Night Photography of The Superman Building in the City of Providence
Last night I had the good fortune to participate in a night photography workshop run by Lance Keimig of The Night Skye. Lance is a photographer currently based in Boston, Ma and came down to my photography club to do a presentation on night photography, and was followed up with a field trip into the city of Providence. We had a great time! 16 photographers from the club roamed the streets of Providence taking photographs of a wide variety of subjects from night clubs to power plants and everything in between.
This is one of the first photographs I created that night and I almost missed it completely! I had my camera mounted on my tripod with a wide angle lens, planning to photograph the sky to the west as the sun sank below the smoke stacks of the power plant. I happened to glance to the right and just fell in love with the colors in the sky, and how the Bank of America Building was being lit by the setting sun. Commonly referred to throughout Rhode Island as “The Superman Building” due to the similarities with the building used in the original Superman movie, it is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the city of Providence.
The more I looked, the more I knew that the photograph I wanted to make was the setting sun on the Superman Building. I quickly switched to my 100mm macro lens to get some better reach and composed this photograph. After a couple of quick adjustments to my camera settings I snapped off a few photographs, and then the light was gone. From start to finish it was all over in a matter of minutes, and I was thankful to have been able to create this photograph.
Thank you for stopping by, I hope that you have enjoyed my night photography and come back again soon!
