Low light photography

It’s not easy. It’s one of the hardest things to master and even then, you still believe it to be frustrating. It’s learning a low aperture is fantastic, but what do you do about the shutter speed? Trial and error really comes into play when taking low-light photography. You can also “crank the ISO” but that does tend to add noise to your images. Which I’ve never had an issue with, it’s a fact of life when shooting in the dark.

You shouldn’t shy away from low light photography. You can find some creativity in the dark.

The Lion King at the Memorial Theater in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Low light with pink and purple lights made it a difficult shot.

WFTDA Roller Derby at the Cleveland Public Hall as the action was fast. I was able to use as much of the ambient light from the venue and opening the aperture to 1.8.

Using just the light from candles at a vigil for a fallen police officer. In this case, I shot handheld, using the timer feature on the camera.

With only one light above the right — it wasn’t enough — I shot using a 50mm 1.8 and cranked the ISO because it was super fast action. Converting it to black and white reduces the amount of noise.

I used an iPhone for this shot, using the timer feature to help stabilize the phone.