As with all people photography you'll have to develop your own approach to taking pictures of people on the street, but the opportunities are many and varied. After Dark Cities and buildings take on a completely different look and feel after dark and the images will add an extra dimension to your collection. The best time to photograph is around 10 to 20 minutes after sunset. By then the incandescent lighting provided by interior, spot and streetlights will be the dominant light source, but there'll still be some light and color in the sky. When it's completely dark, concentrate on filling the frame with well-lit subjects and avoid large areas of unlit space.
Night photography requires a tripod and cable release, as exposures are generally long.
To record detail, overexpose by one and two stops - otherwise the only thing that will come out will be the lights themselves. As with all difficult lighting situations bracketing is recommended. His photographs also appear in more that 150 Lonely Planet titles, including Chasing Rickshaws and Sacred India , and in books published by Penguin, Random House, Times and Reader's Digest. Travel Photography is published by Lonely Planet Publication, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. This excerpt has been authorized by the publisher.