Easy Way To Use Ambient Light
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As the mentors tell me, “The difference between a photographer and a great photographer is that a great photographer always has a camera with him/her.” I’m in this to be one of the greatest that has ever done it; therefore I always keep a camera on me, even if it’s the one from my cell phone.
The image above was shoot at the old Green Parrot / Hurricane Hole Marina on Paradise Island, Bahamas. I took a weekend trip back to the island for a bit and went to dinner with a friend of mine. After dinner we sat at the end of the boardwalk and this image was our view.
It’s easy for you to make a photograph like this, no tricks need, not even a tripod. Back track, back track, okay maybe a tripod is better for to take an image like this using ambient light. In fact using a tripod is the correct way to make an image like this. However, the great photographer didn’t have a tripod at all times only a camera.
Okay let’s get down to the dirty. If you don’t have a tripod find something to rest your camera on where it won’t move; if you have the tripod mount your camera on it. For this image I placed my camera on the boardwalk with my lens cap underneath the lens to level it. Learn purpose of the f-stops, iso and shutter speeds. A quick little lesson: The lower the f-stop example 2.8 what I used to make this image the more light comes into the photograph, the lower the ISO the better quality of the photograph or we can say less less noise in the photograph (I’m a fan of noise but not for this image), the slower the shutter speed the more light that comes into the camera and the higher the shutter speed the less light goes into the camera.
With that said, for this image / for you to photograph an image like this one using ambient light (available light) use a lower f-stop, and a slower shutter speed. Easy right? Go and make some photos!
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DT.
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jenna
12.08.2008
great photo – really clear , amazing water reflection!
Anna Bancroft
12.08.2008
I thought the article on shooting with available light during the evening was wonderfully written and I particularly enjoyed the personal narration. Though I feel as though you should elaborate some more on techniques amateur photographers could use to achieve a correct exposure. Kudos, another great way to make a photograph without a tripod!
Steven Kemp
12.08.2008
Great artical! I never carry a tripod with me and because of this my photos usually tend to be out of focus. I think im going to invest in one this holiday. The picture looks great! It looks as if it is out of a magizine like forbes or somthing!! Keep up the good work Dwayne.