Comments on: Useful Tips for Shooting in Low Light Situations http://www.thephotoargus.com/tips/useful-tips-for-shooting-in-low-light-situations/ A photographer's resource of useful information, inspiration, technique, photographer showcases and more. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:51:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mr. Vincent Sebastian http://www.thephotoargus.com/tips/useful-tips-for-shooting-in-low-light-situations/comment-page-1/#comment-7263 Mr. Vincent Sebastian Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:43:40 +0000 http://www.thephotoargus.com/?p=2384#comment-7263 It is good one great experences to learn thanks a lot. It is good one great experences to learn thanks a lot.

]]> By: Christopher Derrick http://www.thephotoargus.com/tips/useful-tips-for-shooting-in-low-light-situations/comment-page-1/#comment-1999 Christopher Derrick Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:01:01 +0000 http://www.thephotoargus.com/?p=2384#comment-1999 @Miles Maker. Motion picture or video lighting is a more complicated animal, because you can't really change your shutter speed, and unless you're shooting with 35mm film, you'll have trouble "pushing" video to resolve for a better image. Video doesn't have the latitude of film - motion picture or still - so when you're shooting low light video, you have to pay attention to the fact that the image will fall faster into black and the highlights will blow-out faster and sharper. Many of the same tips and techniques that I mentioned above are directly applicable to motion picture image capture. Here's a tip for shooting video in low light -- expose for the highlights (which is what you do with slide film btw) as this will enable you to capture as much image information as possible, adn if you need to push the image (add noise) you can, but it might not be pleasant. Anyway, find those bright elements of the frame and set your f/stop so that part of the frame is maybe 1 1/2 or 2 stops over-exposed (more than that and the camera can't handle it), and then look to bring up the light level for the rest of the scene. Use a china ball or something similar to do that; a china ball raises the light level in a soft, even way which is very pleasing for video. China balls increase the "warmth" of your image, so you can stick with that or make a white balance adjustment. Direct light challenges your latitude too much with video, particularly when you have a low light levels in the background. @Miles Maker. Motion picture or video lighting is a more complicated animal, because you can’t really change your shutter speed, and unless you’re shooting with 35mm film, you’ll have trouble “pushing” video to resolve for a better image. Video doesn’t have the latitude of film – motion picture or still – so when you’re shooting low light video, you have to pay attention to the fact that the image will fall faster into black and the highlights will blow-out faster and sharper.

Many of the same tips and techniques that I mentioned above are directly applicable to motion picture image capture.

Here’s a tip for shooting video in low light — expose for the highlights (which is what you do with slide film btw) as this will enable you to capture as much image information as possible, adn if you need to push the image (add noise) you can, but it might not be pleasant. Anyway, find those bright elements of the frame and set your f/stop so that part of the frame is maybe 1 1/2 or 2 stops over-exposed (more than that and the camera can’t handle it), and then look to bring up the light level for the rest of the scene.

Use a china ball or something similar to do that; a china ball raises the light level in a soft, even way which is very pleasing for video. China balls increase the “warmth” of your image, so you can stick with that or make a white balance adjustment. Direct light challenges your latitude too much with video, particularly when you have a low light levels in the background.

]]> By: Dee http://www.thephotoargus.com/tips/useful-tips-for-shooting-in-low-light-situations/comment-page-1/#comment-1987 Dee Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:30:09 +0000 http://www.thephotoargus.com/?p=2384#comment-1987 This is so helpful! Thank you for sharing! =) This is so helpful! Thank you for sharing! =)

]]> By: Miles Maker http://www.thephotoargus.com/tips/useful-tips-for-shooting-in-low-light-situations/comment-page-1/#comment-1981 Miles Maker Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:28:01 +0000 http://www.thephotoargus.com/?p=2384#comment-1981 Thanks for this. Do the same rules apply to motion pictures in low light? What are the similarities/differences in achieving a quality image on video in low light? What are some quick fixes to insufficient lighting situations when shooting on video? Miles Maker Story Author | Visual Artist (film/video/) Socially mobile in real-time via Twitter: @milesmaker @mobisoaps @directingactors @BlogTalkCinema Thanks for this.

Do the same rules apply to motion pictures in low light? What are the similarities/differences in achieving a quality image on video in low light? What are some quick fixes to insufficient lighting situations when shooting on video?

Miles Maker
Story Author | Visual Artist (film/video/)
Socially mobile in real-time via Twitter:
@milesmaker
@mobisoaps
@directingactors
@BlogTalkCinema

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