Street Photography: The City at Night

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

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