Shooting at Night

We have an upcoming theme on photographing our towns at night. 

I was going to write a tutorial for you...

but then I found this 7 minute video.

Summary: 

1. Move your settings off automatic to manual 

2. Turn off your fon camera flash

2. Choose a large aperture opening to capture more light.

(Sometimes I break this rule in order to create star bursts 

from the lights.  You need to offset this with a longer shutter speed.) 

3. Use your self timer or a cable to trigger the shutter. 

4. Steady your camera. (Tripod) 

5. Use longer exposures to allow more light in. 

Here is a link for more tips from this video.