Comments on: Photo Tips for Shooting in Low Lighting!

By: Shooter

Shooter — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:18:04 +0000

I really enjoyed reading your interesting yet very informative insight. In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side, and what it ordains is seldom our goal. Thank you for sharing and I am looking forward to reading more of your very current blog postings!!! Shooter Game

By: shawna

shawna — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:07:01 +0000

Thanks for all these tips! You couldn’t have had better timing since I’ll be photographing a friend’s birth in a few weeks. I usually avoid low light photography because, well, it’s harder! But you’ve just reminded me that I need to start practicing so I’ll be ready. Thanks so much, I can’t wait to see what I can do with these tips.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:43:52 +0000

Me Ra!! I’m listening to you right now at the PDN virtual trade show. You are amazing and I’m so glad that I didn’t miss it (even though I’m at work shhhhh….

Thanks for letting us know about it!

By: Christiana Childers

Christiana Childers — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:59:39 +0000

Hi Me Ra! Do you ever use a tripod? Thanks for the recipes. Beautiful shots!

By: denise karis

denise karis — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:21:16 +0000

wonderful post! I love how you listed everything. I always get frusterated in low light, not because I can’t get the right settings, but because my lens takes forever to focus and even then, at low f-stops, I get a lot of out of focus shots. Is there a lens that focuses really well in low light?

If the image isn’t technically perfect it doesn’t matter. I love that you said that – If I were tyring the lamp photo, Id be worried about what people would say when they see blown out highlights and ‘ohhhh no, there’s clipping’ and whatever else – but when you just look at it, it’s a beautiful photo! and it totally tells a story!

what a lovely bride too! thank you again for this post!

By: Jen Sulak

Jen Sulak — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:20:40 +0000

yep this post just makes me desire a better lens…i have a 2.8 17-55…but honestly…my grain is pretty bad at 800 in low light. No matter how much i would love to, i just can’t capture these types of images w/o a lil grain. There are days i long for better cam/lens…but until that day…i’m dealing with what i can.

love it!

By: Mandy

Mandy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:56:26 +0000

This was a very helpful post! I shoot in low light quite often, and it always helps to hear tips/tricks. Thanks so much!

By: Me Ra Koh

Me Ra Koh — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:47:54 +0000

Great questions ladies, and I’m so glad you liked the post. Isn’t Shachar beautiful!

If any of you own Canon equipment, the 5D or anything model higher, what’s your experience with ISO and how high you can go?

In trying to figure out when to upgrade, I would think though how much you will be in low lighting situations where ambient light is important. If your new to weddings, hold off and invest your money in better lenses with better glass. That will allow you to shoot in low lighting much better too. After you have your arsenal of lenses, then I would upgrade to the new camera body.

And how do I know what my settings should be in the moment of shooting? That’s what we do at the workshop friends! Teach you the answer to that question! It’s a whole weekend of answering all dynamics of that question.

xoxo, Me Ra

p.s. See you tomorrow for PDN’s talk at 8amPST/11amEST! I’m going to have Photo Recipes galore! Registeration details on the blog post before this one.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:28:27 +0000

Thanks Me Ra for explaining in a way that others can understand. I would love to see more posts with specific recipes like this one.

By: Jenny Rebecca

Jenny Rebecca — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:01:37 +0000

What a wonderfully helpful post, I can’t wait to experiment!!