Low Light Portraiture: How to Make the Most of Ambient Lighting

"Shoot wide open." is probably a bit of advice that you've heard when shooting low light portraiture. The great news is that you don't need to use a flash to get a portrait that pops and that makes people stare--instead you can use a lot of the lighting that's just around us. We as human beings create a ton of lighting in various places at night, and with a bit of creative freedom and thinking, we can make lights work for us. Lots of photographers reach for prime lenses at night but in recent years new lenses like the Canon RF 28-70mm f2 L USM that have a very fast aperture throughout the entire zoom range have popped up. By and large, these lenses are changing the way that photographers can operate at night in low light situations where they can't use a flash or bring lighting with them. And best of all, it means that you can focus on bigger things like working with your model, adapting to the lighting and the colors in the scene.
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