Low Light Photography can be challenging but, as shown in this late evening shooting session, you can still get pretty good results if you know how to handle your gear properly. Even though you haven’t thought of bringing you tripod with you. This is exactly what happend to me one night in Paris as I had just come back from the Nikon store with a new lens which I wanted to try on the spot. As it’s a beautiful 24-70 mm f2:8 Nikkor lens, I realised you could get a lot done if only you knew how to master your gear.
Low Light Shooting Session
On that day, after I left work I managed to get to my favourite second-hand photography equipment Nikon store in time to buy a well-maintained sample of an AFS NIKKOR 24-70/2.8 which is, according to Ken Rockwell, “Nikon’s best midrange zoom ever, but that’s expected since it’s also Nikon’s newest and most expensive ever”.
Well, that was in 2015 because, since then, they issued an even more expensive lens. As a consequence, this was perfect timing for me to buy this version of the 24-78 mm and save a few euros. I then carried the lens with my D600 and took a few pictures in low light with the 2.8 stabilised zoom lens, which behaves perfectly in all situations.
All shots were taken without a tripod except the first two for which my camera was propped against the balustrade of the Charles de Gaulle underground station.
Hotel Mac Mahon in shades of blue (no tweaking).
Checking-in
One of the terminals of the electric car-sharing scheme named “autolib”. Soon to be implemented in London. So, after all, Boris isn’t entirely anti-European.
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Je suis photographe et aquarelliste. Je pratique la photographie depuis l'enfance et la photographie numérique depuis 1995. J'en ai fait mon activité principale en 2021. Je possède un studio photo dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris
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