Taking photography photos in the dark, or low lighted areas ?

Question

so i have this idea for a photography shoot i want to do, i want to have a room that is dark and only lit by candles.
i have a Cannon EOS digital 550D, but i find taking photos in the dark/low lighted areas can be very difficult. the photos look either blurry or the flash comes on and doesn't give the effect i want. i want it to be like a matte kind of look because i want the photo to have a mysterious, magical feel. if this makes any sense to anyone and you possibly have some ideas or effects you can use to create amazing night candle lit photos pleasseeee answer my question ! you will be my best friend forever

Answer 1

in photography, there are three things that you can play with related to light input : film speed, aperture opening (Fstop) and shutter speed. Digitial cameras do not have a "film" per se, but some have a setting that can control the sensor reactivity to mimic film speed.



The reason that you have blurriness in low light conditions is because you are using a long exposure (slow shutter speed). You need to mount the camera to avoid this (use a tripod or something).



Fstop indicates the size of the opening, bug numbers mean small openings and less light is allowed in. Fstop is useful for modifying depth of field.



In your situation, I would say that your best bet is to use a platform of some sort to stabilize the camera and avoid the blurriness. Sometimes blurriness is desirable, like with water in a stream, as it gives a sense of motion, in which case a longer exposure might be fun.



But you need to play with the different options of the camera. A flash coming on occurs because you have the camera set to flash when light is low. you need to take that right off.



I don't know anything about you camera and how to use it to do what I have discussed. Everything I mentioned is from when I used to use my old real film camera for photography.

Answer 2

Put the camera on a tripod and set it to bulb exposure, this leaves the shutter open for as long as you need it providing that you have the facility on your camera, take a few shots using different timings 2 seconds, four seconds, 8 seconds and so on you can look at each result as you take them, otherwise Photoshop can be very useful in creating these images, if you know how to use it.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Depends on what you want to shoot, for architechture, and interiors simply shooting from a tripod and cable release will solve your problems. You simply focus on the hyperfocal, use a smallish aperture (around f/8) and wait for the exposure to sort itself out in aperture priority mode.



However if you want to photograph people, its a greater challenge, Stanley Kubrick did this for the film Barry Lyndon, however with moving images you don't have to worry about shutter speed so much (I'd guess he needed around 1/30), but he did have to contend with limitations in film speed of the period. He used f/0.7 lenses, which are immensely fast, you'll also have to look at fast lenses too, but you don't need to take it to such extremes.



I would say Canon's 50mm f1.4 would be a suitable lens for the job, especially since modern sensors can get huge ISOs and still be useable. I'd expect you'd be able to shoot at around 1/30, f1.4, ISO1600-3200.



In such low light focusing is going to be a real problem, you will need to manually focus your lens, which with the 1.4 can be a hard task. You could probably shoot this by standing your model on a mark, and having your camera on a tripod (with a pistol grip head), then use conventional lighting to focus (either manually or AF), switch the lights and the AF off and then shoot, your images are prefocused, and should be sharp.

Answer 5

In low easy, consistently use a tripod. then you rather can turn down the ISO to get much less noise. the better the ISO, the greater noise you have gotten. If the subject continues to be, mutually with a tree, in simple terms use a very long shutter velocity (you ought to use a tripod for a protracted shutter velocity). additionally, you could try buying a sparkling lens. Like a f/a million.8 lens. the bigger the aperature, the greater easy enters. in case you have a f/a million.8 lens, greater easy will enter quicker.

Answer 6

long exposure on a tripod?