Adam Mabrouk

Photographer & Aspiring Filmmaker

City At Night

 March 21, 2023
As I was in my hometown, I went out at night and saw this car and decided it deserved to be photographed. The shot wasn’t interesting enough for me, but I had this portable light with me. I decided to light the car from the front, and then saw that the seating pillows’ shadows make the shape of two cats. I tried to draw a heart with light, but the shape wasn’t working, so I thought I could go around the car with the light, and with that, I got this shot.
Decided to go to my childhood friend’s house with my camera just in case. We had a nice time but then as it was dark, I saw this interesting wide shot of the bin with the wall. I tried a few shots but none of them were interesting. Because I had a long shutter the shots took 5 seconds each, so I decided to take one more shot, and then a car passed by and was pleasantly surprised with this photograph.
Being in my hometown for the second time, I decide to head outside at night and take a picture of the stars... It was unsuccessful. But I still walked around, and then I stumbled across this hill on the side of the road that shows a building from another street alongside its street's light, and so I took the picture.
I was trying to take a picture of the moon, but then saw that there were these other light sources and so I thought it would be an interesting picture to photograph the moon alongside these point lights to make the six moons.

Even though it was supposed to be CITY at night, I chose to do this project in my hometown. The goal here was to take advantage of the night and my tripod to make these long exposure photos.

The challenges I ran into was mostly mental as I had anxieties with being outside into the night. With that said, I ignored my fears to get these 4 photos for the project.

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Adam Mabrouk

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As I was in my hometown, I went out at night and saw this car and decided it deserved to be photographed. The shot wasn’t interesting enough for me, but I had this portable light with me. I decided to light the car from the front, and then saw that the seating pillows’ shadows make the shape of two cats. I tried to draw a heart with light, but the shape wasn’t working, so I thought I could go around the car with the light, and with that, I got this shot.
Decided to go to my childhood friend’s house with my camera just in case. We had a nice time but then as it was dark, I saw this interesting wide shot of the bin with the wall. I tried a few shots but none of them were interesting. Because I had a long shutter the shots took 5 seconds each, so I decided to take one more shot, and then a car passed by and was pleasantly surprised with this photograph.
Being in my hometown for the second time, I decide to head outside at night and take a picture of the stars... It was unsuccessful. But I still walked around, and then I stumbled across this hill on the side of the road that shows a building from another street alongside its street's light, and so I took the picture.
I was trying to take a picture of the moon, but then saw that there were these other light sources and so I thought it would be an interesting picture to photograph the moon alongside these point lights to make the six moons.