Low Light Photography | AVOID THESE MISTAKES at Night & In the Dark!

During my travels here in Tokyo, I see a lot of tourists with DSLRs & Mirrorless Cameras make these mistakes when they take photos in the dark! Here are my 5 tips for you to improve your Low Light Photos! Click Here for MORE Photography Resources!
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[@JasonVong]

How many of you are using the flash on your camera?? 📸🙅🚫 Tag Me in Your Photos! @jasonvmedia BETTER Low Light Photos NO FLASH!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3yphopjppp8gas Focus Peaking Tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHi4enZ4p8t4Z68

[@jasonmccarrick6783]

I've been learning so much from your videos . And I don't even have a camera yet but hey I gotta start somewhere .. I've been using my phone and I wanna step up . So after the holidays I'll be grabbing a Sony a7iii just to get started .. thanks for all the tips and suggestions . Create share repeat .

[@CalMukumoto]

Off-camera flash, with light stands and softboxes.

[@richardb7854]

I honestly can't remember the last time my camera even tried to pop-up the built in flash xD

[@MrLanun8x]

Always disabled it.

[@suzijames5601]

Jason Vong NO flash.... but I end up with blur or lack of crispness where I want it. So sad

[@NinhNguyen2]

Problem: Low Light Photography Solution: a7Siii

[@blankname5612]

Challenger Approaching: Power Outage

[@NinhNguyen2]

@@blankname5612 "...You think darkness is your ally, you merely adopted it, I was born in it." ~a7Siii

[@kerenbanget1]

problem: super low light photography? Me: don't take photos. that's it. enjoy the scenery.

[@blacklizted_]

Editing tutorial? YES PLEASE!!!

[@xxcharlieb1300]

dude i always come back with jason vong when i have questions or just to remember all the challenging stuff dude tnks for the videos

[@GregKPerry]

Best low-light photo tip I ever received: invest in a quality tripod.

[@Aaron-fb6mb]

What do you recommend?

[@GregKPerry]

xan_diego86 Any modern day tripod will suffice. I prefer Manfrotto products.

[@ronnietyrrell8109]

Man what a great video. I love the help on how you show your settings plus do the before and after fade in. Sooooo sick. I just got a A6100 with the kit lens, I’m learning and your channel is helping, keep up the good work.

[@alma175w]

Another solid on from you two! Really appreciate the editing tips, as well as lighting recommendations, bring more of each!

[@maribelreyna6278]

You are a genius! Thank you for using camera terms and further simplifying them for non-professionals (like me) can understand. I recently bought a Sony 6500 and I am learning so much from you.

[@DentReversal]

Man , your way of explaining photography makes wayyyyyy more sense to me than anybody else ! ! !

[@khengchuan87]

Love the tutorial Jason, Merry Christmas and Happy New New Year !

[@snappingwith_pancho]

I just keep on learning! Great video! Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to you and Vivian!

[@tommiahtola6317]

Thanks Jason, Merry Christmas!

[@jayceeesteban9633]

Thanks for making g these videos bro! I'm just starting off and you make everything so easy with your examples and great details!

[@oscarviamonte1156]

Heck yes we want that photo editing video

[@natashaa1129]

Thank you!! I truly appreciate how visual you are. I am a beginner this helps a lot.

[@AnilaKumarGarimella]

And here I am watching this video exactly 2 years later & thinking wish I watched it 2 days ago which would have saved some of my Christmas light photos. Thanks & Love Jason. I love your channel & content. a6400 rookie here.

[@jboone3745]

Thank you for sharing your tips.

[@nagarat28]

Really helpful video! Messed around with my a6400 a couple of days ago at a village with little to no light pollution for astrophotography shots and night landscape shots with my sigma 16mm and results were way better when I edited it in light room!

[@FlyingCanuck]

Fantastic outline of techniques for low light shooting. I have looked for this type of video. New to this type of photography and it was helpful to listen to the thought process. Thanks.

[@janky7735]

Amazing, Jason. Thank you so much!

[@kevindud333]

Thanks Jason. Great points in this video.

[@SonOfPhotography]

Yes, more Videos like this! Specially about the a7riv!

[@strl97]

This video was very helpful. Thanks Jason

[@helencogan2187]

Merry Christmas to you as well!!! Love this video...See you in 2020!!!

[@WayneLLC]

I clicked so fast! Amazing photos and tips as always Jason!

[@JasonVong]

thanks for watching Wayne!

[@marcoiacono]

1:09 direct flash face! jajajaja excelent

[@marklevin330]

Very helpful. Great tips. Thanks.

[@sedyasimov312]

Thank you mate.

[@YangTiago]

Thank you for this great video!

[@cannedmusic]

Thanks, Jason, this was rather helpful, am putting this link in my reference folder.

[@davidmarshall5665]

Merry Christmas Jason.

[@malcolmwhyte5868]

Would love to see a more in depth editing tutorial! Love seeing how others edit, and if I even only pick up 1 new tip, then it's a video well worth watching. Keep up the great content and hope to see more excellent videos in 2020👍

[@marekward6202]

Watching this three years later, within a couple of days. Thanks :)

[@daddyland]

Clicked on this so fast it said it was only uploaded 33 seconds ago lol Love your videos Jason!!! And yes, please more in depth editing!

[@JasonVong]

Thanks man!

[@quenniemaeconsejeros802]

More videos please. I am beginner and want to know more. Thank you for sharing this and will watch your other videos 😊

[@GroupIII]

Luv more video in dark tricks n tips. Thank you sharing. Thank you and Merry Christmas. Regards to your loved ones....

[@eddiejaoude]

Awesome tips, I find this is always a big issue. thank you 👍

[@gustavotorresvan]

excelent video jason!! thanks for the tips

[@radhakrishnan3068]

Superb ! Good subject ! Smart lecture !

[@dinkerman27]

Thanks man!!

[@o0OmrmusicO0o]

yesss we need photoediting tuts and also color grading tuts of ur videos

[@MattHarvey1886]

Love the direct flash vs bounced lighting description 😂 😂 Brilliant

[@ianclay5035]

Really helpful - Thankyou 👍

[@SPDTDL]

Happy Christmas!

[@21yayeet27]

love ur vids !!

[@MrLanun8x]

Really useful tips. Thanks 👍

[@Misakimedz]

Love your vlog :) just bought my sony recently.

[@nordic5490]

If your mirrorless camera has trouble focussing in the dark, use a DSLR. The other night in the park, 1hr past sunset, my 5D4 + 400mm + 1.4x F8 focussed instantly on a Kookaburra @ iso 102400 that I cwould barely see with my own eyes. Sure the shot was as noise as, but the point is, instant focus, @ F8 !

[@shooter_ric5722]

Dropping golden nuggets here! I need a good flash now.... 🤔

[@Pysees868]

Great tips!

[@costiniucmircea]

Very instructive!

[@damasovi_travels1244]

love the video!! and yes, more iike this!

[@AleFigueredo72]

Thank you for teaching me....

[@Micah-Woods]

Great video!

[@srikzzzNEXTCR7]

That face you make at 1:09... Priceless! 😂🔥

[@sudershansharma6828]

Super nice.

[@fenraven]

Luminar 4 is terrific.

[@murugandevika8647]

You are master of photography I like very much in KZbin videos very useful tips one best prime lens in weddings in a7iii

[@Believeandrepent]

Very informational

[@sux0r]

I would love to see and editing guide from you. Thanks for another awesome video.

[@oliskerphotography2607]

Great video

[@cypher3323]

thanks bro

[@WillHillman08]

Was I the only one worried of what was going to happen at 1:29 with those guys in the back slowly walking toward him

[@SPDTDL]

Me too!

[@Jakiyyyyy]

Crows Zero

[@ramonmorales4114]

Me too! ☺️

[@vangelaobli]

Students of Suzuran! 😅

[@rishisk8]

Awesome video! A question: couldn’t the added noise at 2:46 be due to the higher iso rather than the faster shutter?

[@Riedle_]

Very nice video! And I'd love to watch video of you editing pictures and give us some userful teach and tips.

[@thorbodin]

Are you using the luminar 4 plugin for Photoshop on your iPad? Or moving to your MacBook to make those edits? Picked up and iPad pro to cut down on travel weight from an mbp15 and now you're doing crazy stuff in luminar 4 so wondering if now I still need to lug around the mbp haha Your videos are great and always hit exactly where I am up to with my photography

[@pictureeyecandy]

Also, learn how to use flash compensation and lower the power when using a pop-up flash because it is always too hot if you cannot bounce it or diffuse the flash. Sometimes I still use the popup flash for certain photos hardly ever straight on unless it's just to add a catch light in the eyes. A coffee filter is a good diffuser. Most cameras you cannot bounce the flash like the Sony cameras but you can if you use a small piece of white card stock or a business card to aim the flash upward with an angle. Depending on your model if the camera has built-in radio to trigger speedlights, the flash popup but does not flash. If it has no radio use the popup flash to trigger speedlights in slave mode.

[@Leo-jd2ny]

“Frohe Weihnachten“ from Germany

[@williamturner1441]

Shot a wedding in low light outdoors with A7R3 and 70-200GM. To say I was struggling was an understatement. I could not hold the camera steady enough with slower shutter speeds. Would love to see a video on how to be more successful with this setup.

[@sidkul3766]

Good, just discovered your channel. Am a newbie in photography.

[@VYinLA]

Would love more editing training -especially which settings go well together (eg you mention to both raise exposure + lower highlights)

[@josephponce8903]

Hi! Thank you for the guide especially for considering APS-C shooters! Question, What do you suggest for the metering? I usually set it to manual but I set the ISO from 100-5000 range. (Given your tutorial I would max it to 3200 instead) Should I stop using ISO range or is there a correct setting for metering? Thank you!

[@BabaSteveMedia.]

You own the night sir

[@ExploringCanadaInfo]

The photos at 1:10 are hilarious. Point made!

[@ketansaart1546]

Dear in the Headlight look 😆😆😆 I use old Konika roll film canister to cover the flash vertically.

[@d.victory3087]

I would like to see more about editing.

[@steffan091287]

At 1:30 I screamed Ohhh shit turn around.! Glad you made it out safe 😊 Jason Wick

[@JasonVong]

hahahah

[@Slippinjimmy12]

In-depth photo editing guide pleaseeee.

[@GroschiLP]

So solution is a full frame camera. Very nice for budget photagrophy

[@mandohuerta73]

Great video bro. Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Say hi to your cohost Vivian....or are you her cohost?

[@26jamador]

Please do a video and walk through how you edit.

[@kerenbanget1]

yes please, a video about editing. Please make its series of videos.

[@senseiruthe]

Would love to hear your editing process

[@rigelvillegas0530]

I would love to see an editing video! Thanks in advance!

[@EinzMY]

Hi Jason, do you recommend to use highlight metering for everyday shooting?

[@robharrold4417]

Can't go wrong with tha Vong!

[@ricardomagath3640]

I still have that popping-flash thing happen to me every once in a while, lol XD

[@eXaviar]

nice vid!! may i ask what that weird pattern in the background @06:57 is?

[@ferdiyansurya]

Hi Jason, love your videos!! On tip no 4, what’s your preferred metering mode for low light? I mostly use spot but sometimes it expose the highlight correctly but made the rest of the image too dark

[@NicholasYg]

Ferdiyan Surya you’re doing it correctly, always expose for the highlights as you’re able to bring back the details in the shadow in post processing

[@ferdiyansurya]

Nicholas Y. Hi Nicholas, thanks for the reply! I guess there’s no other way than to do it in post process then

[@JoanAvilez]

Direct flash for that disposable film camera look

[@kushagrasingh7731]

I always though ISO is the culprit for noise and would try to keep it as low as possible playing around with aperture and shutter speed. So you are saying if I keep the shutter speed too fast that will also introduce noise ?

[@rheacecontracting]

when you photograph cityscapes at night with a an aperture like f1.4, what are you focusing on to get everything in focus and which focus area are you using on the sony?>

[@TheGhostSeeker]

So if I’m using a Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens (I’m a beginner lol), my shutter speed will be 1/100?

[@mercurygalaxii]

Great video! How did you get the milky way photo on that scene, it is amazing!

[@ADGaming-mo3wv]

Very low shutter speed, for example 15" and adjust the lighting....should use tripod

[@Damuji84]

Hi! Where do you put your focus when you shoot cityscape? I suppose that you use hyperfocal. I have doubt about that.

[@SimplyRashid]

❤️

[@Adliscience]

What does that 35 mm stand for? Is it the zoom focul length?

[@hunterxhunter6957]

What camera do you use?? Its that sony a7c?

[@muddyrelic3009]

how about shooting a object far away like 15 ft away in low light?

[@johnlochness]

Love an editing video, how much editing it too much?