ASSIGNMENT 12
Shafts of Light
ASSIGNMENT
Another sunny day? Great! Now let’s experiment with a second fun way to play with light on the streets.
TECHNIQUE
Once again, this exercise is more about vision and discernment than technical skills. But isn’t that what street photography is all about? Cities with tall buildings are perfect for this type of exercise. You will often see those occasional, narrow shafts of light on the sidewalk. It can also be the low sunlight coming through a passageway. Once you find a shaft of light, know that the quality and quantity of light will often shift quite rapidly and eventually disappear. Start adjusting your position with the first subject that walks by. Will the full person be in the light or maybe just their ...
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