One question that comes up regularly is what I mean by “hiding lamps”.  This expression simply means positioning the camera in such a way to block the bright lights in a scene behind some object, such as a pole or tree. Night photography is inherently contrasty, with near black skies and lamps of some sort …

One of the best parts of traveling is visiting friends and getting a chance to shoot new locations with the “localers”.  When photographer friends come to California, I usually take them to interesting locations, based on what they want to shoot. This past trip to NY/NJ was no exemption.  I had the chance to shoot …

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In this post, I have added a few more night shots from the freighter voyage, since I shot so prolifically at night in this once-in-a-lifetime situation.  These examples show relative movement. In this first image, as the ship goes through the lock at the rate of a slow walk, you can see slight movement in …