Photography at night (preparation)
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Depends where it is...if I haven't been there before I'll research it a lot and arrive before it is dark.
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Hi & welcome to TP
Your question is way too generalistic :-
Just what sort of night time photography are you thinking of trying................that you need others insight about?
Astro
Landscape
Cityscape
Street
Wildlife
Each of the above will need some specific preparation in in regard to camera choice and setup & setting, though some will be common to all depending on the ambient temperature ~ such as, if very cold, keep your spare batteries in a warm pocket because battery performance degrades when used at low (near to or sub-zero).
Let alone the "locale" research as mentioned by Phil @Phil Maddocks
Your question is way too generalistic :-
Just what sort of night time photography are you thinking of trying................that you need others insight about?
Astro
Landscape
Cityscape
Street
Wildlife
Each of the above will need some specific preparation in in regard to camera choice and setup & setting, though some will be common to all depending on the ambient temperature ~ such as, if very cold, keep your spare batteries in a warm pocket because battery performance degrades when used at low (near to or sub-zero).
Let alone the "locale" research as mentioned by Phil @Phil Maddocks
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Mr Perceptive
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1) Make sure it is safe, for you and your camera equipment
2) Make sure someone knows where you are going, what time you expect to be back, ideally go with someone else
3) Take a torch, and a head torch
4) Dress appropriately
As said above the research is the most important part, - the photography is secondary.
2) Make sure someone knows where you are going, what time you expect to be back, ideally go with someone else
3) Take a torch, and a head torch
4) Dress appropriately
As said above the research is the most important part, - the photography is secondary.
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What's the betting we never see or hear from the OP again? There seem to have been a few of these one-liners recently, makes me wonder if it is some sort of bot but I can't think what it might achieve since there is no visible advertising or link or whatever.
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I stand to be corrected when the OP comes back and gets more engaged in the TP 'club' but I also wondered about this aspect?
Hi & welcome to TP
Your question is way too generalistic :-
Just what sort of night time photography are you thinking of trying................that you need others insight about?
Astro
Landscape
Cityscape
Street
Wildlife
Each of the above will need some specific preparation in in regard to camera choice and setup & setting, though some will be common to all depending on the ambient temperature ~ such as, if very cold, keep your spare batteries in a warm pocket because battery performance degrades when used at low (near to or sub-zero).
Let alone the "locale" research as mentioned by Phil @Phil Maddocks
Astro and Landscapes, I live in the Lake District.
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I'm a security researcher and one thing that is usually normal for bots is using usernames that contain both letters and numbers.
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Welcome to TP, our bark really is worse than our bite
You might have made it a little easier on yourself if you'd have introduced yourself in the welcome forum.
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I tend to make plans beforehand and try not to change them when out in the field.
Warm clothes and spare layers never go a miss - I spend nights in Glencoe and the highlands and can't even begin to recall the stumbles and falls i've had - clean trousers,socks and boots are handy - maybe chuck an old towel in the boot of your car as well!
A good torch or two - I always carry spare batteries as well. Throw some cereal bars and a flask of tea or coffee in the spare lens spot in your bag - When I shoot astro I need one body and one lens so plenty of spare space in the bag.
Warm clothes and spare layers never go a miss - I spend nights in Glencoe and the highlands and can't even begin to recall the stumbles and falls i've had - clean trousers,socks and boots are handy - maybe chuck an old towel in the boot of your car as well!
A good torch or two - I always carry spare batteries as well. Throw some cereal bars and a flask of tea or coffee in the spare lens spot in your bag - When I shoot astro I need one body and one lens so plenty of spare space in the bag.
Maybe you got up on the wrong side of bed this morning in a mood and wanted to take it out on someone online and targeted me. Why not take a break? Be respectful.
I asked a simple question regarding the preparations one does for night time photography, I left it generic to get all aspects of opinion. Many people here have given great advice.
Read your first post and think about it? You didn't give any advice at all.
I replied back to your post saying that I am security researcher and the normal characteristics of these things.
You did reply back and saying if this post was part of my "security research" and you can clearly see that it isn't part of any "security research" at all.
I am a person asking a question on a forum.
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lots of the one-liners have asked a question, then after half a dozen replies, the entire thread has disappeared.... if this happens, it's usually that site staff have found a reason for the person asking the original question to not be here
Thing is, we don't have the luxury of being able to jump to conclusions, as when we drop the hammer, the nail has gone. We do however have a few tools and resources that allow us to make sure first - but - that takes a while - so, sorry if you feel you've wasted time in replying to threads in broken english, asking slightly strange questions about photography from Kayaks (for example...) - but there's every chance that the odd questions could well be Kosher, just, well - odd and curtly (I blame the phone apps for this) or perhaps badly phrased...In short, please keep answering, but if something seems "odd" - report it, and let us do the moderating...
cheers folks.
to the OP - @image - I have to say, your original question does kind of fall into the last category I mentioned - it's WAY too general and short to be given a sensible reply to straight off the bat. If you're wanting a more considered reply, then put some time and effort into your questions - we're actually all pretty helpful people - happy to freely give our time and effort to people who are genuinely asking something... but, we're going to put more time and effort in when we know that our answer isn't going to be just in an entirely wrong direction... Imagine if someone had typed 10 paragraphs about astro photography, only for you to have said "I was more interested in light trails"...
For a discussion, it needs to be from both parties... as a new member, we perhaps expect a little more in terms of "setting up" of the question than we would from someone who we know spends most of their time in the people photography bit of the forum, with occasional forays into landscapes...
just something to bear in mind for future questions