A question from Theresa:
Noell, these are such beautiful photos. I’d like to know more about shooting the lit up tree. It’s so tricky. What ISO and f-stop did you use?
I meant to write a post on this before the big day came, but I was so busy with last minute mini-book gifts I just didn’t get it done. It’s one of my New Year’s goals to have more timely holiday posts!
But, for those of you who still have their tree up (like me!) and want to practice for next year, I have some tips.
First, if you have a setting for White Balance, set your camera for Tungsten lights.
Next, crank your ISO to 800 to allow more light in. Also, open your aperture as wide as possible. I set my f-stop at f/1.4. This allowed me to have my shutter speed at 1/125.
In hind-sight, I would have lowered the shutter-speed, though, because I ended up adjusting the light and mid-tone levels in my editing program to bring out more of the light.
Good luck! Every beautiful tree deserves a beautiful photo.
