Seeing the Unseen
How to photograph landscapes at night
In 2004 Alister Benn became fascinated with night photography. From his very first shot he was hooked, literally seeing in photographs things that were invisible to his eyes in the dark. As there was virtually no meaningful learning material, he decided to research and write his own.
This eBook is for you if…
You want to understand all aspects of
night photography.
You want to focus and expose perfectly;
even in the dark.
Learn how to stay safe and be prepared for
your night expeditions.
What You’ll Learn
PDF format eBook, 93 pages, 25 MB
“It is time to embrace the challenges of available night light and looking at the night-wreathed landscape with
your own unique vision, and your mission of seeing the unseen.”
Alister Benn
About the author: Alister Benn is a full-time professional landscape photographer, educator and musician. He has been teaching expressive landscape photography for over a decade and believes that expression and creativity are intuitive in all of us. Rigid, rule-based education actually creates barriers and walls between us and our unique voice. Alister is the author of numerous eBooks covering all aspects of the creative and expressive process. He is co-founder of Expressive Photography Ltd with his wife, Ann Kristin Lindaas. They live together in a very small village on the west coast of Scotland.
Table of contents
- Foreword by Guy Tal
- Introduction
- Available Night Light
- The science of preparation
- In the field
- Scene evaluation
- Composition & expression
- The 500 rule
- Exposure
- Focus at night
- Worked examples
Sample Pages
Seeing the Unseen
How to photograph landscapes at night
in 2004 Alister Benn became fascinated with night photography. From his very first shot he was hooked, literally seeing in photographs things that were invisible to his eyes in the dark. As there was virtually no meaningful learning material, he decided to research and write his own.
