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Street Photography: The City at Night

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Explore the challenges and creative options behind street shooting after dark on the streets, beaches, and outer boroughs of New York.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome to the city at night
1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
  • Establishing the first location from the Brooklyn Bridge
  • Taking the first shots of the skyline at night
  • Shooting at night with long-exposure noise reduction
  • Shooting subjects with a cityscape background
  • Critiquing the first night shots
2. Brighton Beach Boardwalk
  • Shooting scenes from a low-light boardwalk
  • Shooting subject at night on the beach
  • Shooting subjects in front of low-light boardwalk businesses
  • Reviewing the shots from the beach boardwalk
3. Urban Street Scenes
  • Establishing the location for a low-light mural shot
  • Shooting subjects in low light with a mural background
  • Shooting subjects at night with reflected light
  • Panning with a moving subject
  • Posing a subject in a good low-light street scene
  • Critiquing the urban low-light street shots
4. City Night Light Trails
  • Shooting city night-light trails
  • Shooting an unconventional night skyline photo
  • Zeroing out camera settings after a complex shoot
  • Reviewing the light trails shots
5. Final Selects
  • Looking at the final selects from the city at night

Taught by

Steve Simon

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