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Hey doods!
So I was just commissioned to shoot a before/after shot of a parking lot. A construction company will be installing lights and they want a few before and after photos. I plan on using my X5 camera on my Inspire 1. I know that there are several strategies one can use to get good night shots in low lighting:
* Bracketed photography (HDR)
* RAW photography (or D-Log for compressed photos)
* Long exposure
I imagine I can make any one of these work. I was thinking maybe a combination of all 3 will give me the best results for a low-light night shot. I haven't been on site, so I don't know what the ambient lighting will be. The parking lot is in a downtown area, so I imagine ambient light from street lamps will provide some minimal lighting. I'll be processing the photos in Photoshop CC. Unless otherwise indicated, I will probably set WB @ 4200K (what I have been using for years with good success).
I see that the subject of "night photography" has been covered in the forum, but I wasn't able to find anything that specifically compares and/or discusses these different low-light strategies.
I'm honestly only interested in hearing from professional photographers on this one. Please no "you can try this" posts. If I had time to go out and "experiment," that's exactly what I would do. I'm trying to save time here.
D
So I was just commissioned to shoot a before/after shot of a parking lot. A construction company will be installing lights and they want a few before and after photos. I plan on using my X5 camera on my Inspire 1. I know that there are several strategies one can use to get good night shots in low lighting:
* Bracketed photography (HDR)
* RAW photography (or D-Log for compressed photos)
* Long exposure
I imagine I can make any one of these work. I was thinking maybe a combination of all 3 will give me the best results for a low-light night shot. I haven't been on site, so I don't know what the ambient lighting will be. The parking lot is in a downtown area, so I imagine ambient light from street lamps will provide some minimal lighting. I'll be processing the photos in Photoshop CC. Unless otherwise indicated, I will probably set WB @ 4200K (what I have been using for years with good success).
I see that the subject of "night photography" has been covered in the forum, but I wasn't able to find anything that specifically compares and/or discusses these different low-light strategies.
I'm honestly only interested in hearing from professional photographers on this one. Please no "you can try this" posts. If I had time to go out and "experiment," that's exactly what I would do. I'm trying to save time here.
D