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Street Photography: The City at Night

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Overview

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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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