Tonight im taking my babies to our local carnival.. Im still struggling with my settings at night taking photos so i wondered if anyone had any advice...
My camera is the canon EOS 600D..
I'm taking a plan b photo today in case i totally mess tonight up but i'd really like a good shot of the ferris wheel..
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I can't offer much help since I know nothing about your camera and I've never tried such a shot. But, you might search for ferris wheel on here and jot down the exif info of some of the shots you like. Good Luck!
The number 1 tip for night-time carnival photography: take a tripod!
Apart from that, enable high ISO noise reduction and take the ISO up to around 800 (the EOS 600D performs respectably up to ISO 1600, but you won't need to push it that far). Then set an aperture of around f/5.6 to start with and then a long-ish shutter speed for the light trails on the ferris wheel or other rides... try to start at around 5 seconds (hence the need for the tripod) and then adjust aperture accordingly. Good luck!
I shoot handheld. But also at times, I prop on something sturdy. (And yes, I do own a tri-pod and it does go along from time to time) I'm good handheld to just over 1 second.
This photo was propped. I like a low ISO - this was 200 and a long shutter - this was 2.5 seconds. You can see the exact Exif info by clicking on the photo and looking at the listed Exif.
Thank you @swguevin@psychographer@davidchrtrans@cookie123 .. I dont have a tripod yet.. Its the next thing on the list.. Lol.. I'll give tonightba go and see what happens.. Fingers crossed i get at least 1 shot.. Lol.
Thanks again
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Shorter duration, again hand held. You can start by slowing your shutter speeds in increments to see where you sweet spot is hand held, or go closer and prop near the ground. Shot at different event and location from the one above.
it helps to have a tripod for some of these, but this may not be the case for you tonight. Find a spot where you can set your camera for a couple of seconds to do some long exposure shots, the great carnival lights always make for cool shots!
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I can't offer much help since I know nothing about your camera and I've never tried such a shot. But, you might search for ferris wheel on here and jot down the exif info of some of the shots you like. Good Luck!
Apart from that, enable high ISO noise reduction and take the ISO up to around 800 (the EOS 600D performs respectably up to ISO 1600, but you won't need to push it that far). Then set an aperture of around f/5.6 to start with and then a long-ish shutter speed for the light trails on the ferris wheel or other rides... try to start at around 5 seconds (hence the need for the tripod) and then adjust aperture accordingly. Good luck!
This photo was propped. I like a low ISO - this was 200 and a long shutter - this was 2.5 seconds. You can see the exact Exif info by clicking on the photo and looking at the listed Exif.
Thanks again
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This was taken on a tripod for 2.5sec: