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There's still time: Strobist explains how to photograph Christmas lights

Dec 28, 2014 06:34:46 #

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

This is the best explanation of how to make good Christmas light photos....from the Strobist.

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-photograph-christmas-lights.html

Dec 28, 2014 07:01:22 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

rpavich wrote:

This is the best explanation of how to make good Christmas light photos....from the Strobist.

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-photograph-christmas-lights.html

Thanks. that's on my list of things to do - drive around with my camera and tripod and get some house shots.

Dec 29, 2014 05:50:53 #

creativ simon Loc: Coulsdon, South London

rpavich wrote:

This is the best explanation of how to make good Christmas light photos....from the Strobist.

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-photograph-christmas-lights.html

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Dec 29, 2014 07:55:28 #

cuzinvin Loc: Reno, Nevada

Thanks very much for posting this. It was excellent.

Dec 29, 2014 08:29:08 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I've read quite a few articles about photographing Christmas lights. Many say to set the ISO at 800, but some say to use 100, which seems pretty low. I guess trial and error is the name of the game.

I haven't gone out yet to take these pictures. It's so warm and comfortable in my chair watching TV.

Dec 29, 2014 11:32:46 #

elee950021 Loc: New York, NY

rpavich wrote:

This is the best explanation of how to make good Christmas light photos....from the Strobist.

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-photograph-christmas-lights.html

Thanks for the link! It would have have been very helpful a week and a half ago when I lead a combined Park West Camera Club/NY Photo Safari Meetup group to Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, NY for a shoot: http://www.yelp.com/biz/dyker-heights-christmas-lights-brooklyn

Results are here: http://www.meetup.com/NYPhotoSafari/photos/25803075/#432582955

Not bad from our members with varying levels of skill. Most used auto, "night" setting or trial and error.

This annual photo op lasts until New Years Day or so. I'll probably be going out tonight to shoot the holiday lights of NY's Fifth Avenue stores and Rockefeller Center and the tree. Happy New Year all!

Dec 29, 2014 14:40:35 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

elee950021 wrote:

Nice shots! I hope you can post some that you get tonight.

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