Canon 6Shooting Night Portraits (With a Tripod), Check the subject’s brightness, Use a wide-anglelens and a tripod, Also shoot in another shooting mode

6Shooting Night Portraits (With a Tripod)

To shoot people at night and obtain a natural-looking night scene in the background, use the <6> (Night Portrait) mode.

Shooting Tips

Use a wide-angle lens and a tripod.

When using a zoom lens, use the wide-angle end to obtain a wide night view. Also, use a tripod to prevent camera shake.

Check the subject’s brightness.

Under low light, the built-in flash will fire automatically to obtain a good exposure of the subject. You should then play back the image to check the image brightness. If the subject looks dark, move nearer and shoot again.

Also shoot in another shooting mode.

Since camera shake is prone to occur with night shots, shooting also with <A> and <F> is recommended.

Tell the subject to keep still even after the flash fires.

If you use the self-timer together with flash, the self-timer lamp will light up briefly after the picture is taken.

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