Manchester Christmas Markets

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All pictures were taking using Aperture priority as it was quite a dull day and so I wanted the camera lens to be as open as possible in order to capture the light and the colours of the markets. This also allowed me to control depth of field. I didn't have a tripod and so I couldn't use a slow shutter speed.

ISO was adjusted to allow more detail depending upon the available light and desired effect.

I adjusted the white balance between cloudy and shade depending. I also used tungsten when I was shooting close to the lights on the stalls in order to create a true image but I discovered when checking these images at home that the warmer images (cloudy/shade setting) looked a lot better as they captured the true feeling of the Christmas Markets.

I would like to go back to the markets after dark with a tripod in order to capture the lights and night atmosphere on some long exposures.

People and traffic were an issue on this shoot as was positioning. It would be great to go when it was quieter and perhaps access some buildings of height nearby to get some wider shots of the stalls.