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Shooting a hectic urban street environment in low light

Shooting a hectic urban street environment in low light

From the course: Street Photography: Candid Portraiture

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Shooting a hectic urban street environment in low light

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(crowd talking) - Hey, everybody, we're here in Times Square. As a street photographer, I don't think there's any busier streets in the world than right here in New York City Times Square. We're here at night, so the challenge is to get moments and street shots here in Times Square. It's busy as you can tell. There's all kinds of stuff going on. I've opted for my DSLR mainly because it's very fast to work with. I've got a fast lens here. I've got fast autofocus here with it and also it's high ISO capability. I know I'm gonna be shooting at high ISOs but you know what, 3200's the new 800. I'm not afraid to go up in ISO to get what I need to get sharp images of the crazy action that we're gonna encounter here in Times Square. You can see I'm disguised as a tourist from my native Canada so I can blend it because chances are when you look around there are a lot of tourists here and that also makes it a little easier for us as street photographers to be in a place where there's a lot of…

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