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When the sun goes down and the moon and stars come up, professional photographers will get the signal to begin their next set of photography. Night photography may sound easy, but it is quite complicated and requires some level of skill. Just having a flash on your DSLR will not give you the perfect night photo that you want to capture. The low level of lights makes night photography a challenging task. Nevertheless, professional photographers never cease to amaze us with beautiful photography of city night lights, fireworks, auroras, concerts and other fascinating things that happen after the sun goes down.
Some of the things that cameraman will want to take note of during night photography is the shutter speed, exposure levels, surrounding lighting and the landscape. Professional cameraman will usually consider the two choices they have in hand, whether to use artificial lighting or to use long exposure by exposing the scene over a period of time to get a better image. To time the exposure, professionals usually use a stopwatch or a remote timer to capture the image after sufficient exposure. Besides that tripods are also important in night photography to keep the camera still during the long exposure periods. You wouldn’t want to hold on to your camera for minutes or hours, right? Another item in the photographer’s arsenal is manual focus. Auto focus does not work well in low lighting due to the lack of subjects to focus on. Therefore, manual focus is essential for photographers to select the subject of the photograph.
For those who do not have the advanced night photography equipments as stated above, we would suggest that you begin by taking photos during dusk or early in the morning during dawn as there is still quite some sunlight to assist you. The advantage of shooting at these periods of time is that there is less dark areas in your image, reduces excessive contrast and adds more colour to your photo. Nevertheless, night photography skills are still essential during these periods of time.
Today we present to you a wonderful collection of beautiful night photography captured by professional photographers from all around the world. These photos were captured at different times of the day when sunlight is little to none. Some of these photos were captured at dusk, in the middle of the night and also during the dawn. We hope this collection will make you want to whip out your camera and head out to do some night photography of your own. Enjoy!
Night Shots
By the river.
Arches Moonrise
Moonlight by the mountains.
Skybar
A view of the KLCC from the SkyBar.
Red Bull Illume
Night skies.
A Cold December Night in Solidarity Drive
Driving by the night.
Fullerton Hotel, Singapore
Beautifully lit hotel by the river.
The Big Time Lights
Aurora by the waterfalls.
Night Shots
Working at night.
Capitol View
The view of Capitol from a far.
Tokyo From Roppongi at Night
Busy Tokyo, even at night.
Brisbane City by Night
A cool night by Brisbane.
Burning Rome
The Colosseum lit up.
City Lights
Beautiful in Orange.
Night City
City lights by the river.
Notturno Italiano
Calm in the night.
Deep in the HeDRt of Texas
Texas during the dawn.
The Glass House
The glass house during dusk.
Bellagio Fountains
Fountains of light.
Port of SF
Lights by the river bank.
Hendry’s with Fog, Night
The night is aprroaching.
Kuala Lumpur City Centre
The heart of Kuala Lumpur.
Night photography
Taking a stroll.
City Of Lights
Lights everywhere.
Back To The Bay
When the sun goes down.
New York – The City of Lights
Lights all over.
City Lights – Singapore
The city that never sleeps.
Istana Park Singapore
A beautifully lit park.
Golden Gate Bridge – The Passageway
Across the bridge.
The Fountain of Wealth, Suntec City Singapore
Coloured water fountain.
Stairway to…
Going up.
Fountain Study
Fountain at night.
Hong Kong from the peak on a summer’s night
Hong Kong from above.
Just another (blue) Christmas
Blue lights for a blue Christmas.
Toronto Skyline
Toronto at night.
3 comments
Johnny A. says:
Apr 4, 2012
This is a splendid set of night photos, simply breathtaking! I recently acquired an old but still reliable camera but I can’t seem to figure things out. Ah well, maybe it’s time to take some lessons. Thanks for the share!
Design Knock says:
Apr 5, 2012
awesome photographs and inspiring for photographers.