• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Photography Marketing
    • Instagram Guide
      • The Instagram Marketing book
      • How to use hashtags
        • Wedding Photography
        • Food Photography
        • Travel Photography
        • Portrait Photography
        • Documentary Photography
        • Black and White
        • Fashion Photography
        • Fine Art Photography
        • Landscape Photography
        • Drone Photography
        • FujiFilm
        • Wildlife & Nature Photography
        • Stock Photography
        • Macro Photography
      • Algorithm & Engagement
      • Creating great content
      • Getting features
      • Grow your followers
      • IGTV Guide
      • Music to IG Stories
    • Flickr Guide
    • 500px Guide
    • Getting Press
    • Tumblr Guide
    • Reddit Guide
    • Photography SEO
  • Learn Street Photography
    • Gear
      • Street Photography Tips
        • Review: Joel Meyerowitz 5 hour Street Photography Course (It’s Great!)
      • Finding the right music
      • Gear for taking pictures in the rain
    • How to take photos like Vivian Maier
    • How to take photos like Robert Frank
    • Feeling shy: How to overcome your fear of street photography
    • Street Photography Books
    • Camera Settings
    • Film Photography
      • Ilford HP5 Plus 400 Film
    • How I edit with Capture One
    • Videos & Documentaries
    • Mobile Street Photography
      • Apps for Mobile Photography & Editing
  • Cameras
    • Street Photography Cameras
      • Fuji X-T4
      • The Fujifilm X-T3
      • Fujifilm x100f
      • Camera Bag
      • Fuji X100V
      • Ricoh GR II
    • The 6 Best Fuji Lenses
      • Fuji 56mm 1.2: A Portrait Photographer’s Dream
      • Fuji 35mm 1.4: A Street Photographer’s Dream
      • Fuji 16mm 1.4 Lens: A Landscape & Macro Photographer’s Dream
    • Mirrorless Cameras
    • Cameras for Press Photographers
    • Cameras for photojournalism
    • Travel Cameras
    • Small Cameras
    • Cheap Cameras
    • Wedding Photography Camera
    • Fujifilm Instax Polaroid Cameras
    • Landscape Photography Cameras
    • Portrait Photography
    • Gift ideas
  • My Photos
    • Street Portraits
      • Street Portraits in color
      • Black and White Street Portraits
    • Black & White
    • Colors
    • Candid Street Photography
    • iPhone Street Photography
  • About me

Frederik Trovatten

Photography by Frederik Trovatten

Street Photography at Night

Night Street Photography is something special to me and a lot of others. Everything gets more difficult in the low-light evening situation, like camera settings, exposure, and editing. 

Tips for doing Street Photography at night

In this video I show how I do Street Photography at night

Tips on how to do street photography at night.
  • Keep your ISO below 3200.
  • Get a camera that performs well in low light.
  • Use a fast camera lens that can go to an aperture of F 1.2 to F 2.0. 
  • Use built-in flash or external like the Godox V1 I use
  • Experiment with long-exposure photographs using car lights
  • Look for any artificial light-source, like neon-lights and so on.

Every week on my Street Photography Channel, I upload a video where I mount a GoPro to my X-T3 & X100f to show how I take pictures.

If you are new to street photography, I’d recommend not to start out doing it at night and also if you are just starting out, then check out these tips for street photography.

Gear & Camera For Street Photography at night

When it comes to street photography cameras, I either go with the Ricoh GR III, the Fuji x100f or the new X-T3 from Fuji. But when it comes to photographing a night, in low light situations, I always go with the X-T3 from Fuji, because it handles low-light and autofocus very well.

Some of my photos shot at night

When I do street portraits at night I usually go with flash and very few are in color. I have a soft spot of photos likes these, in black and white.

This is my guide on how to take photos in the rain.