Night Photography in Ireland

This Blog is intended to be an extension to my Irish Fine Art Landscape Photography web site http://www.stewartkennyphotogrpahy.com from this blog i will hope to update discuss & review the various locations around ireland i photograph and the techniques i use, both in point of shop and post processing, from this blog i will also announce any new workshop or classes that i am hosting.

now to the matter at hand, in the first of the serious i will discuss the point of shot camera techniques i used to create this image. it was taken at midnight on a full moonlight evening, in brittas bay, in co wicklow ireland.

i often only shot night photography in the days each month around the full moon, i find that issues such as Hot Sensor noise often crop up due to extended exposures over ten minutes, when not shooting on a full moon, but more on this later.

so in a basic introduction the equipment & settings i used were

Tripod,

Remote Trigger,

Canon 50D

Sigma 18-200mm os f3.5-6.3 DC Lens

No Filters

MagLight Tourch with Full Spectrum Bulb Fitted For painting in the shadow detail

Settings

Manual Focus set at infinity or the horizontal eight on the end of your lens.

8 minute Exposure,

F13

iso 125

Well First things first,

Where to go & what to shoot at night?

Great shots dont happen by accident.....well sometimes they do:) but for the most part they take careful planning. the best way to find a location to shot at night is to:

A) check out other peoples shots in your area on say Flickr? or Dev Art you can be very surprised and inspired by what other people are doing.

B) Drive there and have a look around, check out structures, landscapes, rock formations,

C) if you have shoot there previously during the day, then return at night and take a chance.

So you know what your going to shoot now what?

So now do your home work,

Plan your driving route,

Check out weather conditions? cloudy, rainy cloud, and dress accordingly, good way to check weather conditions is met check

check out tidal conditions if your shooting seascapes there is nothing more depressing to turing up to shot a pier etc at night and find the tide is out:(

to be continued in next blog,

What to Pack

Location Review,

Stewart Kenny Photography Workshop & classes

Painting with light

what apertures to use in night photography

What iso to use in night Photography

Star Trails

Motion Blur

Blurring & misty water at night

Contrast & noise

and other Post processing tips hints & techniques in night photography.

Irish Landscape Fine art & night Photographer

Stewart Kenny.

(sorry need the hits on my site:))