You may have heard the phrase ‘ND grad’ without knowing what it means, particularly if you’re new to photography. Graduated neutral density filters – or ND grads – are filters for controlling light levels and balancing the tones of a photograph to give a result far closer to how it appears to the eye.
Many professional landscape photographers use these filters, but how exactly do they work and when should they be used?
The days may be getting longer, but (hopefully) they will also be getting warmer. Spring and summer are perfect times of the year to explore the world of night photography, but as you can imagine, there are many challenges when working with long exposures. Below we’ve identified 12 of the most common problems you’ll encounter when shooting night photography and offered our tips for overcoming them.
Do you have your own night photography tips, or perhaps problems you’ve encountered in your own night photography endeavours that we haven’t covered here? Why not share them in the comments!
Has Seasonal Affective Disorder got you particularly down about your night photography and low light pictures in general? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. It’s one of the more challenging subjects in photography.
Learn how to take better photos at night with these 9 carefully selected night photography tips for beginners. Whether you want to learn how to take photos of the night sky, find out how to paint with light or just want to know the right camera settings for night photography, these 9 tips will give you a solid foundation and get you ready to start tackling a number of popular techniques.
25 fantastic examples of light-trail drawings using long-exposure
1. Don’t assume you won’t be able to get close
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On these warm summer nights it‘s worth staying out late, taking your flashgun along to some of your favou
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By 9am the sun reaches an angle of about 45 degrees and at this point the light has pretty much the same intensity as it has at noon, remaining that way until around 4pm.
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