Friday, October 14, 2011
Shooting Tips: Night Carnivals and Fairs
Grab your camera. Let's go to the fair! We received a few questions about the night photo in the previous blog entitled Gathering Photo Assets, so I thought it would be a good time to talk about carnivals and night photography in general. There are few places that have the color and action of a carnival or boardwalk. In the daytime those places appear cluttered and chaotic, but at dusk and sunset the sky gets darker and the lights start to come alive. For about 45 minutes it’s possible to get some great shots by ‘tracking’...