What to Shoot
Now that we’ve covered how to compose and shoot your photos, let’s chat about what to stick in those photos. Urban exploration is a pretty unique genre because we have static scenes that, we as photographers, have to make interesting. We’re not shooting amazing landscapes like the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset where the scene speaks for itself. Our job is to capture beauty in unforgiving photographic circumstances. My experience with UrbEx has taught me that combinations of organic and synthetic elements create our scenes. It’s up to you to decide how to capture these elements.
Organic Elements
The organic elements in UrbEx photography ...
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