Landscape Photography: Night Landscape

Learn how to capture the drama and beauty of the nighttime landscape in these tutorials filmed along the surreal shoreline of the Salton Sea and in the Anza-Borrego Desert.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Roadmap for the course

1. Preparing for a Night Shoot

• Preflight check: A review of equipment
• Finding compositions in the daylight

2. Photographing at Night

• Understanding the rhythm of the night
• Exposing at night
• Focusing at night
• Setting white balance at night
• Exploring different compositions at night
• Photographing at the blue hour
• Creating a night image with reflections
• Using long exposures to blur motion

3. Painting with Light

• Finding compositions in the dark
• Introduction to painting with light
• Using a fill light to paint at night
• Light painting for creative effect
• Light painting with a flash
• Light painting using roads and passing cars

4. Shooting with a Full Moon at Night

• Finding the right setup for the shot (pros and cons of a full moon)
• Shooting the rising moon
• Shooting HDR at night
• Using a fisheye lens for night photography
• Shooting the stars in a night landscape

5. Photo Review

• A review of key images