Ventura City Hall
Night photography opens up a whole new world of image making to the photographer. This time without the sun as our light source gives us a new personalities to subjects we take for granted. But it requires us to learn new skills and techniques.
Photographed at night this architecture lit only by manmade lighting gives this structure a feeling of importance. I think this is achieved by the light being concentrated on the center of the building and falling off to either side. The photographer has done a good job of controlling the exposure on the light colored subject. The dramatic perspective adds drama to the photograph.
I would like to have the photographer look at re-photographing this scene at a slightly different time of day. You will note the pure black sky. The palm trees disappear into the blackness. Consider photographing about twenty minutes after sunset. Meter on the lighting on the building and wait for the sky exposure to be the same or a little darker then the lit falling on the building. Experiment and do this again every five or ten minutes until the sky is completely black as shown in this photo. You will get, I think, more interesting detail in the sky and still have a dramatic night shot. You benifit by geting a feeling for balancing natural light and manmade illumination.
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