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- How do you take a picture with a candle light?
- What ISO might you choose for an image shot by candlelight with a handheld camera?
- What white balance for candle light?
- How are candles used in photography?
How do you take a picture with a candle light?
In candlelight photography, you want to keep the warm, orangish glow produced by the flames. So set your camera to a low-light mode in the white balance settings. If your camera offers a custom entry, put in around 2000-3000K (Kelvin, the scale of color temperature).
What ISO might you choose for an image shot by candlelight with a handheld camera?
Candlelight
A typical application for the candlelight mode, which set the camera's ISO to 400 and selected a shutter speed of /130 second at f/4 for the 40mm lens used for the shot.
What white balance for candle light?
Candlelight: 1900. Incandescent light: 2700. Sunrise/golden hour: 2800 to 3000.
How are candles used in photography?
For a really powerful and engaging candle photograph, get right up close to the flame. Fill the frame as best you can with the flame and some of the candle body, and expose to capture lots of detail in the flame. Get in close and fill the frame completely for a more engaging photograph. Image by Niklas Morberg.
