Category: Night Photography

A Night At The Beach

I was running out of ideas of good subjects to shoot for some night photography.  I was walking through a Walmart when I noticed a display of all sorts of beach items.  When I saw the beach umbrella and chair, I decided that I had to have it.  When the next full moon came around…


The Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse

The Lunar Eclipse of January 20-21, 2019 Ideally, the best location to photograph the moon would be when it is somewhat close to the horizon.  Since the lunar eclipse is occurring around midnight, the moon was high in the sky making it impossible to include a landscape.  However, this doesn’t prevent me from photographing it. …


One Day Trip to South Florida

For landscape photography, the images that stand out are the ones that have dramatic skies. Unless you are wanting to photograph the milky way at night, images that have a clear sky are usually boring. I went to the Everglades yesterday morning in hopes of better weather.  I left Monday night and arrived at Pine…


Night time at the Castillo de San Marcos

It has been several years since I had photographed the Castillo.  I began last week by photographing from inside the moat looking up at a tree over a couple of benches.  It hadn’t turned out as well as I had hoped at the time but over all it wasn’t a real bad image either.  Last…


Exploring St. Augustine’s Castillo de San Marcos

Exploring St. Augustine Last night I was a bit restless, so I decided to take a little ride to find something to shoot. I can always count on St. Augustine for having a wide variety of subjects to photograph. This one I had shot one time before on Astia slide film, but it didn’t turn…


Matanzas Inlet Night Photography

My first attempt at night photography was taken at Matanzas Inlet, Florida in 2006.  It was on a full moon, and I decided to experiment with tungsten slide film.  After doing some reading, estimating exposure and taking careful notes, I come out with these shots of the concrete pilings at the mouth of the Matanzas…


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