Continuing our theme of playing with light, this week is all about low light.
Low-light photography is all about capturing a great photo with minimal light. Many people assume that low-light automatically means night photography. While night photography is definitely low-light, there are other instances when the ambient (i.e. available) light is low (for example, some of us are in the middle of winter, with little to no sunlight in our homes; some of us have houses that do not allow for a lot of natural light, etc.). Human eyes can allow for an incredible range of light – they adjust quickly, and are very dynamic. So, while it may seem to our human optics that there’s plenty of light, our camera might disagree. In order to capture low-light images we must make some adjustments to the way we normally shoot.
I really wanted to play with some night photography, with headlight trails and such, but I put it off for too long, and suddenly it was the last night of the week, and snowing. Thus, a snowy shot of the house around 6pm on a cold February night. Shot at a 2 sec exposure at f/14, ISO 3200, at 10mm.
I also tried getting a shot of Zoe sleeping, but that was much harder to do in the dark. Got to keep working on it! Still, this isn’t too bad for a first (12th) attempt. 1 sec exposure at f/2.8, ISO 800, at 17mm.
Back on the blog circle this week! Check out Nancy’s low light image next.
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I also always think of sleeping babies when I think low light, but I like that you shot your house.
I love the snow covered streets and houses! So magical. We haven’t had any snow this year, which has bummed me out. Nice shots.
Long exposure photos are so much fun. Love to see what you can’t in real life 🙂 Lovely shots!
Your house photo looks magical.
I love the long exposure of your house! We got snow a couple of weeks ago & I am so ready for it to go away so spring can come!
Won’t it be nice to have some shots soon that aren’t all about snow? Nice light in the house photo.
I love that you did long exposures! I always have good intentions… but I’m such procrastinator…