What is an urban landscape?
An urban landscape means a dense accumulation of building structures with a rich stylistic variety of shapes, sizes and proportions located over a fairly extensive territory. Urban photography is a genre of photography concerned with capturing scenes from urban spaces, such as towns and other ecological spaces. It has become more popular over the years as the world has become more urbanised.
Urban landscapes refer to the physical environment of cities or urban areas. It includes buildings (residential or commercial), infrastructure (roads, bridges), public spaces (parks), transportation systems (subways), and other elements that shape urban living.
When taking good urban landscape photos, you should:
- Use a wide-angle lens
- Photograph with a narrow aperture
- Take advantage of golden-hour light
- Shoot street photos in context
- Photograph from above
- Have fun with long exposures
- Shoot urban landscapes at night
- Feature interesting architecture
