Introduction to Night Photography

Overview

“When we are going to take night photos or in the blue hour it is essential that we choose the place before the light disappears. I am going to tell you what we have to take into account and the necessary care to make our exit a success.”

In this video lesson Adrián Melo addresses the topic: Choose locations, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Night Photography. Learn techniques to take photographs at night, in the blue hour and with light painting.

Partial transcription of the video

“Choose locations In this lesson We will see how to choose our locations. At the moment when the sun starts to fall the blue sky starts to look like, that's why it's called the blue hour, And it is a way to start doing our first nights. Generally, when we are in a city We go for a walk and the night begins to fall, the buildings start to light up and we say that we are taking a night photo, but we use the light of the buildings to be able to focus and take a quiet picture. Sometimes we don't need the tripod, sometimes yes, It depends on the speed or the prevailing light in the place. But the...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Night Photography

• Level: Beginner
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• 6 units
• 14 lessons (1h 16m)
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  Photography & Video

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  Art Direction, Fine-Art Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photographic Lighting, Photography