How to Be Better at Lowlight Photography

Today I tried lowlight photography around the city with my friends.

Using flash, we have to setting the photo to be under-exposure for the preview sake, because the flash will give you the light.

Lighting is the key.

Use widest aperture. Wide aperture (e.g. f/1.7) is good at focusing on a single point and create bokeh on the background. But if you want to give more detail to the background, use narrower aperture.

To absorb more light with narrow aperture, increase the ISO. But increasing the ISO will give you more a grainy image result. To make it not grainy, use slow shutter speed.

The only cons of slow shutter speed is it’s gonna be shaky if your hand is not steady. Use tripod. You can’t capture moving object without getting blur with slow shutter speed. It’s all a trade-off.