Night photography tip: wear a reflective vest for your safety

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Your own safety is something you can easily forget when you are busy with night photography. Checking settings, focusing, composing, and meanwhile you are barely visible to other traffic. A reflective vest is a very sensible idea.

Night photography is great fun. You can create beautiful images of lights in the dark. But in the dark, we photographers are often difficult to see. That is not so important in a field, but it can be dangerous when you are somewhere with a lot of traffic.

We often do not want any light as photographers. It gets in the way, so we leave torches switched off. In the dark, we can see car headlights and bicycle and moped lights from a long way away. But did you know that the driver will not see you, or will only see you too late? So do not put yourself in unnecessary danger and make yourself visible.

Wearing a small light is one option. But that can be difficult when operating a camera. You have to hold it, or it gets in the way when taking photos. It can be very simple, though. Take a reflective vest with you and put it on in potentially dangerous places. That way, you will be very easy to see.

A reflective vest weighs nothing, is easy to carry in a camera bag, and makes sure you are seen in time. After all, you do not want to have an accident.

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