After the moon has decided to shine in the sky and sun has set, it is your call either you want to put your camera aside or do you want to take the challenge to capture best photos even in the night?

Phone photography has taken some amazing turns in last few years with the advancement in the camera improvements. But still, many people find it difficult to take photos at night in phone photography. If you choose dark spots at night for phone photography, be ready to face less light, extreme contrast and a lot of other limitations.

Why night phone photography is difficult?

We all know that right light is very important for stunning photos and dark spots or photos taken in night are never that good in quality. You don’t have enough light exposure, contrasts are very sharp and lake of focus makes it difficult. Photo editing can solve some issues but still you need to learn some tips and ways to take stunning photos with phone photography.

Keep your phone steady

You will end up with blurry photos in night photography with phone photography. Do you know why this always happen in low light? Why photos taken in dark require photo editing? To keep things bright even in night is to go for slower shutter speed.
If you want to keep the shutter speed slower, be ready to keep your camera steady during the shot as it is going to take some time while capturing the photo. If your camera is shaking while long exposure, you will end up with a blurry photo that will require a lot of photo editing.

Use available resources

Daylight is perfect for phone photography but if you need to take photos with your phone at night then you need to use available options. Just imagine that you are out with your friends and want to take a steady shot but don’t have a cam stand or tripod, you can use a wall to keep your camera steady. You can also use street lights to avoid flash of the camera.

Reduce Exposure Levels

Adjusting the camera exposure, while taking photos in night, should be your first priority. the In simple language, you can say that exposure is the brightness of the image. If you use over-exposure for night photography, the brighter areas will appear too bright and any details will be missing in the photos. So keeping the exposure level at suitable value is the real trick.

Use flash in right way

Getting some extra light during night photography can be a plus point. If you want to avoid a lot of photo editing in phone photography, try to soften the flash light by keeping a tissue over flash light. You can use flash to lighten up any object that is closer to your camera.
If you use flash is every photo, it may cause red eye effect too. So such photos may require a little photo editing before posting on social media.