Nowadays, the type of night photography that's attainable with high megapixels and high ISO performance in recent cameras is incredible; very little can be said against that type of equipment. Nonetheless, many of us have become accustomed to that kind of image quality, so it hardly surprises us anymore.

In my opinion, night time photography hasn't always stood out for technical perfection; for decades, photographers approached the night to document or a means to experiment. When it comes to taking portraits at night, artificial light has always gone hand in hand with the camera, and it wasn't until recent years that cameras began to register available light to a higher degree. For a long time, night time portraits had a strong bond a flash look that very often was not flattering but in recent times gave a significant appeal to fashion or even fine art photography.

When I met with Karina for this shoot, it was hardly 6 PM in October as we went on walking around 5th Avenue in Manhattan taking portraits. On this opportunity, I took the hard endeavor to lit Karina with a portable LED lamp held at harm's length, which proved to be more difficult than I expected.

Nighttime street portraits can be very rewarding if planned correctly, and even more so if shot with a camera system built in recent years since they all share similar high dynamic range and ISO performance. Despite my old camera system, this shoot was a lot of fun, as it helped me see that digital noise isn't too bad when you make the best effort to bring as much light as possible on to the subject. With fewer limitations that we now have to work with a camera at night, there’s no excuse to not get the work done.

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