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How to shoot photos in very low light I just took some photos at a friends wedding using a Canon EOS Elan2E. I used a speedlite flash ontop. The room was very dark, light only by candles and white christmas lights. When I got the photos back the xmas lights had created tracers all over my photos. I'm guessing I didn't use a fast enough shutter speed. What shutter speed would you use to capture the photo and stop the light from tracing? Any help will be great. Thanks!
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Brenda Tharp |
What shutter speed were you using in general for this kind of pictures? Generally, using a fast shutter speed with your flash will creat a cave-like background to the flash-lit subject, (unless you are using very high speed film, such as 800 ISO), simply because the flash will expose for the subject, and on slower ISO films, the ambient will not be recorded. If you slow your shutter speed down, you can then pick up the ambient lights, as it appears you tried to do. If you go too slow, you'll pick up all sorts of movement, and any brights lights will 'trace' if you move at all while making the picture. The only 'rule of thumb' is to not shoot so slow that you get camera shake or movement from you, and that will depend upon the lens you are using - i.e. the focal length you've chosen on the zoom. Can you upload an image to show us as example? That would help. I'm leaving the country Tuesday morning but I'll check back tomorrow or Monday to see...Brenda
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