Night Photography

There are many photographers that tend to stay away from night photography, and by night photography I do not in anyway mean pictures of the moon. Thats Astrophotography at its basic level. I mean night photography in the general means of producing pictures of landscapes and possibly cityscapes with the key factor being night, many are medium to long exposures.

There are some photographers that pack it in when night falls, for myself I see a whole different side to the landscape. There are always two faces to everything, a coin, the truth, an event and even the landscape.

_{TXU Power Plant, Night
© Copyright 2006 Thomas Simpson}

This shot was done with a cheap digital camera, Fuji s3100 with a shutterspeed of 20/10. I perfer the night, it brings me more challenges than say day time would. With day time, you merely shoot different things at different times to better function with the sun as it makes its way across the sky. With night work, one has to know what the moon is doing and how to adjust accordenly. I'm not saying its completely hard, it's not, but its not one of those things you just go out and do. So far the longest exposure that I have produced is up to 8 minutes long. Unfortunately I didnt compensate well enough and nothing was produced on the negative. But that wont stop me from trying it again. Just remember, get your materials together, learn what you have to do and do it. Never shy away from something because not many people are doing it, remember photography is about having fun to start with.