Night Photography – Nightscapes and Trailing Lights

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If you are relatively new to the world of photography, night photography awaits!:) Night photography is a broad topic which can encompass various facets. This video covers nightscapes and trailing lights.

Night photography can be lots of fun and offer the ability to capture awesome shots! When going after trailing lights, remember to focus on the shutter speed … increase the shutter speed to introduce more lights into the frame.

NOTE: I use Back Button Focus which is a great to capture trailing lights … focus on something relatively lit – compose and shoot. BBF means the camera will not try to lock focus for each shot. If you are not familiar with BBF, I created a video here:

45 Comments
  1. Thusitha Nuwan says

    Awesome videos.. Thanks for emphasizing on entry level camera.. !!

  2. CDNBaconRich says

    Is it possible to capture just the taillights in the shots of the cars.

  3. Sanjoy Chandra says

    Marvellous photography & very very useful instructions for night photography. Sir, why the focusing mode is set to AF-C when you were taking photos of stationary objects like statutes, buildings etc. & reason for setting Exposure Compensation at -0.7 all along.

  4. Chevy Van Travel says

    very helpful. will try this tomorrow night. wish i had a buddy to go with.

  5. Erick Arcocha says

    I like all you videos easy to understand. Thank you from Mexico.

  6. Scribblebytes says

    Your night game is, strong 💪 bro!

  7. Gabe Quezada says

    Presented very well. Each shot had a description and gave me a good reference point. Thank you very much

  8. Joslin Marie says

    Hello! What kind of tripod do you have? Thank you!

  9. Big JT says

    This has been not only one of the best videos I’ve seen on the subject but it taught me something that I didn’t even know about. The Meter! Great great video!

  10. Violeta Caballero says

    I really enjoyed the video and great photos. I'm curious however regarding the pictures with the flags. What settings would you have used if you wanted clear pictures of the flags?

  11. Khadijah Hawkins says

    Very clear instructions!

    Thank you

  12. Kainoa Silva says

    your video was so helpful for my photography project.

  13. Assasian Aravind says

    Really awesome …..i got what i expected 😍😍…

  14. Joe Isaak says

    I loooooovvee your way of demo and taking us step by step with good pace. Thank you for sharing champ

  15. The Warlord says

    Bless the internet, for novices such as me, with a brand new D3500 camera, having not a great deal of an idea, this kind of video is a real bonus.. Cheers, excellent stuff.

  16. Milan Henegamage says

    The best practical tutorial I found on the subject. Thank you so much!

  17. John Ko says

    Very informative. 👌

  18. Arshay James says

    thumbs up buddy…..very nice…very simple the way u teach us…

  19. Saving Your Future says

    Wow, I never knew how the trailing lights thing worked and I always wondered what " meant. I thought it was inches rather than seconds but that didn't make any sense.

    I appreciate it! Can't wait to try it.

  20. m m says

    What is fantastic video thank you very much and that is a wonderful teaching camera

  21. J͎3͎R͎4͎D͎ says

    Thank you sir! Great video!

  22. Daniel Alcantara says

    What lense did you use?

  23. Veronica Jones says

    Brilliant, thank you.

  24. robbie Suchodolski says

    Thank you so much for this video. Should I buy the d5300

  25. Studio Jony says

    Amazing boss

  26. stephanie says

    Great video, you explained the topic in a very understandable format. Good job, you've got another follower.

  27. Kushal Dasgupta says

    Hello sir….I have a lavier mic….but it is not getting connected to my Nikon d5300 camera…plz help me out…

  28. Ibrahim Mohamed says

    Best photography tutorial channel on youtube! thank you

  29. Disparity Gaming says

    Are you doing this with a shutter remote? Or

  30. TimppaVu says

    I find it incredible that after reading loads of articles about photography, that this one video explains to me exactly how to read and react to the exposure indicator on my D3300. No one else has ever even mentioned it. Can you believe that??!! So, many thanks to you for making my day!

  31. Darren Cummings says

    What camera are you using! I use a Nikon D3400 myself!

  32. Dusty Feet says

    Awesome, best video I have seen that effectively shows how aperture, ISO and exposure actually work together.

  33. Scheau Cristian says

    great video, thanks 🙂

  34. Twanet Kirkby says

    AWESOME AWESOME tutorial, thanks a million!!

  35. pokeysatx says

    Why raw?

  36. Dakota Photography says

    Love your videos, keep them coming. I own Nikon d3400 with the kit 18-55mm lens and 70-300mm lens love the camera.

  37. Travis McGhee says

    Great video!

  38. Vishnu R nair says

    Which lens is used??
    50mm prime lens??

  39. Raghunandan Chakravarthy says

    I've watched a lot of tutors using only high end cameras to explain photography. But the fact that you use an entry level camera to eloquently present all the technical aspects makes your tutorials worth listening to. Thank you very much. You've earned a subscriber.

  40. Peter Antal says

    Great video and an exellent informations. Thanks for that. I think I must go to the night Niagara Falls now when the falls are illuminated to try to use your tips

  41. CSótány Gábor says

    Super super super

  42. Sebastian A. Stancu says

    Wow! This is the best video where I learned how aperture, ISO and exposure actually work together. Thanks!

  43. Nonnasmyladie says

    Your exposure compensation is set to -0.7 so the settings on your camera are not accurate.

  44. Omoruyi O says

    It’s me again your new “Mentee”, I’m writing to let you know I was out yesterday night shooting away, it was amazing how much time flew by. Pictures came out great and I’m so excited to share them with you. I can’t thank you enough!!! I’m going to follow every technique you have on here one step at a time!👣👣👣

  45. Sebastian says

    I bought a Nikon d3500 thanks for the videos you’re very informative and relaxing to watch your videos

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