Project: Night Light

These images were taken in my bedroom at about 11pm.

All where photographed in low light produced by a small lamp.

Equipment was a Canon DSLR, 50mm lens.

Photographed at 1/60 sec., F-1.8 and ISO 1600.

I prefer to photograph with out a tripod and as such in low light situations such as these my best alternative was to jump to a higher ISO. However, this does come with consequences. The higher the ISO the more grain (pixels) you see in the image. That means that these images are not a good image for large prints (ie: 16x20 or larger). It is best to photograph in the lower ISO settings such as 100 or 200. You will get the highest quality image by doing this but you must compensate by adding more light to your subject.

Project: Belly Dancer

The Belly Dancer in these photos is Krista Kubie.

We did a simple photo session in her apartment by her sliding glass door.

Each image was photographed with natural light using a Canon DSLR.

50mm lens, ISO 200, F-1.8, and shutter speed no lower than 1/60.

Tip: to photograph inside with natural light the easiest thing to do is to set your camera for the F-stop wanted and then adjust the shutter speed as needed. NOTE: if you go below 1/60 sec. there is a great possibility of camera shake so you might need a tripod and a steady subject.

If you are wanting to photograph your subject in front of a window,

make sure you are exposing for the subject and not the window!

The light from the window will appear overexposed giving off a "white glow".