Night Photography started as early as 1900. Night photographers uses artificial light or a long exposure, exposing the scene for seconds, minutes, and even hours in order to give the film or digital sensor enough time to capture a usable image. It was long considered tedious by must people not until the advent of technology with the likes off highly-sensitive digital image sensors, wide-aperture lenses, and high speed processors that makes night photography increasingly possible using available light. All this features combined, to the Nokia Lumia 925, making it the very first smartphone device fully dedicated to light-challenged conditions.
I admit, I was a bit skeptical with Nokia creating an advertising stint of the phone being the low-light photography king, well, they were right, the phone indeed deserves the title which made me love night photography more.
As I've mentioned in Part 5 of this blog series, I subject the phone to night frenzy over at SM by the Bay Manila. It was an emotionally uplifting moment, and here are the reasons why:
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| Prism Center Up-Close SM Mall of Asia Manila |
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| Prism Center SM Mall of Asia Manila |
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| Christmas Cheer Prism Center SM Mall of Asia Manila |
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| 9th Auto Focus Motorshow |
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| 9th Auto Focus Motorshow |
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| 9th Auto Focus Motorshow Lexus |
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| 9th Auto Focus Motorshow Party Gig |
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| Magic Dance |
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| Cruise By The Bay |
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| Night Cruise |
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| MOA Eye |
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| The Globe |
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| Six |
The most challenging part about night photography is how to deal with the lights around and how to convert it to your advantage. My Nokia N8 struggled to adapt to the scene while the Nokia Lumia 925 easily handled it in automatic mode eliminating stray lights and converting it to illuminate the scenes. Some of the images above like the Motorshow poster, were even taken in pitch dark and yet images came out vibrant. Very impressive indeed!
Parting shots: I couldn't really help myself from being mesmerized as history unfolds within my very eyes, night photography finally owned and mastered by a smartphone technology. It might not be as detailed and intricate like the professional camera's but I'm happy that its within the helms of mass applicability. Isn't it not that it will broaden photography's appeal?
Wandering With The Nokia Lumia 925, Part 1
Wandering With The Nokia Lumia 925, Part 2
Wandering With The Nokia Lumia 925, Part 3
Wandering With The Nokia Lumia 925, Part 4 - Camera and Sunset
Wandering With The Nokia Lumia 925, Part 5 - Two Days More And Counting!
Wandering With The Nokia Lumia 925, Part 7 - The Last Stand
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