Night shots

[kc1975]

Hello All,
I am very new to Photography and just have a few simple questions??
would like to know the best way to take night shots?
what is the best settings?
would just the pop up flash bo ok or do i need a extra flash?

camera is a canon 450d with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Standard Zoom Lens and a EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens
witch would be the best lens to use


cheers
karl

[DogHeadGod]

It really depends on the type of photography you want to take.

bryanmansell.co.uk: photography this type of image requires no flash and a long exposure (keeping the shutter open for 5 to 10 seconds).

If you want to shoot people in a dark location you will need flash to light and capture them without blur.

What type of night time photos do you want to take?

DHG

p.s. Welcome to the site

[Woody]

G'day Karl,

You have almost the same set up as me.
As you become more accomplished and confident you'll soon realise the limitations on your gear.

I've recently been asked to do some intimate photography at a conference, so I bought a 50mm f1.8 lens. Boy does it take some great pics in low light. I also bought a 420Ex11 external flash. I just love it. You can bounce it off ceiling and walls and get the lighting just right. It takes some trial and error effort, but well woth it.

I did a local photo course here in Sydney and it was brilliant. If you can try and do a course through TAFE or an Evening College, its well worht it. But I guess just keep reading and looking at this forum, there are so many good tips and hints to get you going and just take heaps of photos at all settings and see how they turn out.

I mostly shoot in AV and change my aperature to suit and try to keep my shutter speed up by changing ISO, unless I'm using a tripod. So much to learn so much to do. Keep on shooting.

Cheers,

John W

[kc1975]

Hi thank you for your help ....

I will be taking photos of buildings as i will be in paris and there will be fireworks so then i would have to change the iso setting is that correct.