March 9, 2009

Candlelight photography with a traditional camera?

Kunoichi26 asked:


I am a complete beginner at photography and I want to experiment with an idea I have for a photo. The lightsource is going to be candlelight and I want to know how to go about doing that. I have looked on the net and I can only find tips on candlelight photography with a digital camera, which I don’t have. Can anybody give me any tips, or are the two cameras handled similarly? Thanks.

Dania

del.icio.us Digg StumbleUpon BlinkList Bloglines Furl Ma.gnolia Propeller Reddit Socializer Sphere Spurl Technorati Twitter

Permalink Print

Comments on Candlelight photography with a traditional camera?

March 12, 2009

Terisu @ 10:33 pm

Cullen

The only difference would be that in a film camera you have to choose your film speed (ISO) and type to go with the candlelight, and in a digital camera, you can choose whatever ISO and white balance you want. I’d go with the fastest tungsten film you can find, or use a blue filter. Standard daylight film without a filter will give you orange pictures.

March 14, 2009

RedFox @ 6:31 am

Destiny

Assuming you are using a 35mm film SLR…If your camera happens to have a light-meter in it, make sure you are metering the correct subject, and not the flame of the candle itself or too near it. As aforementioned, if you don’t use a certain type of filter, your photos may turn out orange. Low ISO, and it will need a tripod with the minimal amount of light from the candle. Shutter speed will have to be crazy slow if metered correctly, probably 1 second +. If using B&W film, don’t worry about filtering so much. Make sure composition is set up the way you wish, and if you have a shutter release switch it would also be useful.

March 15, 2009

Amanda J @ 12:30 pm

Logan

Use 3200 film and a tripod. If the images are color, I would look into some filters since the candle light will probably create an overall warm tone.

3200 film will be very grainy, but that is sometimes longed for by photographers.