Crash Course: Urban Landscapes

To capture and document this city is to become part of New York’s rich narrative preserved and remembered for generations.   Classic street shooters like Robert Frank, Reinhart Wolf and William Klein loved to train their lens on Liberty City’s rolling architecture, its vitality and grit.  

In this Crash Course we’ll examine some work by a few noteworthy photographers of the Urban Landscape, and discuss how they sought and achieved their iconic imagery.

Then we’ll hit the streets, focusing on dynamic framing and composition, analyzing lighting conditions, assessing color and contrast, and exploring the area for arresting scenes to photograph.  At the end we’ll discuss ways to develop our ideas and take our photos further.

Who should take this class?
This live shooting workshop is a window into this inspired way of looking at the city, and is available to students of all experience levels.

What to bring?
Your camera with a clean-formatted memory card.  DSLRs or other cameras with full manual control of aperture, shutter speed and ISO are recommended but not required.  If you’re wondering about your camera’s capability, contact us for more details.

Prerequisites
None!  All are welcome.

Preparations:

Be in a weather-appropriate attire for going outside.

Bring charged batteries (and spare if possible), and a clean memory card.