We've outlined some night photo tips before, but The Photography Bay has some worthy additions. Among the tips is to increase your camera's ISO—but to consider the camera in question before doing so.

If you've got something like the Canon T1i, Nikon D300, or Nikon D90 then you can probably afford to crank the ISO up to 800 or 1600 and still get very clean and beautiful shots. In which case, you can hand-hold the camera and look through the viewfinder to compose your shots.

 

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