Cityscapes
If you're looking for photographic inspiration, then search no further than your nearest city.
By day or by night, the city environment is one of continuous change where the old and the new sit alongside each other often with a surprising degree of harmonisation. The never ending hustling and bustling of people add movement and vibrancy to the modern urban environment.
Architects with ideologies sit in their futuristic towers, designing bigger, taller and more flamboyant skyscrapers to create dramatic skylines that the world will recognise and gasp at in awe.
The phosphorescent lights of a million bulbs in every conceivable colour are cleverly utilised to add shape, colour and form to the network of city streets, whilst incandescent street lamps create rows of dynamic lines for the photographer to use.
Yes... the city is a great place for inspiration and the following images are just a small sample from my ever-growing library.
By day or by night, the city environment is one of continuous change where the old and the new sit alongside each other often with a surprising degree of harmonisation. The never ending hustling and bustling of people add movement and vibrancy to the modern urban environment.
Architects with ideologies sit in their futuristic towers, designing bigger, taller and more flamboyant skyscrapers to create dramatic skylines that the world will recognise and gasp at in awe.
The phosphorescent lights of a million bulbs in every conceivable colour are cleverly utilised to add shape, colour and form to the network of city streets, whilst incandescent street lamps create rows of dynamic lines for the photographer to use.
Yes... the city is a great place for inspiration and the following images are just a small sample from my ever-growing library.
SAUCER OVER THE CITY
This is an image of the famous 'Space Needle' dominating the city skyline of Seattle on the northwest coast of the USA.
Its futuristic form is the centrepiece for a dramatic skyline that is truly irresistable to any keen photographer.
I'd like to say that my view of this iconic structure was unique, but this particular viewpoint of the city is well known.
I reached the spot well before sunset, and was greeted by a row of photographers & tripods all set neatly in a line. They moved along a little to kindly allow me to join the throng!
There is nothing wrong with wanting to shoot a scene from a known viewpoint, however if this is the case, one should try to come up with something a little different or original if at all possible.
Most images from this location show the full city skyline, but here I have used the portrait format to crop into, and isolate the Space Needle with just enough skyscrapers behind to put its architecture into context.
This is an image of the famous 'Space Needle' dominating the city skyline of Seattle on the northwest coast of the USA.
Its futuristic form is the centrepiece for a dramatic skyline that is truly irresistable to any keen photographer.
I'd like to say that my view of this iconic structure was unique, but this particular viewpoint of the city is well known.
I reached the spot well before sunset, and was greeted by a row of photographers & tripods all set neatly in a line. They moved along a little to kindly allow me to join the throng!
There is nothing wrong with wanting to shoot a scene from a known viewpoint, however if this is the case, one should try to come up with something a little different or original if at all possible.
Most images from this location show the full city skyline, but here I have used the portrait format to crop into, and isolate the Space Needle with just enough skyscrapers behind to put its architecture into context.
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