Low light has been considered all the time to be the bane of the existence of a photographer. Partner it with the need of action of photographing when there is less light that is ideal to work with and it will sound like a disaster in the making. Those are some of the considerations to make as you purchase the portable photography lighting.

The following is information that you can use in order to conquer the bad light and improve your photography. With that, you will be able to impress your friends and clients with the final results that you get.

Shutter speed, Aperture, and ISO setting

It starts with your settings. For low light, you have to keep your aperture very open. It is recommended that you stay at the minimum number that your lens can be able to allow you. And unless you are shooting with something such as 50mm f/1.2, it might be too soft for your type of pictures and you can bump that up to a level of 1.8 or even 2.0

With your aperture wide, it might be time for you to set the shutter speed. If you are doing the high speed action, you will want it to be higher than 1/2000. But you can as well get way with the shooting action to be as low as 1/400. Because when the shutter speed is set higher, the frame becomes dark, the open aperture will be wide and should help in compensating for the dark of  your frame.

You need to set your ISO. You should not be afraid of bumping it up if you have to. If you happen to see your frame to be too dark with the higher shutter speeds, you have to push your ISO higher. Or you can decide to try slightly by lowering your shutter speed. All the settings tend to work together. It will be a matter of having to figure out the right formula for your shooting situation.

Focus mode and burst mode settings

It has found that having to switch the camera to burst mode and focus which is continuous tend to work best for low light action photography. The burst setting is something that you need when the fast paced action begins.

The continuous focus tends to have various names that depend on the camera brand. It allows your camera in locking on your subject and following it around whenever it moves. There are cameras which you can tell how your subject is moving and the obstacles which might be present. It can be adjusted to various levels of the sporadic movement, the interference of the obstacle and much more.

Ensure to test your setting before time and then chimp

There is no single fit for all the formulas to low action light photography. You need to test your camera settings to find out what tends to work best for the type of scenario that you are in.