34. NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

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AS WE SAW earlier in the book, photography is all about capturing reflected light in a scene to make an image. The challenge of night photography, especially with the smaller image sensors in phone cameras, is that there is much less light to work with. But less light, even significantly less light, does not mean you cannot make good images. It just means you have to be a bit more mindful of the scenes you photograph, how you stabilize the camera, and in some cases, use specialized apps to get the most out of photographing the world after dark.

The main limitation that smartphones have with night photography is the very small ...

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