Bumble reply when she says she's a photographer who shoots at night

"Mostly at night" tells you something practical. Night work usually means she is out late, probably working alone or with a small crew, and her mornings may be slow or unpredictable. It also tells you the work has a mood: long exposures, empty streets, the city after it has settled. That is the part she likely finds most interesting to talk about, more than the technical side.

So read her bio as a prompt about the subject, not about her schedule. The thing she is actually signalling is that she has a point of view on a particular kind of light and place. People who shoot at night often have a favourite spot, a shot they keep failing to get, or a reason they started. Those are the threads worth pulling.

The fastest way to get a real answer is to ask about a specific image or location she would have to describe in her own words. Something like what draws her to a certain kind of street after dark, or what she is usually chasing when she goes out. Questions like that let her talk about what she sees, and that is the material she can keep going with.

Avoid questions that only have one-word answers or that she has heard too many times. If you ask about her favourite photo, expect a link and nothing more. Ask instead about the conditions: how long a shoot usually takes, what makes a night worth going out for, whether she plans shots in advance or wanders. Each of those invites a few sentences back.

Proposing a meetup in the first message, when she has just told you about her work, tends to feel like you skipped the part where you were interested. It can also run into her schedule problem immediately, since night shooting makes weekday evenings and early mornings unreliable.

Let the conversation about her work run for a few exchanges. Once she has told you something real, a natural next step is to ask whether she would show you a place she shoots or whether she has a series she is proud of. That gives you a concrete reason to meet that is tied to what she already cares about, and it lets her pick a time that fits her working hours.