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D3100
Need some tips on night photos w/35mm 1.8
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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 548416" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>I think primarily you need to get away from the idea there are predetermined "recipes" of camera settings that can be applied in different circumstances that ensure good results, because there aren't. Photography simply doesn't work that way. Every shooting situation has to be evaluated for proper exposure and that means understanding the Exposure Triangle forwards and backwards and twice on Sunday. All of that goes double if you intend to shoot in full Manual. Posting up some of your shots so we can see what settings you were using would also help up point you in the right direction but from reading your post I would say you need to study up on achieving correct exposure. To that end here are a couple tutorials...</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-exposure.htm" target="_blank">Understanding Exposure</a>, via Cambridge in Color</p><p></p><p><a href="https://luminous-landscape.com/understanding-histograms/" target="_blank">Understanding Histograms</a>, via Luminous Landscape</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 548416, member: 13090"] I think primarily you need to get away from the idea there are predetermined "recipes" of camera settings that can be applied in different circumstances that ensure good results, because there aren't. Photography simply doesn't work that way. Every shooting situation has to be evaluated for proper exposure and that means understanding the Exposure Triangle forwards and backwards and twice on Sunday. All of that goes double if you intend to shoot in full Manual. Posting up some of your shots so we can see what settings you were using would also help up point you in the right direction but from reading your post I would say you need to study up on achieving correct exposure. To that end here are a couple tutorials... [url=http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-exposure.htm]Understanding Exposure[/url], via Cambridge in Color [url=https://luminous-landscape.com/understanding-histograms/]Understanding Histograms[/url], via Luminous Landscape [/QUOTE]
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