Weekly Photography Challenge – Cityscapes

Earlier today I shared a set of images of cityscapes. That's designed to inspire you, make you say "wow" and want to get out there and photograph your city.

This week I'd like to challenge you to photograph close to home. If you live in a city, you're all set! If you're in the country or smaller town, you just need to get more creative or take a short drive.

You'll notice that many of the cityscape images in the collection are shot at night. That's when the city and the lights really come to life and dance for the camera. Find the best location and angle to photograph your cityscape. Try looking up at the buildings, or getting up high on a rooftop or balcony and looking down. Change up your perspective to create something different and striking.

Maybe try some black and white photography or even some HDR of the city skyline. Go capture the same scene at different times of day including: sunset, the blue hour (twilight), and after dark. Shoot wide and get the whole vista, and try some closer up and focus in on details. Here are a few images to give you more ideas:

By joiseyshowaa

By Chris Smith

By Christopher

By Pedro Szekely

By Justin Brown

By jesuscm

By Paolo Margari

By Pedro Szekely

By Justin Brown

By ZeroOne

By Nathan Congleton

By Shawn Hoke

By David Yu

Share your cityscape photos!

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section as pictured below) and they'll get embedded for us all to see or if you'd prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them.

The post Weekly Photography Challenge - Cityscapes by Darlene Hildebrandt appeared first on Digital Photography School.