hi guys and welcome back to the channel in this video I'm going to
show you how you can take stunning night-time photography images with your Panasonic FZ82
and this technique is suitable for everybody from very much beginner level to advanced shooters
so don't worry if you currently shoot in Ai or P mode this video will show you how anyone can take
this camera out and come home with some really impressive shots. So I'm going to show you now
the photographs of taken this week and then we'll come back and I'll explain exactly how we did it
Now you may be wondering how a small cheap bridge camera with a tiny tiny little sensor
can produce shots like that when surely you need a DSLR with a full frame sensor
or at least an APSC sensor to achieve those kind of low-light performances
then how about I mention that this camera doesn't have a bulb mode
and even in manual shutter priority or aperture priority the longest exposure you can take
is just four seconds so how then did I manage to achieve a 30 second exposure well
looked away where many serious photographers fear to tread is the scene mode. Now on most cameras
usually the scene modes are full of pretty naff settings however the FZ82 has some pretty decent
options to choose from and the one we're going to use is setting number 15 the Artistic Nightscape
so simply turn your mode dial around to scene select number 15 Artistic Nightscape and you're
good to go and honestly you can seriously trust this camera to do a fantastic job so what else
will you need well it goes without saying any long exposure work it's going to need a tripod.
That said I would also consider the following firstly I would consider visiting
your chosen location in daylight that familiarizes yourself with the area and also you can safely
scout out your compositions number two timing is everything so for example if you are going
to shoot light trails you might want to consider checking when peak traffic flow is and making sure
that the hours of darkness match and you'll set yourself up for a good photograph obviously this
is less important if you live somewhere like a city because the traffic flow is generally
higher there than if you live somewhere rural number three consider bracketing your exposures
there's a handy little option in the FZ82 to do this you can either choose from three or
five brackets now if I'd done this on the first location I shot at which was the Community Centre
then what I would have done was to have chosen the five bracketing options so two stops under
as well as two over and that would have given me the opportunity to probably get a better
shot than the one that I did get where the highlights and above the mural were blown out.
So there you have it my top tips for shooting night-time photography using the little Panasonic
FZ82 I must say I was pleasantly surprised with the results I got with this camera and I hope it
inspires you to give night-time photography ago with your own FZ82. So if you've really enjoyed
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