“The Blue Hour”
In this month’s issue of Photoshop User magazine (official magazine of the NAPP – National Association of Photoshop Professionals) there is an article on ‘The blue Hour’, that time of day that is just after sunset or just before sunrise where the sky is not black, but not the full light blue of day either. When the lights of a city or town are on and the sky is not yet fully dark, you can capture some wonderful images.
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Appearance! By me of all people!
I will be showing some of my work at the FRESH GROUND COFFEE HOUSE in Willow Grove PA this coming Friday evening July 24th from 8pm until Midnight! Fresh Ground was put together by a friend of mine in a wonderful little church in Willow Grove and they had their first one last month. I attended and the church wasn’t struck by lightning. Amazing!
You can get all the details on Facebook.com (just click here to check it out) but I can tell you that there will be live music from Bill Haney and Friends, fresh coffee, good people, conversation and you can see my work all for free! I like free, free is good. If you’re like me and thinking, “they are going to go all religious on me,” don’t worry. Last month the only time I heard the ‘G’ word was when someone stubbed their toe and that was followed by a word other than ‘bless’.
I look forward to seeing you there! Yes, you.
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Elusive Light
Last week I wrote about capturing electric lights at night and some effects you can do in camera. But what about elusive light? What is elusive light? I covered some elusive light when I wrote about long exposure times and capturing the light that is there but we can barely perceive. What about very fast, very bright flashes of light? You have seen them. But have you captured them? Lightning can most certainly be elusive!
Take a look at the first bolt of lightning I captured this past Saturday and you can see that it is trying to hide behind a tree!
With a little patience and a good view of the sky, I caught more. Click the link and see how and what was caught.
Traditional, Not So Much…
Let me first apologize for being late with this post. Blame it on the dentist and the root canal. I am. Now that I am feeling a bit better and can actually eat food to keep up enough strength to type, I thought we could continue our discussion on light, long exposures and what you can do with it.
Below is an image of one of the most photographed sites in Philadelphia PA, USA. Located on the east bank of the Schuylkill (pronounced “SKOO-kull”) River, it has been a popular spot since at least the 1850s (most people who live here still can’t pronounce it though). According to Google, there are at least 72,000 images on the web of this beautiful location.
So how do you capture a location that is so popular and make it unique? Click on the link to see how I used a long exposure to show Boathouse Row in a new light.
