Always remember your tripod.
Once again I have thwarted myself from getting the best possible image by not having a tripod with me. We had gone to the London adventure travel/outdoor/bike/boat show at the Excel centre the other weekend when it was snowing quite heavily (for London at least). We spent the afternoon there and when we left the sun had just set and the sky was this amazing purple colour. I cursed my lack of tripod and set my ISO to 800 and aperture to f2.8 which left my shutter speeds around the 1/10th mark, just slow enough to handhold with IS on. These were the best I got, I can’t help but feel how much better they might have been if I used a tripod, and maybe had an umbrella to keep the snow off the camera.
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Pretty amazing shots nonetheless Geoff. Excellent.
Cheers!
Great photos and terrific advice!
Thanks! Now I just have to follow my own advice!
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Fantastic images and darn good advice.
I’ve run into this problem just recently. Good advice, and brilliantly composed images.
Thanks. Usually when I take my tripod (and 10kg of other stuff) I don’t use anything, but when I don’t take it I need it!
I hate it when that happens! Still some great shots Geoff.
Haha, thanks Ian.
Just stunning Geoff.
Thanks Edith!
I’m afraid that this happens to me all the time. I don’t think I could have done this well, even with a tripod.
You’ll be surprised what you can get away with with good IS on a lens. Also the light was amazing, which helped, half the jobs already done for you then, but at full resolution these images start to fall apart!
I have been there, done that, but never ended up with photos as good as yours…
Thanks! The light was so nice most of the job was already done, I just had to point the camera, hold still and press the shutter
Looks great!
Cheers!
Excellent!…. great shoots and so stunning !
Thanks!
Really useful post! I am just starting to get interested in night photography and the settings you gave really helped! Thanks
Also I really like the photographs! Especially the first one
Glad to be of help! Just remember your tripod, then your ISO can go down and your aperture up for better, crisper shots
These ones don’t look so good at full resolution.
Beautiful colours, never seen the area I work in so pretty like that before!
Thanks, neither had I, snow just does weird things to light when the sun is setting
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Some sound advice and gorgeous pictures!
I think they’re marvelous sans tripod.
Thanks, they start to fall apart at full resolution though
Tripod really makes a big difference:)
I know!
Great shots. I’m a big fan of taking photos using a tripod; not so much for carrying one around with me. Especially if my wife is with me, meaning photos are NOT the main event of the evening. She had an old cashmere sweater that she made three small bean bags for me, which are easier to carry around in my pocket, easy to set up and then put away. She is happy and, if there is something to “balance” my camera on, so am I. Otherwise, I crank up the ISO and shoot a “burst,” hoping one in the set is steady. Thanks for sharing your processes and thinking; I’m learning so much.
Good tip! Sometimes, if I ask my wife REALLY nicely she’ll carry my tripod for me! Though I just bought a new bag which holds a tripod really well.
these are still pretty cool without tripod
Thanks Andrea
The light is amazing.
There’s something about snow at dusk in London that does weird things to the twilight, I’ve only seen it like this once or twice before, usually just from my window which wouldn’t make a good picture.
I’m glad it’s not just me that does that! However I never manage pictures anywhere near as good as yours even with a tripod. They’re fantastic.
Thanks Peter. I think you’re underselling yourself a little, the pictures on your blog are pretty damn good!
Just fantastic shots !
Cheers!
Certainly! I love the crisp clarity of your photos. I need more of this; I will heed your words!
I agree with the sentiment of your piece, but you still got some fantastic shots !
Great shots even without your tripod x
I really like these photos! I need to carry one too … I have taken so many pictures that I immediately deleted upon viewing later.
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Natural talent and still hand clearly.. these are outstanding..