Travel Photography: Portrait of a City Neighborhood (2013) [repost]

When you're traveling, you sometimes want to spend a day or two exploring the neighborhood where you're staying—just walking around with your camera, absorbing the neighborhood's personality, and assembling a collection of photos that, together, form a portrait of the neighborhood. These photos are a great way to bring your experiences home to share. In this course, photographer and teacher Mikkel Aaland explores one of the oldest and most beautiful neighborhoods of San Francisco: North Beach, home to iconic architecture, beautiful vistas, delicious food, and more than a few interesting people. He explores the area on foot over a three-day period, taking you up hills, inside restaurants and shops, and into encounters with people on the street. Along the way, learn how to take advantage of natural light, shoot a city at night, pack and prep for travel shoots, and enhance your images in post-production.

Introduction 1m 12s
Introduction to the city trip 1m 12s

1. People of a City 15m 48s
Intro to the people of the neighborhood 44s
Visiting a local shop with history 3m 2s
Shooting a custom clothing business 2m 30s
Taking an impromptu street portrait 1m 46s
Looking at the post work on some of the people photos 6m 44s
Meeting the people of a neighborhood 1m 2s

2. Places in a City Neighborhood 17m 7s
Introducing a neighborhood 31s
Shooting an iconic location: Coit Tower 3m 27s
Shooting the park scenes 2m 8s
Shooting night scenes in a city 2m 23s
Looking at the post work done on some of the places photographed 6m 54s
Reviewing the neighborhood locations 1m 44s

3. Food in a City Neighborhood 12m 47s
Introducing the food of a neighborhood 36s
Shooting the busy local deli 1m 49s
Getting to shoot the good light in a bakery 2m 36s
Capturing the essence of a historic coffee shop 1m 54s
Looking at the post work done on some of the food photos 4m 3s
Summarizing the location with food shots 1m 49s

4. Reviewing the Trip in Photos 1m 5s
Reviewing the city shoot 1m 5s
Bonus Insights on Travel Photography 31m 51s
Travel photography prep and gear 9m 26s
Embracing variables, time, family, and the unexpected 10m 43s
Post-production and sharing 11m 42s