Night Bus
Last service. Everyone on it.
The night bus is a social cross-section at its most unguarded - tired, drunk, quiet, strange. A month of night bus photography produces a body of work unlike anything else.
How to shoot it: Last services at the weekend, when the bus becomes a social cross-section at its most unguarded. Shoot available light, high ISO and a fast lens, from a seat rather than standing over people. Reflections in the dark windows double the frame. Read the room and stay safe, step off if it turns, and keep the camera low-key. A month of rides builds a body of work nothing else matches.
The output: A late-night document of the city at its least performative.
High ISO. Available light.
Take the night bus on a Friday or Saturday. Stay on it for two hours.