When taking photographs in dim lighting conditions it is best to use a camera set to a small f#. Why is this the case?
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Taking pictures in lowlight is always tricky. Chances are if your not using the smaller F# your shutter time will be longer. When taking a landscape picture this probably isn’t much of a problem altho at some point (1/30′ second) its hard to keep your camera from vibrating and your picture will be out of focus. If your taking pictures of people they will probably move before your camera is done exposing and you will get blurry edges on the person’s moving… or them not sh owing up at all in extreme situations.
So in low light … use f# as small as possible opening your aperture to the max letting in most light. Turning up Iso to 400 – 800 , and or use a tripod.
The smaller the f-number, the larger the iris in the lens opens up, and the more light it lets in. There are a whole lot of other factors that come into play though (exposure time, ISO setting, whether you’re using a tripod, how much light there is), so you’d better do some homework.
Can you refer some professional sites for this?
National Geographic site contains professional tips but applicable to all. I found kodak, and other camera manufacturers do have very nice tips for professional photography.