I know speak quickly so please let me know if you have any questions about night photography in the comments below! 📸 For gear recommendations and a written version of my night photo tips here: ihitthebutton.com/night-photography-tips/

This was amazing. Crystal clear directions without all the extra blah blah blah like all the other videos out there! Thanks for the help

When shooting Christmas lights I recommend a shutter speed of at least 2 seconds so you can capture twinkling or flashing lights in the on position.

Thanks man, I was long overdue for watching a night photography tutorial and this was lean and educational. Loved seeing DC like this as well

Really awesome video man. My wife and I just bought a Canon Rebel T7 for ourselves for a wedding gift to each other. Tried shooting at night and realized we couldn’t really get a very good pic without a tripod. I’m gonna use your recommendation on the handheld and try it out. Funny enough, when watching this video tonight I was trying to get the capital building behind the monument from the Lincoln Memorial. So pretty cool to see you in front of the capital

A nice, quick introductory how-to for night photography.

The better option to cut down on shake is to use a wireless remote control to trigger the shutter, I have a wired remote for my Nikon Z6II but at night I never use it I set a 5-second timer and then make sure exposure delay is turned on. I've had a few tripods over the years and without a doubt in my mind the best is the one I have now, Benro Tortoise 34C with the GX35 head. It's brilliant.

I LOVE how you break down everything! Thank you so much ❤

I want to study more about photography, thank you for sharing.

To make the car/streak-photography less guesswork, get a bluetooth remote to trigger your camera. Some cameras even allow you to use your phone.

Dude seriously this is an awesome video!!! Love the energy and how you filmed it! Two thumbs up bro!

Thank you for the tips James Corden!

Basically, shooting at night - With a tripod, allows you to shoot at a low ISO (for the sake of this it's artificial light created by your camera), which forces a long shutter speed to allow the light into the image. The tripod creates a stable platform so you can capture the image without any blur caused by shakiness. With no tripod, you will have to shoot at a higher ISO and use a fast shutter speed (1/100, 1/200, 1/300 +). This reduces the blur to your image caused by the natural sway/shake of your hand and body, but also severely reduces the amount of light entering your camera. To combat having a dark image, you will have to shoot in the smallest F-stop number you can, to allow as much light into the image. (Shoot in bright areas).

I came, I learned....Thanks for the tips.

I’ve learned so much from this video. You are amazing!

You are THE MAN! 👏

So clear to understand and a lovely manner. many thanks!

Thank you Andy, very useful information to a noob like me.

I find 8 seconds delayed shutter to be better, but ok it kind of depends on the lens size. But what is your experience with IS on, on windy days? We are still debating if it will counter the wind or just ruin the quality.

Yeeeeeeees! 🎉🎉🎉 Andy keep doing what you’re doing!

Great explanation thank you. Great that you show the camera menu as well 🙏

Thanks for this video which is v useful. In two days I am visiting my old school to take some photos. It's a Victorian neo-gothic building in England and it's being converted into apartments. It's a construction site at the moment and judging from some mobile photos taken by a friend it's pretty gloomy inside. I have a Panasonic Lumix lx100 II and a new tripod. I struggle to use the camera controls at the best of times and I've got one chance to get these photos right.

Strange recommendation to use Av for hand-held low light shots - I was told to use 0.5s exposure as the main setting!

Excellent video mate. Thank you.

Thumbs up, great tutorial ❤

So much content for a short video. Thank you, Andy!

Thank you looks like you were having fun. Kent UK

Thank you! Your video is very helpful.

Will be taking my Nikon D3500 at Sherwood faire and will be doing night shots. Not familiar with nighttime settings, so appreciate any advice on nighttime, bonfire, fire spinners, and dark sky settings without having to do 2-30 second still shots as everyone will be moving around

Truely awesome 🎉🎉🎉

I’m a fan of this content. Hey why does this spot look familiar?

So if you want to take a picture of a funfair during knight, you will only see light stripes? Because of the moving rides

Nicely made tutorial! 💯

@1:25 I think I heard or read somewhere that it is best or advisable to turn IS/OS/VR off whenever you're using a tripod. EDIT: Never mind. I just realized that the video chapter says "handheld".

What’s the blue colour tinge on the photos looks mad

Great tips

Ahhh this is so helpful!! Thank you 🙏

Thank you very much :)

Which lens did you use? I have an SL2 Canon, which lens would you recommend in order to reach that 2.8 aperture

I have a Canon Rebel T7i. Im looking for a good lens for indoor/ low light event photography. Can you recommend me a few which aren't that expensive. Thanks in advance!

Whay you speak so fast man. Very good tips.thanks

what lens is best for night photography, I Currenty have the Canon 18-55, Sigma 18-270 and Tamron 18-250, was thinking about using the sigma 18-270 When going on holiday and will want to do some scenery and street photography and mainly night photography of Blackpool illiminations and lit up trams etc but unsure what lens or settings im best to start with,also will be doing hand held photography, wil be greatfull for any advise thankyou

Hi,how to set my Canon Rebel T100 for a good pictures both for night and day ?

i have a canon 80d with a 16-35 canon lens and taking pictures at night is crazy hard i wonder if i need to tweak my settings in order to get my pictures to come out great. so you said to leave it in aperture mode and everything will be alright

Hey Man! What about Sony A7RV settings at night please?

Thanks!

This might be good for a still image of a wedding couple on a night time?? Rsther than trying to use external flashes etc

In looking at your list of videos i have NOT seen where u are using a speedlite. Do u have ST-E3-rt transmitter? Do u have a 600ex II-RT? do i need the St-e3 to use Canon flash off the eos R?

My wife and I are going to the Big Five National Parks in Utah next week. I have a Canon T3i with a Tamron 18-200 lens. I'll be bringing my tripod to get some night sky photos. Do you suggest the lowest aperture and highest ISO for those shots?

Would u still recommend these settings even if you aren’t going to have any post editing to the Raw photos?

Hello Andy which camera is best in low light for video recording. Mainly rain. Thanks

Why would you not leave the aperture to the lowest possible setting? Are you using a higher setting to increase the shutter time for the car lights. If I'm shooting distant city lights, should I use a low or high aperture to get the most crisp image? Thanks for the video.

You are awesome dude .. I like how you changed the color tone of your footage at around 2:07 when mentioned RAW ... I like that .. By the way .. why don't camera makers make the RAW images look realistic like Jpeg instead of the faded look ? I mean I know you can fix that later but why not pre fixed to begin with? just a thought :)

Hey man what camera are you using in this video?

What lens do you use when doing night photography?

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Why one of your 4 photos at 3:20 was warmer than the other 2 as the config remains the same?

Which camera did you use in the video?

What street were you on for that last picture?

Hi new photography student here, Trying to learn how to shoot in manual mode at night. Which settings would you recommend for shutter speed fstop and iso in manual mode.

Why not just shoot manual? I dont understand how much more convenient it could possibly be to have the camera choose the shutter speed for you when you can just scroll down until your exposure meter is in the middle. Am I missing something?

I don’t understand why you want to turn the image stabilization off when using a tripod. Canon R6 for reference

Which camera si?

why does image stabilization cause shake when using a tripod

Great

I wanted to see how the photo came out and where the car had stopped.

Hi. Do you use polarizers in night photography at all?

I know im a little late to this video but what software do you use to edit your photos?

Hi I look for Canon camera to shoot like you did…. Can you recommend which camera I will need to shoot like you did…. Thanks 🙏

Why would you let your iso go so high(8000) with the hand held image, instead just set it to Max out at say 3200 which would also have got your ss down from 1/160th to probably 1/60 which is definitely doable with ibis? I have my auto iso set to max 1600 only using a 200d with a sigma 30mm f1.4 lens which neither have IS, and yeah its 2 stops faster but a lot lower iso too and never take my SS slower than 1/30sec plus also use -2/3 exposure compensation.

Shot in full manual. You neglected to mention shooting at dusk to get colour in the sky. A blob of Blu-Tak over the eye piece for really long exposures stops stray light getting in the back of a DSLR. A cable release is much better for timing.

What's that doohickey on your backpack strap 🤔

Will the t6i do good job for night photography?

You have the PeakDesign camera clip on the wrong side. I doubt it you found a left-handed camera. Never seen one.

Yeah big no from me. The example handheld shot he shows, you would never use those settings. If taking on full frame 35mm sensor then the rule of 35mm lens 1/35 applies. So why would you allow your body to go as fast as 1/160??? Er no. Plus modern digital have IS so that gains you sometimes 2-3 maybe even 5 off shutter speed and still sharp. So you could dial speed down to 1/10 which means ISO is 500 very low noise if any on full frame sensor. Actually most modern full frame sensors are clean up say 3200ISO certainly 1600. There also a final issue. Reproduction. If you producing prints say A3 then that only needs about 12MP pixels. So if you using more then the down sampling can remove some noise. Note we only see the noise BECAUSE he zooms in. Grain used to be the old noise of film and again only showed if you put your slides/negs under a magifying glass. When I shot nights handheld I either used shutter mode and control ISO or going even full manual because I use a camera with OLED EVF that shows what the sensor is seeing. Finally as a photographer you got to learn to breath keep steady so you can get shots down to 1/4 even 1/2 I knew of a shooter could handhold at 1second!! And get sharp images. This is possible because IS system are getting better and better and removing shake. But if you really good you can do it on old film camera 😛

Remember your viewers are trying to learn from you. Speak slowly so we can absorb your knowledge of

Good tips but you just talk too fast...way too fast.

bro really dismissed all the useful things related to shooting hand held to rush onto the tripod XD rest of the video was good though.

If you want to make it as a KZfaqr your going to have to speak slower so its not a blur verbally, but helpful info thanks...

Interesting that you set IS to "on" for photos on a camera that only has IS (IBS) for video ??? Makes me wonder if the rest of your video is BS as well

Slow down man. Are you trying to break the world record for most words in a minute?

Way to fast

If you are instructing it is a MUST to speak slowly, you lost me after 30 seconds