How to shoot better video in low light conditions

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It is the most horrifying dream for any
corporate film maker to shoot in low light
conditions. It becomes an alarming situation even
for experts to get best footage in such bad
lighting conditions. We have to understand that
we cant have sufficient light wherever we shoot.
Here are a few things that you need to
consider before you shoot under low light
conditions.
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Scheduling a pre-shoot Visit/Recce is always
beneficial

• Even though it may spend some small chunks of
  money, but
• scheduling a pre-shoot recce can do wonders. Not
  only you can
• know their facility very well, but also
  understand exact
• situation . Through this way, you can inspect the
  shooting site
• its lighting requirements.

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Add some natural light

• As soon as you realize there is insufficient
  light, move towards
• each window or door present at the shooting
  location and open
• it. By that, I mean to unlock every source of
  natural light that
• can fill the location to get a better video. Use
  reflectors to
• bounce the light on your subject

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Lower the Aperture

• Yes, lower the f-stop to the minimum you have in
  your
• camera, f-stop 2 is good but f-stop 1.4 is even
  better. The wide
• open aperture will let the more light enter into
  the camera
• and will turn the poor light condition into a
  manageable one.

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Adjust the shutter speed

• At a shutter speed of 1/2 you can capture 8 times
  more light
• than at a shutter speed of 1/16th. But, if you
  will use a very
• low slow shutter speed from 1/2 to 1/30 to
  compensate for the
• low lighting, any motion camera movement or
  action in the
• frame will look blurry. However, to avoid motion
  or blurriness
• keep the shutter speed between 1/30 to 1/50
  seconds.

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Increase the video gain, ISO

• This should be the last option to improve your
  lighting
• condition. At a higher ISO your camera will
  always produce
• more noise (grain) than at a lower ISO.

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USE Prime lens

• During a low light shoot, ones limited to a
  shutter speed of
• 1/30 sec with a typical zoom without increasing
  ISO. However,
• a prime lens with aperture f/1.4 will enable a
  much faster
• shutter speed of 1/250 sec.

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• If you have already shot your video on a higher
  ISO, you will
• certainly have noise in the footage. But, the
  good thing is,
• you may reduce the video noise to an extent
  during editing
• stage with the help of filters and plug-ins. Buy
  a suitable
• noise reduction plug-in for your video editing
  software, run it
• on your footage and then youll possibly observe
  some
• enhancements.
• Now, you know what exactly you have to do when
  you are
• short of light. I hope these tricks will help you
  get over your
• fear of shooting under low light conditions. Give
  your Best
• shot!
• Keep Calm Shoot Awesome Video !!

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