 Tracy |
Photographing strobe lights at night I am just learning night photography and have just been asked by a friend to take some night time pictures of our local police department's cars at night with the strobe lights on. Any suggestions? I think I know enough to get acceptable photos but would like to do better so any guidance is welcome. I shoot with a Canon 20D. Thanks in advance
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Alan N. Marcus |
Hi Tracy, My advice is to choose twilight conditions otherwise move to a well illuminated area. Best would be at a tennis court at night or mall parking lot. Alan Marcus
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Raymond H. Kemp |
I shoot a lot of emergency vehicles at night and I usually set my Nikon to shutter priority at 1/30 and my white balance to flash. The white balance setting will warm things up a bit since most of my night images include a TTL-BL fill from my SB-800 flash. The slow shutter speed of 1/30th will easily bring in the ambient light from street lights and emergency vehicles strobes. Oh, and my ISO is set at 400. Good luck! Ray
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Tracy |
Thanks for the pointers, esp on the ISO setting. I would have had it set in the 100-200 range so I'll definitely bump it to 400.
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