A Sunset That Ends The Day

A sunset normally means the end of the day is near. For me, it means that it's time to go out in the city to explore. Night photography is a major skill to learn. You have to make sure there is enough light for the camera sensor to focus on. To our natural vision, it may seem the lighting is right and we can just take a photo. Not the case with cameras, the cameras' sensor is always looking for a light source to lock on for a perfect shot. You have to consider shadows, contrast, exposure, motion, lastly, how fast it matters to get the photo sharp or blurry. Each photographer has his/her vision of each photo they take. There is a thinking process for each press of the shutter button. A lot has to do with buildings and people being framed the perfect way possible to tell a story. Night time is 

"Light Hunting."

In this photo, you have the building on the right framing the sunset, the tall tower, the helicopter, and the buildings below in the foreground. The real photo is not the building on the right taking up half of the photo. Put your hand over the right half of the photo and that's what I really wanted to capture. Sometimes you can use objects to frame the real photo you want to take. You can actually use people to frame a photo of someone else. For example, if you see a person standing in between two people, the two people are the frame of the person in the middle of them. That's natural framing. I would like for you to go out and take a minute to look around and different shapes of objects and people and create your photo.

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The Urban Street Photographer

Once you start looking at the city with a different chain of thoughts, it's not the same city you're use to walking around every time. I look at every city I travel to by noticing natural shapes, colors, and flow. Manhattan is one city that you can find everything you are looking for in a photo. Sometimes I just stand on a corner and just look around for my shot. People may be curious of what you are doing but in fact they are in their own thoughts moving along their way. If you have a zoom lens you might be able to capture their candid shot before they see you by not disturbing them. I find those are the best moments to capture a person's expression. After you take the photo you may find it to be a great photo of them acting in their normal way. You can approach them and tell them "Hey I took a nice photo of you, do you want me to send it to you?". That might be a potential client to book you for a photo shoot or an event. Sometimes you have to think outside the box and just go for anything you feel is the right thing. Ask yourself how do you want to capture the next city you are in?

My Adventures Of New York