Photography in Los Angeles

A one night creative photo workshop. Discover how to take creative photographs after dark by using the lights of night.

Photographing a city at night can be one of the most difficult, yet rewarding types of photography. Whether you are shooting a wide city scape or a single reflection, less than ideal conditions can challenge even the most experienced photographer. We will be photographing scenes. objects and people.



Street lights, fluorescent signs, vehicle headlights, and architectural lights, all create a very different quality of photograph. Artificial light sources produce unusual colors and shadows with a distinct moods.  We will discuss why light sources such as mercury vapor, fluorescent, tungsten produce such different image qualities. We will also experiment with long time exposures.



A few topics we will cover include:


  1. BulletTime lapse.

  2. BulletLight Painting.

  3. BulletUsing motion to your advantage.

  4. BulletSeeing monochromic color.

  5. BulletEquipment.

  6. BulletPhotographing people.

  7. BulletControlling contrast.

  8. BulletOverriding automatic settings.

  9. BulletProper Outdoor Exposure

  10. BulletWorking in Low Light.

  11. BulletDeciding between black-and-white or color.

  12. BulletTime Exposure/Long exposures.

  13. BulletComposition.

  14. BulletDepth-of-field - Sense of Depth.



The workshop will  be in the downtown area of Los Angeles and the

Hollywood Walk of Fame. The class is limited to 10 people.


I will give you the exact meeting location after you sign up for the class.


The workshop will begin before sunset about 7 PM.


Workshop fee: $99.00

Returning students receive a 10% discount.