Dig Deeper Into Your Urban Photography Skills With These Awesome Tutorials

Probably the greatest thing about urban photography is that, because most of us live in a city, it is always something available to us at any time of the day or night. Just walk out your door with a camera, and you're right where you need to be, but when you're trying to get images that are memorable and meaningful, then you might start looking for ideas that are beyond your typical snapshot. That's what we want to do here, and that's why we went and found these fantastic tutorials on the topic of urban photography. You'll remember that we actually covered this same idea before over here, so we've decided to add a few more cool tutorials to the mix.

Of course, if you're starting to get serious about your urban photography, then you need to start intentionally practicing. We put together our urban photography drill set for people who are looking to really dig down into that next step and capture some memorable images. So you might want to take a look at those here

1. What Is Urban Photography? The Essential Guide

Urban photography is capturing scenes in an urban environment, and it is usually a city, town, or similar locations. Urban photography is a varied genre and doesn't involve just one type of photography. This tutorial from Photo Workout talks about urban photography, its different styles, along with various tips for stunning urban shots.

On a side note, Andreas De Rosi is a great photography writer and teacher and so you should absolutely add his site to your feed it's a fantastic resource and one that we love

2. A Detailed Introduction to City and Urban Photography – Tips and Examples

Urban photography includes people, architecture, abstract, wildlife, streets, and many other things and moments that you normally would come across in an urban environment. Shooting urban photographs requires some skills and would benefit from being ready to handle the moment with the right settings in camera. This tutorial from James Maher Photography gives an introduction to urban photography followed by technical tips and a lot of scenarios and ideas for urban photography.

It's actually another site that you should add to your feed. We really enjoy James's writing and the minimal aesthetic of his website.

3. Urban Architecture Photography

Architectural photography may seem boring for some photographers but if seen and done well, one can capture compelling architectural photographs that either are abstract or tell a story. Besides, it is also important to capture architectural photographs differently compared to how everyone is capturing them, but also make sure that it shows the city's character. This tutorial from Learn Zoner discusses several ways to embrace and enhance your knowledge of architectural photography.

4. How to Take Urban Portraits (City Photoshoot Tips)

Urban portraits include both using models to photograph portraits in an urban location and also capturing strangers in urban locations. Both of these require a different approach and skills to get the desired results. The architectural structures, light, and other settings in an urban environment help to compose portraits very effectively and capture more dynamic shots. This tutorial from Portraits Refined gives you a complete guide on capturing the best urban portraits.

5. Urban Wildlife: How to Photograph Wildlife in the City

Urban spaces are also great places to photograph wildlife if you are lucky enough, and is a great one to start with if you are not in easy access to wildlife parks, sanctuaries, etc. There are a lot of animals that visit urban areas and local parks, but this can also pose some challenges as the animals are elusive and quite fast. Besides, you also have to look out for the best compositions and backgrounds to get a decent storytelling shot. This tutorial from NatureTTL discusses how to photograph urban wildlife in a concrete jungle.

6. 10 Urban Street Photography Ideas

Street photography in urban spaces can be done both during the day and at night. There are a lot of opportunities in an urban environment, but with a busy space, the photographer needs to have the skills and creative eye to observe, focus on particular subjects and capture them creatively. This tutorial from Joe Redski gives some ideas that you can use to capture street photographs in an urban environment. (We also love teh images Joe took to accompany this piece)

7. Master Urban Abstract Photography With These 8 Tips

When you are in a grand urban-scape, you can easily get confused with everything that is going on around you and find it quite difficult to capture something unique and interesting. It is important to focus on one area at a time, observe things, and look for interesting frames. These can be patterns, colours, textures, contrast, etc., and can help with capturing abstract photographs. This tutorial from ePhotozine gives 8 tips to capture abstract photographs in urban areas.

Further Urban Photography Ideas

And not to toot our own horn, but we think that we've also covered the topic of urban photography pretty nicely here at Light Stalking. So here are some of our favourite tutorials from the past. Let us know what you think in the comments and what other urban photography subjects you want us to cover.