00:29 Golden Hour
The hour just before the sun sets or sunrise is the golden hour, which is the best time to take photos. Because at this time, the light is scattered as there is no specific direction of the light in the golden hour. Most pleasant photos can be taken in this hour with warm tones.
Because the sun's position is low on the horizon at this time, it gives the photos red, orange, and yellow tones. Breathtaking landscapes and silhouette photos can also be taken during this time.
00:57 Blue Hour
Right after the golden hour in the evening, the blue hour starts as soon as the sun sets. There is enough light at this time to take pictures, but it is quite a short period. The best city views can be captured at this time as the lights contrast with the sky in the background, giving the pictures blue and green tones.
Photos taken at this time might be blurry because you are setting longer exposures to give maximum light to the camera to take pictures. To avoid this, you might require a tripod to place your iPhone on to prevent the blur effect and to take focused photos in a lot of blue hour light.
01:37 Mid-Day
At this time, direct sunlight is coming, and it is not diffused like the light in the morning or the evening. If you want to take pictures at this time and lots of direct light could create problems using automatic settings. You need to customize your settings by adjusting the exposure values and ISO aperture to avoid the abundance of light.
Some iOS apps are used in this regard that help you to control your camera settings. Direct light produces a strong contrast between light and shadow, which gives an appealing effect to the image.
02:20 Cloudy Sky
Outdoor photography highly depends on the weather conditions. Cloudy skies usually create lots of problems for the photographers as this gives a much brighter background than the rest of the scene. Contrary to this, the blue sky with scattered clouds provides the perfect-colored background to the photos.
You can take good monochrome photos when the sky is grey because of fewer color requirements. But if you want to take colored photos, you can capture them when the sky is clear, as the blue sky seems to be the best background for colored photos. Make sure to zoom out while taking colored photos of the sky and the clouds.
03:00 Mist and Fog
If you want to take outdoor photos and there is mist and fog, you might face problems finding the focus point in normal light conditions. These factors diffuse light, and the best thing is to be at the right place at the right time to avoid inconvenience, and you will end up taking magical photos.
Taking pictures early is the best time as maximum light is available. You can capture the sunbeams falling on the ground to use them best.
03:44 Backlight
Silhouette photos are the best examples of photos with backlight because the major light source is behind the object in them. To capture such photos, you need to place the object between the camera and the light source. It will decrease the camera's exposure and create a dark figure in the image. To master this technique, you must learn how to make the best use of light sources available.
04:23 Artificial Light at Night
Taking the best long-exposure photos requires time, patience, and practice. You need experimentation to master the techniques. Using artificial light at night will help you minimize the use of flash and tripods, but the stability of the camera is the key to taking the best photos.
Summary
In this video, you have learned how to make the best use of different light sources available to you. Light photography with iPhone is an art that requires lots of creativity. All you need to learn is how to use the available light sources discussed in this article and what kind of pictures can be taken in such light.
