November Rush Hour

Slow shutter speed from a tripod.

November Rush Hour

Slow shutter speed from a tripod.

Philly Skyline from South Street Bridge

It is so nice to have a fellow photographer friend

to do night time city excursions with!

I would never go alone and do this.

Submitted to Weekend Reflections.

Philly Skyline from South Street Bridge

It is so nice to have a fellow photographer friend

to do night time city excursions with!

I would never go alone and do this.

Submitted to Weekend Reflections.

Stormy Skies

There was a thunderstorm on the beach the other night
in Stone Harbor, NJ.

I couldn't contain myself...

I had to try and catch some lightning shots!

I think this is the best shot of the night, 

the rest are here.

Sorry the logo is on top of the lightning.
It is put there automatically by my photo host.

Stormy Skies

There was a thunderstorm on the beach the other night
in Stone Harbor, NJ.

I couldn't contain myself...

I had to try and catch some lightning shots!

I think this is the best shot of the night, 

the rest are here.

Sorry the logo is on top of the lightning.
It is put there automatically by my photo host.

Night Juggler

 

Last night my daughter, her fiance and I

went out and experimented photographing with glow sticks. 

 We just started to get the hang of things...

here are some pointers:

1. Use more than one glow stick in your hand - it is brighter.
2. Blue glow sticks are weak, and don't light up much.
3. Dress in black as much as possible.
4. Remember a flashlight, tripod, and bug spray.
5. Use a slow steady movement or the light is jerky,' - we are still working on that one.
6. Use the bulb setting on the camera.  My settings were ISO 100, F5.6 to 8, bulb

It was fun!

Night Juggler

 

Last night my daughter, her fiance and I

went out and experimented photographing with glow sticks. 

 We just started to get the hang of things...

here are some pointers:

1. Use more than one glow stick in your hand - it is brighter.
2. Blue glow sticks are weak, and don't light up much.
3. Dress in black as much as possible.
4. Remember a flashlight, tripod, and bug spray.
5. Use a slow steady movement or the light is jerky,' - we are still working on that one.
6. Use the bulb setting on the camera.  My settings were ISO 100, F5.6 to 8, bulb

It was fun!

Night in Valley Forge

I recently took a photography class with Ken Hubbard, 

and one of the aspects covered in the class was 

photographing at night with slow shutter speeds 

while using a light to paint a subject.

ISO 400, F 5.6,  30 sec, shot in RAW on tripod.

In this photo, I placed a flashlight inside the cabin for the entire exposure.

My friend used another flashlight to 'paint' the cabin 

to add some light to it.

 To paint, take your flashlight and 
shine it over the subject evenly, 
in this case, the cabin.
Back and forth, or up and down, 
so you get even light on the subject.
We experimented a bit with both 
exposure times and 'paint times.'
In this case, the person painting, 
walked into the photo to paint, 
but because he kept moving 
you can't see him in the photo.
Here is a video that might help.
http://vimeo.com/22776262

In post processing, 

I changed the white balance to Shade

because it added that awesome warm sky.

(Which I like, but also recognize you may not.
And that's OK.) 

I also ran it through a Noiseware Plug-in 

to get rid of that nasty digital noise.

Now that I have some basics down, 

I can't wait to try this again!

Who's with me?

Night in Valley Forge

I recently took a photography class with Ken Hubbard, 

and one of the aspects covered in the class was 

photographing at night with slow shutter speeds 

while using a light to paint a subject.

ISO 400, F 5.6,  30 sec, shot in RAW on tripod.

In this photo, I placed a flashlight inside the cabin for the entire exposure.

My friend used another flashlight to 'paint' the cabin 

to add some light to it.

 To paint, take your flashlight and 
shine it over the subject evenly, 
in this case, the cabin.
Back and forth, or up and down, 
so you get even light on the subject.
We experimented a bit with both 
exposure times and 'paint times.'
In this case, the person painting, 
walked into the photo to paint, 
but because he kept moving 
you can't see him in the photo.
Here is a video that might help.
http://vimeo.com/22776262

In post processing, 

I changed the white balance to Shade

because it added that awesome warm sky.

(Which I like, but also recognize you may not.
And that's OK.) 

I also ran it through a Noiseware Plug-in 

to get rid of that nasty digital noise.

Now that I have some basics down, 

I can't wait to try this again!

Who's with me?

Cairnwood at Night

This is just a fun photo.

I took the photo of Cairnwood 

in Bryn Athyn, PA with a star filter.

The moon was full that night, 

but not in the right location. 

So I moved it. :)

Gotta love photoshop!
 
A star filter is simply a filter with cross hatches on it.
The light travels along those hatch lines
creating a star like look.

Replacing the moon was relatively easy.
I cropped the moon from a separate photo
where I had darkened the sky to black.
Then, I placed that moon photo on top
of this photo in the location I wanted it and re-sized it.
To make the crop marks disappear
I changed the moon's layer opacity to screen
which removed all the black and just left the moon.

Cairnwood at Night

This is just a fun photo.

I took the photo of Cairnwood 

in Bryn Athyn, PA with a star filter.

The moon was full that night, 

but not in the right location. 

So I moved it. :)

Gotta love photoshop!
 
A star filter is simply a filter with cross hatches on it.
The light travels along those hatch lines
creating a star like look.

Replacing the moon was relatively easy.
I cropped the moon from a separate photo
where I had darkened the sky to black.
Then, I placed that moon photo on top
of this photo in the location I wanted it and re-sized it.
To make the crop marks disappear
I changed the moon's layer opacity to screen
which removed all the black and just left the moon.

'Harvest Moon' Upper Dublin Photographer

f/11.0, 1/125s, 400 ISO

'Harvest Moon' Upper Dublin Photographer

f/11.0, 1/125s, 400 ISO