Night Photography

The other night found me wandering our local park with friends searching for interesting elements to illuminate and photograph. Night photography has always intrigued me because the night removes color and reduces our view to shapes. With the help of strobes and flashlights, color can be reintroduced selectively. This shot was a 2.5 minute exposure at 100 ISO, at f11 with a 16mm lens on a full frame sensor. I used a tripod with a locked cable release, then moved in front of the camera and triggered the flash a few times to light myself. The effect is ghostly! Because of the longer exposure, I was able to capture the ambient light from the streetlights in the park.