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  • Long exposure of car lights going around a roundabout with a library in the background.
    An antique touring car from the 1920s speeds through Union Square with a painterly treatment.
    The Powell Street Trolley glides through the streets of San Francisco on a sunny autumn afternoon.
    Impressionist figures rushing down the sidewalk of a busy urban street scene at night with threads and squiggles of colored light.
    The Powell Street Trolley zooms down the hills of San Francisco overflowing with passengers with the night lights streaking past.
    Storefronts and restaurants line the walkway that is bathed is sqiggles of colored lights.
    People carrying flags and banners down a street.
    Swooshes of colorful festive Korean dancers in motion.
    Monterey Porsche Dealership from the street lit up with a dramatic sunset in the background.
    Shadowy figures are engulfed in colorful light.
    People hanging out windows with lights before dawn.
    Impressionist figures rushing down the sidewalk of a busy urban street scene at dusk with squiggles and threads of light from storefronts and traffic.
  • Figures bathed and engulfed in the light of a candy store at night.

Streetscape

Our cities and streets are a buzz with energy and activity. Most of Steve Zmak’s streetscapes are shot at night because he is most drawn to the diversity of colors, types, and sizes of all the lights. You will find that most of his street photography employes long exposures and lens painting.