The challenge continues. This time I decided to wait for the nightfall and hit the streets then. I prefer shooting at night but with summer, and night being so short it's tougher to organize in such a way. Additionally, it was Friday night so the streets where full of young people and couples ready to have a good time.
You can see I was using different neon lights as a source that brightens the subject. With their faces lit up and dark background they really pop in the composition. I was also playing with complementary colors - blues and yellows/oranges work well together, same with reds and greens.
Shooting wide open at F/2 and 1/125 speed is challenging, you really have to stand still and hope your subjects aren't going too fast. Occasionally, if the scene allows it, I bump the SS to 1/250 and risk having more grain. I'm quite happy with the results and how the camera handled low light situations.
This challenge is designed to push me to shoot more, think more about what I'm shooting and also to start posting more regularly. It's supposed to imitate shooting a film camera, 1 roll each day and posting the results. Recently I shot a roll of Kodak film and it inspired me to bring this series back. Here are the general guidelines:
- Create up to 36 photographs each day
- Select and post at least 10 photographs
- Don't look at images on the LCD screen
Hope you'll enjoy and follow along.
