All scenarios
Night City
Medium
City lights, reflections and light trails. A tripod turns a hard scene into an easy one.
Lenses that suit this: Wide angle for streets, 50mm for details.
The guide
On a tripod
1–10 seconds, f/5.6–f/11, ISO 100–800. Long exposures turn car headlights into light trails.
Handheld
1/60–1/125s minimum, widest aperture, ISO 1600–6400. Brace yourself against a wall and take several frames.
These are starting points
City light varies enormously. Take one frame, look at it, then adjust.