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What is night photography?

night - Pronunciation: 'nIt - noun - the time from dusk to dawn when no sunlight is visible

photography - pho-tog-ra-phy - Pronunciation: fo-tä-gra-fee - the art or process of producing images on a sensitized surface (as a film) by the action of radiant energy and especially light

Night photography by its very definition is an oxymoron, because there cannot be photography without light. Well, you will be surprised by how much light there actually is between dusk and dawn. The four days before and after the full moon can be so bright that you can read a book by the light. This light is what makes night photography so wonderful and surreal. Unlike day photography when one can use 100 speed film to capture an image in less than a 1/4 second, night photography uses the same speed film but exposes the film for as long as eight minutes and sometimes even longer. This long exposure not only produces vibrant colors created by the moonlight but also reveals any motion of light passing through the camera lens. Car lights turn into red streaks and stars arc across the sky as they pursue their astronomic orbits. Scenes can be painted with light as the photographer walks around the scene and pops his colored flash. This is what differentiates the day shooter from night shooter. Time as they say is on our hands and we play with it like clay.

I wish I could say that I discovered this amazing medium on my own but I must give that credit to Troy Paiva who opened the amazing world of night photography when I found his web site LostAmerica.com .

Please explore this site as well as the links to other night photographers and experience my view of photography as I see it.

 

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