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When is it realistic to take a non-flash picture of someone outside after sunset?
This is a question from a non-photographer. I'm writing a scene for a stage play. In my scene, there's a celebrity in crisis in a park after sunset and a photographer who'd dearly like to get a ...
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Why doesn't my camera capture a dark picture when it looks dark to the human eye?
I tried searching for this, but found nothing on this topic:
is there a way to set the camera to get images in around the brightness a human eye sees?
For example, in bright daylight, I would set it ...
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Ways in order to achieve dramatic lighting styles?
My question is more specific to the situation I am going to be shooting [with the subject being a person laying down in a hospital bed]
The photo will be taken from the ceiling above the bed and ...
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How can I improve my exposure in low-light situations?
I am new to photography and have been struggling with low light scenarios. I have a Nikon D3100 and an SB-900 flash. Regardless of my ISO, aperture, or shutter speed settings, when I am ...
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How do you make a shot look like it was taken at night?
Okay, so I was watching a movie recently, and there was a night scene. The whole valley could be seen in light, and there were some stars as well, and the actors could be seen, but it just looked like ...
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How do I set the proper exposure for nighttime moon photos?
All my attempts to get a good shot of the full moon with my DSLR result in an overexposed circle on a black background. I've used a tripod, remote shutter release, low ISO, and long exposure, but ...
