Hi, you are viewing AdoramaTV and I am Doug McKinlay. In the present section, we're going to look at a few of the do's and don'ts of having a few of the really great evening and night pictures. AdoramaTV gifts, Stay concentrated with Doug McKinlay. First of all, we must find the correct spot, knowing your town effectively, you are already ahead of the game. Somewhat trick I use is to carry just a little notebook beside me constantly than when I'm working, whether it's here in British offshore. If I see something which may be interesting for an evening shot I simply mark it down, merely recording a place plus one or two lines about why it's interesting. The following we must think of is logistics.
Primarily what I mean is in which and when the sun sets, definitely this will be different where your location is located. But also for here in the UK, I prefer to shoot from late autumn through the planting season. I simply discover the sky a whole lot more interesting at this period annually, plus it has got the additional benefit if I'm not struck out until 11 o'clock in the evening each night like I'd during the summer time. As with any effective photography, preparation is key. When you have found your location its time to start thinking about some of the technical areas of that which we wish to attain.
Just what lens will I use? How much motion if any would I like to include in the shot? Is my tripod sturdy sufficient to hold my heaviest lens? When you have crossed each one of these t's and dotted those i's, it is time to get right down to making serious pictures. So we are inside our spot, we are right here prior to the sun went down, it provides lots go time to get arranged. The camera is on the pod, I have chosen my f-stop, I have chosen my lens. I understand that the London Eye behind me personally together with London Assembly structures are going to be illuminated up at night. The London Eye will be moving, therefore I wish to show a few of that motion, so an extremely slow shutter, I'm guessing half a minute to 60 seconds perhaps more.
It also gives it a fantastic icy sheen-like effect on the river. It's not such a negative thing either in the event that ships return back and forth, as you'll have the trailing lights going right on through the picture. Now regarding white balance, we often shoot a car and adjust in the computer whenever necessary. Once I'm shooting I often shoot a couple of minutes apart and simply check my LCD screen every now and then to make sure that all things are razor-sharp. But we're going to be making use of slow shutters consequently we can not touch the camera. You either have to use a cable release or a 10-second timer in your camera. Therefore now it´s a bit of a waiting game, we are looking forward to that light to start to diminish a bit to offer us a bit a movement. So that the light gets perfect. The sky together with foreground are beginning to balance out, I will acquire some good slow shots now. I'm just gonna just take one.
I got a 3-second exposure at f/11, its gonna offer me personally a fantastic sheen on the river, a fantastic slow action on that wheel. It's not bad, but I want better. I'd like this become really slow, I'd like those colors which motion to jump out at me personally, a little more waiting. So that the light gets really good now, and I also gonna make progressional pictures, I will stop down the aperture to f/16 and increase my shutter speed. 25 seconds and then half a minute plus. Therefore 20-second exposure, you can see the river is beginning to get all glassy, good and glassy, ice-like, but I'm nevertheless unhappy with it. I want that it is slower nevertheless. After we're past half a minute we must switch to the light bulb. Now for our purposes tonight we are applying for this cable release that's got a locking system on it, therefore even as we lock it the shuttle will stay available until we unlock it, it is just about a guesstimate.
I'm gonna keep it on for like a quarter of a minute, therefore I'm gonna count in my mind before I allow the shutter to go. Now that's what I'm speaking frankly about, that's a picture.
