Compact cameras and smartphones are so convenient, but they struggle in low light – for some small cameras anything less than sunlight is low light. Without a flash the pictures look grainy, with strange faded colours and blurred edges; but using a flash is worse – you end up with red eyes, dark backgrounds and bad skin. Everyone may be smiling, but all the atmosphere is lost.
Art of a Small Camera will teach you how to take beautiful handheld pictures with very little light, using your compact or smartphone camera – perfect for interiors on a cloudy day, for clubs, pubs, kids, pets, parties, gigs, restaurants or even city streets at night.
It’s aimed at compact cameras and smartphones, but it’s also good for compact system and entry-level modern DSLRs (using a standard lens).