Waiting for the right person to walk into the frame is most of the job. Underexpose a little and the highlights will thank you. Fog does half the composition for you if you let it.
The short version
Shoot more, share less, and review honestly. Rain turns ordinary streets into mirrors for twenty minutes. Night photography is mostly about finding something to lean on. Look at the edges of the frame before pressing the shutter.
Waiting for the right person to walk into the frame is most of the job. Good photographs often happen right after you thought you were done.
What didn’t
Rain turns ordinary streets into mirrors for twenty minutes. Underexpose a little and the highlights will thank you. Black and white removes distractions and exposes weak composition.
A single fixed lens made me move my feet and my thinking. Night photography is mostly about finding something to lean on.
A small example
A single fixed lens made me move my feet and my thinking. Fog does half the composition for you if you let it. Black and white removes distractions and exposes weak composition.
Editing should finish the photo, not rescue it.
Look at the edges of the frame before pressing the shutter. Night photography is mostly about finding something to lean on.
Good photographs often happen right after you thought you were done. I deleted ninety percent of the roll and kept the one that felt right.
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