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Posts in Night Street Photography
How to Use Street Lights to Improve Your Night Street Photography

‘Most of us have a best friend. However, they generally are not with us when we are out shooting night street photography. This is actually a good thing because one, they will probably distract you; and two, your current best friend is about to be replaced with a new best friend - the streetlamp.’

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Mastering Night Street Photography Edits in Lightroom

When I first started out on my photography journey, before I really got into street photography and was focusing my efforts on still life and landscape photography, I used to really get into editing my images. This meant that I took up to an hour adding detail, adding colour, adding clarity, reducing the Highlights slider to 0 and increasing the Shadows slider to 100

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The Simple Exposure Guide For Night Street Photography

Night Street photography is not too difficult once you get to grips with the settings that you need to use regularly. In this blog post we are going to take a look at the approximate Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO settings that you need to select in your camera, after dark.

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How to Easily Shoot Night Street Photography Images

‘ISO 1600 - 6400. Aperture f /2.8 - f /1/4. Shutter Speed 1/80 sec - 1/200 sec. Put simply, this is a great starting point for the settings on your camera for easily getting to grips with night street photography.’

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My Awesome Settings for Night Street Photography (and Why You Should Use Them Too)

I know this from first-hand experience - it can be a minefield knowing what settings to use for your night street photography pursuits. That's why I've created this handy guide to the settings that I currently use, that hopefully, you can use too.

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5 Tips that will Improve Your Night Street Photography Game

‘Are you just getting started with street photography or do you simply want to get the most out of your night time street photography? Here are five simple tips for you to get cracking with right away.’

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How To Choose The Right Shutter Speed For Night Street Photography

‘In order to get sharp shots at night, you will need a fairly fast Shutter Speed of around 1/125 sec - 1/200 sec. If you pick a slower value you risk the chance of getting blurry shots. If you go much faster, depending on your ISO value, you risk your exposure becoming underexposed.’

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Night Street Photography - Protect Your Highlights

‘I hit the streets of Rye the other night. It's definitely tourist season, there were loads of people around. It's not so great if you want peace and quiet, but it certainly is great if you're shooting street photography.’

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How to Choose the Best ISO for Night Street Photography

‘If you're shooting Street Photography at night, depending on the amount of ambient light, you will want to use an ISO value of approximately 1600 - 6400’

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