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Shooting subjects in front of low-light boardwalk businesses

Shooting subjects in front of low-light boardwalk businesses

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Shooting subjects in front of low-light boardwalk businesses

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- Well it's getting late, but there's still photo opportunities to be had, and along the boardwalk there's a restaurant there. Many of the people have left, it's close to closing time. I noticed there were people having a cigarette break. The one striking person was this woman in this beautiful white dress. It's so dark, it's a little hard to see, but that doesn't stop me from taking the picture, so I kind of moved in a little close. I was able to focus on the dress. My autofocus, as dimly lit as it was, was still able to use. I quickly checked my exposure, I got it, took a few shots, and before they could even notice me I kind of went back, and there's sort of a takeout place as part of the restaurant, and there were a couple of guys drinking and talking. And I really love the ambience about that place. It really captured kind of an atmosphere that I was drawn to in some way. It's a little bit mysterious, it's a little bit dark, a little bit dangerous, I thought it was cool. I stood…

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