Low light settings?
I finally purchased my new camera it's a canon 60d and so far so good. I'm still getting used to it and learning all the settings but I need help with how to get good clear shots when it's dusky outside. If someone could explain to me step by step what I need to do I would greatly appreciate it. I know this is such a beginner question and I promise I've been reading the manual, I just wanted some suggestions from people with practice. Thanks!
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Shooting at dusk or at early sunrise, when there is little light and when the light is highly diffuse, is often solved by using an external flash and appropriate flash modifier. You basically "create your own sunlight".
Creatively, you need to decide if the background needs to be at the same exposure level as the subjects, but if you only have a single flash you may want to purposely subdue the background.
I shot an outdoor reception last year and it started in the late afternoon and I was booked into evening (darkness). Fortunately there was mains power and for one camera I used a radio slave set and a pair of monolights, pointed to skim the top of the white tent. I also used an external flash and modifier as appropriate (I had 3 camera bodies on me for this event.)
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larger f-stop ex 2.8
slower shutter speed like ex 100
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ISO 800
F9
EXP 1/30
18mm
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That's a good compromise between quality and shutter and aperture without needing flash or a tripod.
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