LIGHT & SHADOW
A CAMERA. A CLASSROOM. A FIELD GUIDE.
Learn to see
light. Then go
find some.
Light Lab is a photography teacher you carry in your pocket. Read the light in front of you, learn what every setting really does, and use your city as the classroom.
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01 THE CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM
Learn to see light.
Then learn the camera.
Eight sections from what light is to how thirteen great photographers see, with hands-on exhibits, not homework.
LIGHT IS RAIN
THE STREET
PORTRAIT
LANDSCAPE
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Thirteen ways of seeing.
One idea to learn from each.
A wall of artists: from Gordon Parks to Vivian Maier, each with a lesson you can go do today.
Gordon Parks
Dignity in everyday light. Find the grace in what others overlook.
Saul Leiter
Color through glass and rain. Let the city blur into poetry.
Vivian Maier
A secret eye on everyday streets. Carry a camera even if no one else ever sees what's on it.
Dorothea Lange
Get closer. The story lives in the face, not the crowd.
FIELD GUIDE
Your city is the classroom.
Hand-made photography guides with assignments, a scavenger hunt, and a passport full of stamps.
VOLUME I · SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco
7 NEIGHBORHOODS
7 ASSIGNMENTS
42 FINDS
VOLUME III · SHANGHAI
Shanghai
7 NEIGHBORHOODS
7 ASSIGNMENTS
42 FINDS
UNITED STATES
- San Francisco
- Los Angeles
- Death Valley
- Joshua Tree
- New Orleans
- Miami
- New York
EUROPE
- Paris
- Provence
- Barcelona
- Rome
- Dublin
CHINA
- Shanghai
- Beijing
- Chengdu
- Hong Kong
- Chongqing
JAPAN
- Tokyo, preparing
- Kyoto, preparing
ASIA
- Guilin / Yangshuo
COMING
- London
- Mexico City
- Marrakech
27 GUIDES LIVE · MORE PREPARING
SAME ASSIGNMENT
Work like a photojournalist.
A place. A brief. Six frames. Every photographer gets the same assignment, then goes their own way.
The Horizon
Photograph three different horizons without changing beaches.
- 1 · Upper third
- 2 · Lower third
- 3 · Silhouette
Wall art
Photograph the murals and the people who live beside them.
- 1 · A mural
- 2 · A portrait
- 3 · Texture
Reflections
Find the calm water and let it double the world.
- 1 · Reflection
- 2 · Tree
- 3 · Mist
Around the city
Walk the city and come back with six frames.
- 1 · Street
- 2 · Sign
- 3 · Night
Blurred light
Color light, moving. Hold the camera still.
- 1 · Light
- 2 · Color
- 3 · Motion
The light is out there waiting.
Go read it. Go find some.
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