Car near Aguaberry Mine Camp, Death Valley
On our first evening in Death Valley last month, we ventured out to shoot a mine camp. It was the first time I had been shooting at night in a few months, so I was feeling a bit out of practice, but it was amazing being out under the stars again.
(Technical: This is a blend of two images, one exposed for the sky, the other for the light painting and car.)
San Francisco shot from Treasure Island.
December 2012
On this particular night, a few days before the beacon on the Trans America Building turns off for the season, the bay was fairly calm and the city lights were reflecting beautifully in the water.
Technical:
To capture this shot, I used a 70-200mm lens at f/22 (to capture the starburst on the beacon) and opened the shutter for 60 seconds.
Wind turbines near Palm Springs, California.
(Night. 90% moon. 5 minute exposure.)
Low tide at the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Northern California.
(Night. 30 seconds. Lit by ambient light.)
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard was the first US naval base on the Pacific Ocean. The land was purchased in the 1850's and shipbuilding began immediately. During the years of operation the shipyard constructed 89 vessels and WWI, Mare Island was a major player in the construction of ships. To this day, they hold the record for the quickest construction of a destroyer (built in just under 18 days).
Former auto bridge, turned pedetstrian bridge, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
T-Rex at the Cabazon Dinosaurs.
(Night. Full moon. 40 seconds. Lit by ambient and moonlight.)
Night at a California bus maintenance yard.
Night. 45 seconds. Lit by ambient light, incandescent (on the tires) and LED flashlight (on side of bus and barrel).
An old bus sits on a trailer at a Northern California bus maintenance yard.
(Night. Full moon. Lit by ambient light, flashlight in the interior as well as the exterior.)
This is T.
He's a T-Rex.
He lives in Cabazon, California.
At night, his mouth glows red from all the people prey he devoured that day.
Last night I returned from a week long road trip in the South. I'm just starting to download the photos from the trip, so for now, here's an image from a Northern California bus yard taken last month. This is a 90 second exposure, taken at night, lit with an LED panel and flashlight.
This hangar at the Wendover Air Field in Wendover, Utah was once home to the Enola Gay, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomber responsible for deploying the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945.
(From the 2008 archives.)
A train passes behind a group of buses at Northern California bus maintenance yard.
Night. Full moon. 90 seconds. Lit by moonlight.
Northern California bus maintenance yard.
Night. Full moon. 120 seconds. Lit by ambient light + moonlight.
Standing inside a roofless bus at a bus maintenance yard in Northern California.
(Night. Full moon. 2 minutes exposure. Lit by LED and incandescent flashlights combined with moonlight.)
