How To Shoot Video In The Dark

Low light and no chance to shoot a good video? Don't worry, there are a lot of tips that can help you with your attempts. Check them out right now.

LA, CA (prHWY.com) May 24, 2012 - Shooting videos is all about lighting, and being caught up with low light is probably the worst thing that can happen to a camera guy. Nevertheless, one day you may be either caught with poor lighting unwillingly, or simply feel the urge to challenge your skills and experiment with shooting in twilight. Anyways, everybody knows that such experiments are fraught with grainy, dark and muddy footage. Unfortunately, regular cameras are merely incapable of detecting the light as good as a human eye does. Let's skip straight to the point and name the most efficient techniques that can help you shoot better videos even without proper lighting.

Using artificial sources of lighting is the first thing that crosses the mind. Do all you can to let as much light in as possible: open the curtains, bring all the lamps and candles you can find in the place, etc. Unlike indoor shooting, outdoor sessions can be more challenging: nevertheless, you can use the lights around you to your advantage: cars, street lights and signs and other sources. Thus, you can turn this little misfortune into the advantage and shoot very romantic and mysterious scenes.

Your camera itself has tons of options to offer, so let's consider wide angle shooting first. Camera men all over the world opt for wide angle lens when have to shoot in low light conditions. Diffusion lenses is also a good addition to consider speaking about lighting helpers.

In a world where technology is synonymous with efficiency, learning your tool and its possibilities is vital. Your ability to extemporize and find unusual solutions are highly appreciated, but very often you just don't need to do that as long as your tool can do it better. Thus, built-in lights and electronic gain can liberate you from running around the place and setting the lights. Nevertheless, moderation in all things is something that you should always keep in mind while shooting the video: excessive usage of built-in lights can affect the quality.

All in all, whenever you shoot in low light you have to search for a middle way between two extremes. Choosing between quality of the frame and its "visibility" is always a compromise, but that's how it works. However, there are some tricks that are prohibited in this business and should never be considered. One of such "prohibitions" is known as zoom option. When there's no light and the objects are located too far away, you'd better switch your camera off and go home because it's just not going to work. As you probably know, boosting one function oftentimes leads to the loss of another, for example volume, brightness, definition, etc.

Well now, the assists provided will doubtlessly help you become the most desired and welcome guest at any party as the hottest camera man in the neighborhood. Failed to cope with poor lighting? Don't worry, you can always say your prayer to Sweet Laser Mother of Photoshop or whatever software you use for editing. Remember: anything is possible with good software, good tools, good mood and a good piece of advice. By the way, don't forget to consider a free mp4 player http://freemp4player.org/ for your favs!

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