The Skills of Shooting Dawn in the City

At the dawn when most people are still asleep, the city you are used to will take on another charming look and deserve a good shot. Here are some tips for shooting Dawn in the City. Let's learn them together:

1. Shoot the sunrise

Like sunset, sunrise is the most colorful and changeable moment in the sky. What can I do if I can't shoot well?

I won't elaborate on the specific exposure, composition, setting and other issues. What I want to say here is that shooting the sunrise is not just shooting the sun-just shooting a small ball of light is really nothing to see.

Cloud is the most valuable subject. If the sun provides pigments, clouds are canvases, which perfectly show the colors of the sky; In addition, the changeable clouds also make each sunrise have different beauty:

It is also important to find an interesting prospect. Taking the dazzling sky as the background, shooting life sketches;

You can also find some interesting architectural edges, cut the sky into various interesting shapes, and then find the right angle to create a light and shadow effect, which will be very interesting:

Shoot outdoors

On weekdays, the city is always full of traffic, but in the morning, the city is still asleep. The crowded street was empty, and it felt surreal, as if it were in another time and space.

Coupled with a slightly lower tone and the inherent cold tone in the morning, this cold feeling is even stronger:

Taking this kind of "contrast" photo and choosing some places with many people at ordinary times will have better effect, such as famous landmarks, tourist attractions, streets, squares and so on.

If you are free, you can go to the same place again when you have the opportunity. Take another picture when there are the most people, and then put two together ~

Another shooting scheme is to shoot some abandoned workshops, old houses, demolished ruins or historical sites, and use cool colors and low shadows to create a desolate and desolate feeling.

Use different light.

Blue moment

There is a blue moment before sunrise, that is, the moment when the sky turns from completely dark night to dawn. At this time, the whole picture is quiet and soft in blue, which is very emotional.

There will be blue moments at sunset, but the city in the morning is quiet and empty, which is more suitable for creating a quiet and mysterious atmosphere:

Because this time is extremely short, you should be prepared in advance, set up a tripod, adjust the settings, shoot the scene well, and keep the state of "one shutter shot".

Don't rush away after shooting the blue moment, then shoot the sunrise ~

Artificial light and natural light

At dawn, the artificial light source at night has not been turned off, and the sun has spilled on the earth. This scene where natural light and artificial light coexist is quite interesting:

Low day and long shadow

When the sun rises, its angle is very low. Choose dense trees or "tall and thin" buildings to shoot against the light, you can shoot a long shadow that runs through the depth of the whole picture, and the visual impact is great:

When shooting this subject, we usually have to shoot from a small angle to give more space to the ground-you know, what we really want to shoot is those slender projections on the ground!

Another way to play low-angle projection is "shadow play".

It's also interesting to shoot along the light and let the sunlight pass through trees, buildings and other building structures and project on a plane to form a strange light and shadow ~

4. Shoot interesting people and things

There will be some people and things in the city in the morning that you can't usually see. There are young people who come out to play all night, old people who come out to do morning exercises or walk their dogs, and people who have already started working.

Because most people don't get up so early, these scenes are often quite interesting to them. Choose some interesting scenes and take some street views ~

Take my personal experience as an example. When cycling from Beijing's Third Ring Road to the suburbs at four o'clock in the morning, you can always see a large group of sanitation workers sitting on the roadside eating lunch boxes to greet you, which is especially loving.

5. Shooting in the same place many times

If you have a favorite shooting location, try to go to the same place in different seasons and different time periods and take different photos ~

Don't worry about the same picture, because the light quality is different every time. You can find differences by comparing photos, and this photo with similarities and differences is also very loving ~

This kind of play has an additional benefit, which is to exercise your thinking and develop your brain hole, because you have to constantly think about "how can I shoot the same scene and have different feelings?"