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This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Night time photos (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by Pikai_exe@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I absolutely adore the way night time photos look, but I just can't seem to take any. Any time I try, it won't focus, even if I try with flash. I have a Canon EOS M10, and would love some tips on how to make it so I can take photos during darker hours! :)

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[–] lordthundercheeks@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Any camera needs light and contrast to focus. If you are short of either of those the harder it is for the camera to focus on an object. To fix this you either increase the light hitting the sensor, either by using a lens with a larger aperture (a 50 1.8 let's in around 12 times as much light than the kit lens at 45mm), or increasing light on the subject, or finding a spot with more contrast.

Now the M10 isn't the best focusing camera, but when taking night photos you can always zoom in and focus manually to achieve better focus. if there is a bright point in the scene you can use that as your focusing point instead of your actual subject if they are on the same focal plane. Using a tripod and the self timer to avoid any shake are good things to do as well.