All effects

Bright indoor photo

Enough light inside

Indoors there is far less light than it looks. You brighten the photo with the aperture, the shutter or ISO.

How to get it

  1. 1

    Open the aperture as wide as it goes first — it costs nothing in sharpness of motion.

  2. 2

    Keep the shutter at 1/125s or faster if people are moving.

  3. 3

    Raise ISO last: it brightens the photo but adds grain.

  4. 4

    Move closer to a window if you can. Free light beats any setting.

Example settings

Shutter speed1/125 s
ApertureWidest your lens allows
ISO800 – 3200