Night Photography Field Trip
In my photo II class I give the students an assignment to make photographs at night. I usually try to coincide the assignment with the full moon, (the full moon was March 3 I believe). We held an optional field trip Friday night to photograph under the light of the moon. We met at the photography lab and drove to St. Anthony to photograph in the nice little park in town that sits along the shores of the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River. Three students and I braved the cold (and it was surprisingly cold) and had a good time. The students succumbed to the cold after an hour or so, I photographed a bit longer. At one point I was composing in the viewfinder and my lips touched the metal of the tripod and actually stuck. The fire department wasn’t called, I just lost a thin layer of lip skin, and persevered. I was pretty happy with a few images.
One thing that was interesting to watch, was how the light of the full moon gradually became more intense than the light from the twilight sky. When we arrived the sun had set and the moon had risen, but there was plenty of ambient light and the light from the full moon was not evident. By the time we left, there was no ambient light and the light of the moon was very evident. The following three photographs, taken from similar vantage points show the differences in intensity of the moon light. Notice the lack of shadows in the first photograph, the subtle shadows (created by moonlight) in the second photograph, and the fully formed shadows from the moon in the last image.
6:15 pm
6:52 pm
7:09 pm
Here are a couple other images from the evening.
Diversion Dam, Clyde Keefer Memorial Park, St. Anthony, ID 2007
Moonlight Reflecting on Water, Clyde Keefer Memorial Park, St. Anthony, ID 2007
Thanks for giving us incredible photos for YOUR birthday!! Thanks for the mini photography lecture, too. Keep ‘em coming!
good story.
Wish I could have been there.
Oh, and happy birthday
Moonlight is cool.
Happy Birthday!!!
did you get my birthday email? Carson “wrote” you a message too. Pretty funny.
I can’t believe nobody commented on your story regarding your lip getting stuck on the tripod! Sheesh, Darren would NEVER let us forget it if that happened to us! I just wish one of the photo students could have taken a picture of you with your lip stuck, now THAT is art!!!!
Oh yeah, those moonlight pictures rock!
NOBODY SLEEPS IN SEATTLE! 5 more weeks to go…
Darren..
Great photos! ….the story about the lips. All I could think of was the movie “The Christmas Story” with poor Ralphie and his lips on the pole!
Uncle PHil