New Stack-A-Matic script now optimized for night photography image stacking
Night Photographers use a process called "image stacking" that allows us to (among other things) make extremely long, 1-8 hour exposures that would otherwise be impossible due to overexposure. We take several images that are "stacked" or combined into a single, composite image. Over the years I've used a variety of applications to stack these images together including Keith's Image Stacker, Startrails,exe, LR/Enfuse, "Open in Photoshop as Layers" and older…
Luminaria Exhibition
If you're in San Antonio this weekend you won't to miss Luminaria - the citywide arts festival. Downtown goes nuts for this and Hemisfair park will be full of performances, music and exhibitions. It's a celebration of the city's artists and artwork be it visual, performance or literary. I have a few 3x5 foot prints up at the Instituto de Mexico in an exhibit curated by Kathy Armstrong at the Southwest School of Art.
Night Photography Video
WalleyFilms just released a video that highlights our Night Photography workshop in West Texas. It was really fun having Angela and Mark Walley out filming during our annual workshop in Big Bend, TX. They are super talented and do amazing work. Between the photographers and videographers the creative process was quite alive that week with image making all day and all night long. You can check out more about WalleyFilms at walleyfilms.com As a long time still photographer, I'm pretty blown away with the power of video as a communication tool. As our DSLR cameras gain HD video capability I'm…
Make images while we can
We get the paper version of the New York Times and enjoy their apps for the iPhone and iPad while traveling. Among other things, my wife and I have long obsessed over the "Modern Love" column in the styles section on Sundays.
Today, the NYTimes is featuring an essay of Jenny's in that very column. It's a deeply personal piece that reminds us to appreciate what we have, and do what we can while we can. Whither on paper or on your…
Workshop Participant Work: Big Bend / Terlingua 2010
Last month's night photogrpahy workshop in the Big Bend / Terlingua area was exceptionally fun. There was a total of 17 of us there and we did some unusual things at this workshop. We rented out all the rooms in the Terlingua ghost town so we had the whole town to ourselves for a week. We met on the front porch of the old Perry Mansion each morning to import and develop images. We met in the 120 year old church every afternoon for critique and our afternoon lectures. We drove down dirt roads at night, went into an old mine shaft and got access to some neat areas on private property. Here is…
Workshop Participant Work: Mono Lake 2010
It's one thing to showcase my own work on this site but it's another to exhibit workshop participant's work. I feel like I've seen some great work from workshop students this past year and I'd like to start sharing that work. Here is some of the participant's work from our 2010 night photography workshop in the Eastern Sierras of California. More specifically, the images are from Olmsted Point in Yosemite, Bodie Ghost Town, and Mono Lake itself.
Night photography book signing and talk
Lance Keimig and I are proud to announce that Night Photography: Finding Your Way in the Dark by Focal Press, is now available in bookstores. Lance and I have been combining our materials in workshop handouts which has led to making this book. Lance is the author while I played the role of editor and significant contributor for this project. Together we combined Lance's 20…
Night Photography Book Announcement
Lance Keimig and I are proud to announce that Night Photography: Finding Your Way in the Dark by Focal Press, is now available in bookstores. The book combines Lance's 20 years of night photography experience, and my 20 years of digital imaging training to create the most expansive and comprehensive exploration of night photography available. At 280 pages, it includes…
Night Portraits of Night Photographers
I think it's important to show your work to your peers and get feedback, especially when it's new work you're experimenting with. In this spirit, I thought I'd share a few night portraits I've been experimenting with. At this year's Night Photography Festival in Mono Lake, CA, I had a blast teaching an advanced class and making images side-by-side with so many people. But it was all the guest speakers, instructors and fantastic night photographers all in one place that was so unique about this gathering. Lance and I reserved Bodie State Park for two nights instead of one this year so that our…