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| This is sunset. Full daylight was only 20 minutes prior! |
In the northern climes,daylight doesn't last for long. When the sun sets, it sets fast. When you're enjoying the traditional Christmas markets, filled with lights and internally lit stands, the lighting environment is positively nuts. Daylight, various types of artificial light - not a single setting in the camera is static between shots.
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What do you want to expose for? Without additional
light, you have to choose |
In order to make better photographs, as I walked through the market, enjoying all of the sights, sounds, smells, and people, I consistently had to adjust the ISO, shutter speed, f-stop, and white balance. Oh, the white balance. Want a nice shot of the architecture surrounding the market? One setting. How about the inside of one of the market stalls? Change that setting right up. The one nice thing is, if you're shooting in RAW, at least you can avoid the white balance issue, and deal with that in post processing. Honestly, that would be the best way to handle things for the beginning photographer, like myself. Nailing the manual camera settings is what is most important. The white balance feel comes with time - just as the ISO, shutter speed, and f-stop feels come with time.
Unless you're bringing your own lighting in situations like these, not only are you composing the shot in terms of what appears within the frame, but you are also composing the light within the frame. In the above shots, I could have taken an identically framed photo, but composed the technical settings in such a way that the subject of the photo completely shifts. What it boils down to are the artistic sensibilities of the photographer.
Equipment Used
Nikon D7100 Camera
35mm f/1.8 lens
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