The Color Of Night

There are so many reasons to love the high-ISO capabilities of modern DSLRs, but more than anything I love that, with the right lenses and careful technique, we can actually take portraits and casual photos at night, that really shows wsa night looks like. Night is not the bright blue lighting cinematographers have had to use for decades to connote darkness. It is a barely grey darkness punctuated only by the things that humanity have made, the areas and objects that we deem important enough to light up when the sun goes down. It is many-colored, shiny and complicated. I love it. I sometimes will be out shooting people at night with the tiniest of lights or no light at all, and I will see other photographers walk by , and I know they think I'm nuts. Right after this shot, a team walked by with a battery pack and a giant octobank on a boom. The way that you're *supposed* to take photos at night, the way that destroys the night. It's a good way to shoot, too -- octobanks are killer light sources. But I love the freedom of choice. ---- Ryan Brenizer Photography Blog. Photography tips, wedding photos, events and portraits from New York City and beyond