Try having your talent carry a strong flashlight or turn on the high beams of cars in the shot. Now, lighting candles would add ambiance under normal circumstances, but for this effect you will need more power.
By adding nocturnal elements to your image, you add believability. Now doesn't that make your heart skip a beat?Īmbiance is as important to romance as it is to DFN. This will give you a darker image without sacrificing your soft backgrounds. So, if you like soft backgrounds and shorter depth of field, try using a standard ND filter (preferably an ND6 or ND9). Sure you can iris down, but, as you may already know, higher f-stops mean sharper focus (aka long depth of field), and we all know how much we love the opposite of that. Notice I said darken down, not iris down. The first is by darkening down your image and lowering your light level by two stops. In order to sell the night, you need to raise the contrast. However, beware: you won't want your subject to cross into the bottom of the graduation, because it will call attention to the filter, as well as just darken the subject's head. Position the filter so it just touches that horizontal line to hide the edge of the graduation.
A graduated neutral density (ND) filter, used in conjunction with a composition consisting of a strong horizontal line, like a skyline or horizon, can help sell the effect. If you must see the sky, your only option is to use filters. Any place the sky is covered or not visible works best. Maybe a heavily-wooded area or a city alleyway might work. Pick your backgrounds carefully, and move in closer. In order to achieve the effect and trick your audience, you must not see the sky. The sky is completely dark at night and light during the day. I bet that, after following these few easy tips, you will fall in love with it too.įirst, never shoot the sky. Those old directors loved a rather simple technique of darkening the scene and changing the contrast, and eventually the color. what's not to love?Īre you perplexed? Well, long ago, back in the days of black-and-white film (yes, both black-and-white and film), way back then, directors didn't have the equipment or the money to light up large outdoor scenes, so they devised a way to trick the audience by shooting night scenes during the day. What better three words could a director ask to hear? No huge generators, no freezing temperatures, no vampire-style living. Those 3 Words We Love to Hear, Day for Night (DFN).
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