
Explore the cinematic feel of nighttime street photography, plan shoots to reduce noise with proper ISO, and master Lightroom color correction and grading in two styles to create movie-like images.
Learn to pack as light as possible so you can be flexible in your sessions.
The perfect settings for shooting at night, with as low noise as possible. Master the night with these settings.
Chasing the light means using available light sources to motivate darkness in nighttime street photography, exploring ambient city lights, neon signs, car headlights, reflections, and silhouettes to tell the story.
Protect your camera gear from rain and snow with practical shelter options, a cut plastic bag with a lens hole, or an umbrella for mobile shooting.
Blend in for night street photography by packing light, using a single small camera, moving constantly, and leveraging silent shutter or flip screen to capture authentic moments.
Explore two street photography approaches: shoot spontaneously for authentic moments, or compose first and shoot later. Use both methods and stay open to possibilities.
Make every photography choice count by considering gear, settings, weather, season, color, and grading to shape the final cinematic street photograph.
Learn color correction in Lightroom Classic to balance exposure, shadows, and highlights for cinematic street photography, then apply color grading and tone curves to craft mood.
Learn how to color correct and color grade street photography with a blue cinematic style by adjusting hue, saturation, and color grading across shadows, midtones, and highlights.
Develop your street photography by consistently shooting, using Instagram collections and color grading, and analyzing why photos turn out as they do to guide night time street photography.
Go out to the streets and capture cinematic nighttime street photos with complete creative freedom. Then share your final image for feedback in the group and connect with fellow photographers.
Are you a hobbyist photographer who would like to learn a new kind of art? Then you've come to the right place. This course will teach you how to master the art of nighttime street photography. The course will teach you:
The art of street photography at night and its appeal. Shooting at dark versus shooting during daytime comes with some important key differences.
Cinematic editing in Lightroom (color correction and color grading in various styles).
Storytelling.
Capturing authentic moments on the streets for strong documentaristic photography.
Overcoming insecurities about going out and photographing people on the streets.
Composition and the various ways of capturing the streets.
The art of blending in and making yourself invisible, so that you can freely take photos of whatever you want without being confronted.
Location research and preparing your first session, so no session goes to waste and you are always prepared.
Packing as light as possible and using the correct gear for nighttime shoots.
Tweaking settings for noise reduction.
And much more.
By the end of this course, you will feel perfectly comfortable to go out, with a plan in mind, without any insecurities and be ready to shoot some cinematic street photos.
Hope to see you in the course as well as in our community!