Landscape Photography: Night Landscape

1h 46mBeginner2015-01-21

Authors

Seán Duggan

Fine-Art Photographer, Educator, and Adobe Certified Photoshop Expert

Course details

When the sun goes down, landscapes take on entirely new personalities. The moon and stars light the sky and transform the landscape below, creating image-making possibilities that are not found in the daytime. In this course, photographer, author, and educator Sean Duggan takes a nocturnal road trip to illuminate the techniques involved in capturing the nighttime landscape. Filmed on location along the surreal shoreline of the Salton Sea and in the Anza-Borrego Desert, the course offers real-world examples and insights into a professional landscape photographer's thought process and composition techniques.

Learning objectives
Finding compositions
Exposing and focusing at night
Creating an image with reflections
Using long exposures to blur motion
Painting with light
Shooting with a full moon

Skills covered

Night PhotographyLandscape PhotographyPhotographyDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Roadmap for the course

1. Preparing for a Night Shoot

03 - Preflight check - A review of equipment
04 - Finding compositions in the daylight

2. Photographing at Night

05 - Understanding the rhythm of the night
06 - Exposing at night
07 - Focusing at night
08 - Setting white balance at night
09 - Exploring different compositions at night
10 - Photographing at the blue hour
11 - Creating a night image with reflections
12 - Using long exposures to blur motion

3. Painting with Light

13 - Finding compositions in the dark
14 - Introduction to painting with light
15 - Using a fill light to paint at night
16 - Light painting for creative effect
17 - Light painting with a flash
18 - Light painting using roads and passing cars

4. Shooting with a Full Moon at Night

19 - Finding the right setup for the shot (pros and cons of a full moon)
20 - Shooting the rising moon
21 - Shooting HDR at night
22 - Using a fisheye lens for night photography
23 - Shooting the stars in a night landscape

5. Photo Review

24 - A review of key images