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Christmas light photography doesn't have to be tricky. We're sharing our best tips for ideal camera settings, when to photograph Christmas lights, and our best photo effects for editing low light photography.
Dec 7, 2022 · Here are 8 tips for photographing Christmas lights: 1. Plan Your Shoot. Depending on what you are looking to shoot, you will need to choose the time of the day. For example, Christmas light photography in a fair, you can wait till the sky becomes dark and experiment with long exposure photography.
Mar 13, 2024 · A- A+. Knowing the best camera settings for Christmas lights is crucial to getting the best pictures. Christmas is a time for family, friends, fun, and lots of photos. With the right camera settings, you can capture the Christmas season’s magic in all its glory! What Are the Best Camera Settings for Christmas Lights?
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Oct 25, 2021 · Christmas lights are beautiful to behold, and it's not every day of the year that you get to see them. But how do you capture their beauty in photos? If you're trying to photograph the lights outdoors, aim to take the pictures at dusk for...
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- Photograph around twilight or dusk. For a few minutes, the atmospheric light will perfectly complement the continuous artificial lights. You’ll pick up the beautiful ambient colors of the sky and surroundings and get much more photographic texture than the flat blackness.
- Act fast. We’re serious about that few minutes part — if you’ve tried to photograph a sunset, you know how quickly the light changes. Between sunset and nightfall, each minute will bring slightly different lighting conditions.
- Use a tripod. Without it, you’ll probably end up sacrificing a lot of image quality because of slow shutter speeds. So unless you’ve got superhuman steadiness, bust out the tripod.
- Forget flash. You’re trying to capture the color of the lights, and even if they aren’t multi-colored, your flash could interfere with the lights’ color profile.
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- Use Low-Light / Night Photography Techniques. The best time to view holiday lights is when the lights go down (indoors and outside). Therefore, you will benefit from the tried-and-true practices of night photographers when capturing holiday lights.
- Plan Your Shots. Depending on where you are shooting, it might be best to photograph scenes with outdoor lights around dusk. Why? Ambient light can help your image.
- Flash Off. Please turn off your flash when photographing holiday lights. If you’re photographing outside, your flash will likely not be powerful enough to illuminate a scene and, indoors, it may brighten everything around the lights.
- White Balance. I am a big fan of shooting raw capture and using auto white balance. You can certainly change your white balance at capture, or change it in post-production (if shooting raw), but it is really up to the photographic artist when it comes to how to add or subtract color casts from the scene, and/or neutralize the tones and hues.
