The Secret To Perfectly-Exposed Pre-Dawn Photographs: You Keep Shooting: Adorama Photography TV

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Join Bryan Peterson as he discusses his term “Brother Dusky Blue”. Watch as Bryan uses his technique to achieving the best looking cityscape at dawn.

What are the best exposure and white balance settings when photographing landscapes and cityscapes before dawn or after sunset? Bryan Peterson explains his quick, easy light metering technique as well as his personal color balance preferences as he photographs the Chicago skyline at 5:00 in the morning.

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26 Comments
  1. Rose C says

    Hi Bryan, I just found your videos and now I can't stop watching (1:30 am). You have the best way of explaining things. Thank you for that.

  2. Peter W says

    Bryan Peterson is absolutely the best at explaining techniques to achieve pleasing results. Concise valuable information presented in an entertaining way. Thanks Bryan.

  3. Andy M says

    Brian sums up quicker. Exposure is easy to understand here. As always great tips

  4. ΝΟΜΛ says

    helpful info but horrible composition

  5. Gerald's Videos says

    Thanks again.

  6. eva eriksson says

    Love this guy! Getting addicted to his videos! 😊

  7. yujin landscape photography. says

    I love your tip. Thank!

  8. Nathan .Vanderslice says

    Forgive my ignorance here, but what he shows in the "corrected" images don't look much like images shot at dawn. Yes, I am very much a noob at this. Are the photos then edited further later?

  9. dean bradley says

    I don't understand why people get so worked up about light balance these days. Firstly, if you're a serious photographer and you've spent a lot of money on your kit, you're probably not going to shoot in jpeg, which is what the light balance controls affect, you'll shoot in raw, which brings me to my second point that as the wb settings make no difference whatsoever in a raw fileyou can tweak the wb if need be in post. Leave it on auto wb. It's pretty rare the camera gets it totally wrong, and if you shoot raw it makes no difference anyway. Great video though btw. 👍🏻

  10. Johnny CincoCero says

    Mr. Petersen's books are great!

  11. MISHRA Gautam says

    thank you sir

  12. Henk Vermeulen says

    Learned more from this vid then when enrolled on photography panramics. Great!!

  13. Shawn Shing says

    Dear sir. I'm Shawn n I like ur video

  14. TCPhotography Chicago says

    Im in Chicago are you still here?

  15. wildbill9919 says

    When shooting twilight cityscapes I prefer the white balance on daylight.

  16. mjolnir1981 says

    Cloudy and Shade both give really warm colours. Top tip!

  17. Zenek says

    I love your tips. You are the best

  18. GEEK OF ALL says

    this is wat I looked for…superb
    . thanks

  19. island biker says

    thanx man. that really helped me alot

  20. sh9683 says

    i love this channel so much helpful tips,

  21. Alex Kairis says

    great tips! but does this really matter if you shoot in raw?

  22. An Vo says

    Great advice. Thank you.

  23. Peter Piper says

    Just stumbled on your Youtube videos Bryan and couldn't stop watching.
    Truly inspirational, compact, entertaining and above all, fun. I really enjoyed watching them.
    When it comes to producing photography videos, you're the dude! You're also much more comfortable and entertaining to watch than some photo-geek or closet pervert hiding behind a camera.

    There's a place for talking about and learning about the in-depth technical aspects of photography and there's room for people reviewing new gear, but at the end of the day, this is supposed to be about fun and creativity. You're one of a small few in the youtube community who actually takes photos and inspires people to "get their gear out" (no pun intended Matt).
    I realise there's an element of self promotion in what you're doing but I enjoyed it all the same.

    Cheers Bryan and keep working that tan 🙂

  24. Arunava Datta says

    photography guru

  25. BoostedInline6 says

    Can't be that hard with a DSLR when you can take pics over and over and adjust/delete where needed.  Just try that with film..

  26. Michael Racelis says

    He looks like Bryan Adams..lol

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