Night photos, when taken correctly, look absolutely stunning. The start contrast of the blacks against the lights, such as the moon, stars and city lights make for beautiful shots; certainly beautiful enough to print on canvas. There are a few things you need to consider though in order to take amazing night time photographs.

Firstly, you will need a tripod. You cannot take night time photos without one. In order to get a clear exposure that truly captures the scene you’ll need to mount your camera on a tripod and using a timer to avoid any camera shake from touching the tripod as you open the shutter.

Often when people when take photos of scenery such as night time locals or sunsets they’ll just centre the scene and shoot the picture. This isn’t the best way to do it at all!

When shooting a scene such as a night shot try to get some items in the foreground to add depth of field into the frame. Creating depth within your photo will greatly enrich your photograph.

You should also try to use the rule of thirds, which means to split your frame into a grid of thirds, both horizontally and vertically. For example, when taking a photo of a sunset over the sea, place the sun itself on one side of the frame, and have the vertical thirds separated so that they are two thirds horizon with one third sea, or vice versa.