trust me its not a fun trek with your camera equipment…

Next up are the settings. For this I used bulb function in the camera to control the shutter so I usually did it around 3-4 seconds, this is the main reason that you need the remote. With the remote you don’t have to hold the button down, you don’t even have to touch the camera so you wont shake it so it wont be blurred. The ISO was set at 200 just so that it will be a touch darker so I can make the shutter last longer. The f stop was at 8.0 not too high but not too low so that there is some depth of field. 

Remember for long exposure photography you are at the mercy of any of the lights around you like streetlights, they are very yellow in pictures as you can see in all of these pictures where there is a light on the subject.

Up on the bridge you have an amazing view of the Texas State Aquarium and the Lexington so I took some of those too.

Then you have an amazing view of downtown Corpus Christi.