Amateur Photographer

Urban light

When you’re photographing urban life in all its variety, you are naturally concentrating on angles, shapes, juxtapositions, and timing. It’s all about camera technique and developing those visual skills and reflexes that can make street photography so compelling.

But light plays a big part too. When you’re shooting in urban environments, the light can change constantly, from the sunny side of the street to the shady side, from interiors to exteriors and from narrow alleyways to grand plazas.

The light can be a key part of the composition, whether

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