Indoor photography skills

One disadvantage of indoor shooting is that the light is not ideal. In most cases, the indoor light will be too dim. At this time, the flash is obviously a very effective artificial light source, with powerful functions and diverse uses, but you can also use the existing on-site effective light when shooting.

The light of the built-in flash is often too weak and cold, and the images taken will destroy the atmosphere of the whole environment. When shooting at a distance of 3 meters, you must use an external flash with an exposure index of at least 36~40 ―― you can ask your friends who know flash or the dealer of photographic equipment about the flash device used in your camera and its performance. When soft lighting is needed, you can also put the flash on the top or side of the camera, and use the reflector and diffuser at the same time to obtain soft lighting, because this can enhance the effective lighting area and illuminate three-dimensional objects with side light.

When shooting a big room, you can use multiple flashlights or open a large aperture to release the shutter at different positions in the room-this method will be very difficult, especially if you don't have a photography assistant.

Continuous artificial light can also be used instead of flash. Halogen lamps and tungsten lamp are good choices. If the camera's automatic white balance setting doesn't give you satisfactory results, try to use several different white balance settings. If you can't use an additional artificial light source, you can only use the so-called "effective natural light", which may be the light coming through the window or the artificial light that will not affect normal photography. The advantage of using effective natural light is natural indoor lighting.

Unless you buy a cheap camera, you'd better choose a camera whose exposure time (determined by shutter speed) is between 1/500 and 1 or 2 seconds, and you can choose as many different aperture values as possible. The condition of these cameras is that you can shoot in a dark room and take very good pictures.

However, it is worth noting that when shooting indoors, it is best to turn off the flash and put the camera on the tripod at the same time, otherwise the photo will become blurred. Without a tripod, you should try to find a stable support point. Although these methods are not as good as tripods, they can also reduce the photo blur caused by camera shake. When releasing the shutter, lean the camera against a hard object-stool, post or wall, as long as it is stable, then press the shutter very gently and release the button. If possible, you can also use a selfie to release the shutter.

When shooting in poor light or unstable environment (such as where flashing is prohibited), the only option is to increase the sensitivity. High-end cameras have the function of "forced sensitivity", and you can choose from a series of ISO values to double or quadruple the sensitivity. But this method will greatly affect the image quality. Of course, this is the only way to avoid image blurring caused by jitter, especially when taking pictures or shooting active subjects at will.