http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography Night photography, taking pictures of the night sky, light painting, and all types of nighttime photo subjects Mon, 20 May 2013 12:09:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 nightphotography-digital-after-darkhttp://feedburner.google.com http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/sick-of-soul-food-exploring-new-frontiers/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/sick-of-soul-food-exploring-new-frontiers/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 16:28:54 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2181 Note: I shot every image in this post from the same location. In this recent galactic post, I talked about exploring those “one of these days” places that we all drive by on the way to somewhere else. Well, now I want to talk a little bit about those “somewhere else” places that we’re always [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/sick-of-soul-food-exploring-new-frontiers/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/space-needle-the-final-frontier/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/space-needle-the-final-frontier/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 02:40:53 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2163 How many potential photo ops do you see all the time and then drive right by, thinking you’ll check it out one of these days? You know, a dirt road you pass by on the way to a somewhere else, or an overlook on your favorite parkway that requires a short hike and you just [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/space-needle-the-final-frontier/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/may-night-photography-events-calendar/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/may-night-photography-events-calendar/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 01:37:00 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2150 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/may-night-photography-events-calendar/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/night-and-day-photography-exposure-taking-a-meter-reading/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/night-and-day-photography-exposure-taking-a-meter-reading/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:30:12 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2139 Warning: This is a Soapbox post. Proceed with caution. This is the first of a three-part article on exposure for night photography, as well as most other types of photography. In Part Two we’ll talk about choosing aperture, shutter speed, and ISO based on the scene. Part Three will look at how to evaluate the [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/night-and-day-photography-exposure-taking-a-meter-reading/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/more-light-streaks-in-new-york/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/more-light-streaks-in-new-york/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:02:36 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2131 After I finished shooting on Mulberry Street, I walked to another favorite New York location, Madison Square Park. There’s a tiny island in the street where you can stand in front of a planter and get a great view of the Flat Iron Building with cars streaking by. By the time I got there, it [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/more-light-streaks-in-new-york/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/night-time-in-little-italy-new-york-city/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/night-time-in-little-italy-new-york-city/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:38:48 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2126 While I was in New York last week for the Northeast Astro Imaging Conference and the Northeast Astronomy Forum & Telescope Show, I was able to spend a couple of nights in the city photographing. I didn’t have a lot of time, so I visited some of my favorite haunts for shooting rather than spend [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/night-time-in-little-italy-new-york-city/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/2013-neaf-neaic-and-lots-of-geeks/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/2013-neaf-neaic-and-lots-of-geeks/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:49:48 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2117 I’m back home from the Northeast Astro Imaging Conference and the Northeast Astronomy Forum & Telescope Show in Suffern, New York. This was my first year attending these events, so I didn’t know exactly what to expect.  I have to say, I’m really surprised to learn that there so many men in this world who [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/2013-neaf-neaic-and-lots-of-geeks/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/taking-a-little-break/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/taking-a-little-break/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:50:08 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2113 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/taking-a-little-break/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/lucky-sunrise/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/lucky-sunrise/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:30:07 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2104 If you’ve seen me give a night-photography program, you know I’m a big proponent of being prepared. Indeed, with night photography, that’s the name of the game. You don’t just walk around at night with a camera looking for photos. You go out with the shot already in your head and you create it. With [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/lucky-sunrise/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-image-winter-waterfall/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-image-winter-waterfall/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:43:34 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2091 Okay, I promise this will be the last snow or ice night photo I’ll show you until next winter. Spring has sprung and it’s time for warmer thoughts from now on. Personally, I’m already getting excited about shooting fireflies in a month or so.  ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-image-winter-waterfall/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-night-photos-the-edge-of-twilight/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-night-photos-the-edge-of-twilight/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:30:50 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2085 Sometimes when the conditions are just right, the demarcation in the twilight sky is as vivid as the colors of twilight itself. I’m afraid I don’t know what those conditions are, however, although it seems to occur most often after a front has come through and cleared the air. If there are any atmospheric scientists [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-night-photos-the-edge-of-twilight/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-night-photos-storm-clouds-in-the-roan-mountain-highlands/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-night-photos-storm-clouds-in-the-roan-mountain-highlands/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 03:11:37 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2080 For tonight’s night photos, I’ll give you a couple more old film shots from the Roan Mountain Highlands. I spent the night on a ridgeline and just after sunset, I watched a distant thunderstorm and the last bit of sunlight fire up the clouds. Back then (we’re talking the early 1990s), I didn’t know anything [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-night-photos-storm-clouds-in-the-roan-mountain-highlands/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/test-2/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/test-2/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 03:05:12 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2074 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/test-2/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/early-morning-in-the-roan-mountain-highlands/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/early-morning-in-the-roan-mountain-highlands/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:35:11 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2051 Here’s a couple more shots I made from the same location as yesterday’s photo. These are old film shots as well. In fact, I think I shot the horizontal image on the same morning as yeatserday’s shot. Roan Mountain is famous for its Catawba rhododendron bloom in June, but it also has some nice displays [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/early-morning-in-the-roan-mountain-highlands/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-image-roan-mountain-highlands/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-image-roan-mountain-highlands/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 03:35:59 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2044 Yes, this is a night photo. (See my definition of night photography.) I’ve been digging through some old film shots recently and dusted this one off to show you. I used a graduated neutral density filter (either 2 or 3 stops) to block light from the sky and hold detail in the foreground.]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-image-roan-mountain-highlands/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/mystery-light-streaks/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/mystery-light-streaks/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:20:14 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2039 I knew when I committed to posting a new night photo every night that some nights would be tough. Tonight is one of those nights. I’m tired, and I think I’ll go crawl in the bed. But before I go, I’ll give you something to think about. Can you guess the subject of this night [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/mystery-light-streaks/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/as-they-say-somebody-has-to-do-it/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/as-they-say-somebody-has-to-do-it/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:47:01 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2030 One of the things I like most about writing and photographing books is that it forces enables me to learn new things and to photograph things that I normally wouldn’t. I remember the first time I saw a photo of the Grove Park Inn Spa in Asheville, I thought it was a pretty cool place. [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/as-they-say-somebody-has-to-do-it/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/jupiter-clouds-and-wine-thirty/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/jupiter-clouds-and-wine-thirty/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:13:09 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2024 I’m very fortunate to live in location that’s pretty good for shooting the night sky. It’s not totally dark; there are several streetlights nearby, as well as the lights from my neighbors. But it’s dark enough that I can see the Milky Way pretty well, and there are some decent mountain ridges and trees that [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/jupiter-clouds-and-wine-thirty/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-nocturnal-image-night-sky-over-fontana-lake-in-the-smokies/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-nocturnal-image-night-sky-over-fontana-lake-in-the-smokies/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 03:37:23 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2019 Okay, one more night photo from the Smokies in honor of my new book Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I promise something new for tomorrow night’s image.]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-nocturnal-image-night-sky-over-fontana-lake-in-the-smokies/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-a-wet-trailhead/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-a-wet-trailhead/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 03:04:32 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2012 Here’s a shot of the trailhead for a couple of the hikes in my new book, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, that I wrote about yesterday. Yes, this is a trailhead! Before you can start hiking the trails, you have to take a boat trip across Fontana Lake. This photo shows the marina very [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-a-wet-trailhead/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/hiking-great-smoky-mountains-national-park/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/hiking-great-smoky-mountains-national-park/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:42:28 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2000 I’m happy to announce that I have a new book! Well, actually, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park is not new. The book is 10 years old, but for various reasons I never publicized it. (Ask me about it over a beer sometime.) But the revised edition is totally new and all the issues I had [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/hiking-great-smoky-mountains-national-park/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-dawn-in-burano/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-dawn-in-burano/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:53:21 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1994 During the day, throngs of visitors descend upon the little village of Burano, which is just across the bay from Venice. But at night, Burano settles down to the sleepy village that it was before it became a tourist attraction. ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-dawn-in-burano/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/low-hanging-fruit-time-to-make-lemonade/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/low-hanging-fruit-time-to-make-lemonade/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:52:16 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1983 In this post, I talk about how light pollution affects the night sky photos I shoot around my house. Here’s another example that I shot last night from my back porch right at the end of twilight. When the clouds are low like this, the various lights in the neighborhood illuminate them nicely. As I [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/low-hanging-fruit-time-to-make-lemonade/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-aboard-the-international-space-station-an-incredible-opportunity/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-aboard-the-international-space-station-an-incredible-opportunity/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:41:23 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1977 This is a bittersweet post. On one hand, I’m extremely excited to tell you about an incredible photographic opportunity that has landed in my lap, but on the other hand, I’m sad to say that I’ll have to abandon this blog for two months while I participate in the project. In fact, I’ll have to [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-aboard-the-international-space-station-an-incredible-opportunity/feed/ 4 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/april-2013-night-photography-events-calendar/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/april-2013-night-photography-events-calendar/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:58:42 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1968 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/april-2013-night-photography-events-calendar/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-nocturnal-image-sunset-on-the-blue-ridge-parkway/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-nocturnal-image-sunset-on-the-blue-ridge-parkway/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:53:06 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2100 ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-nocturnal-image-sunset-on-the-blue-ridge-parkway/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-twilight-through-a-fisheye-lens/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-twilight-through-a-fisheye-lens/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 03:49:17 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1990 Here’s a shot I made while waiting for the International Space Station to fly over Mount LeConte in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The photo I made of the fly-over is here. ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-twilight-through-a-fisheye-lens/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photo-gear-review-digital-after-dark-night-vision-hat/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photo-gear-review-digital-after-dark-night-vision-hat/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:46:17 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1944 In my roundup of LED flashlights for photographers, I talked a little bit about the benefit of having a light with a red (or green or blue) LED for preserving night vision. Two of the Coast flashlights I use regularly have this feature, the PX20 and the TX10. I like these lights very much, but [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photo-gear-review-digital-after-dark-night-vision-hat/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-full-moon-in-venice/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-full-moon-in-venice/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:15:16 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1939    ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-full-moon-in-venice/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-falling-snow-at-night/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-falling-snow-at-night/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:39:33 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1921 For those of you who still have winter weather to deal with (like me), I thought I’d throw out some tips for shooting in falling snow at night. Of course, as with any type of night photography, you need some sort of light to illuminate the scene. If you also wish to show the snowflakes [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-falling-snow-at-night/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/going-rogue-with-twilight/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/going-rogue-with-twilight/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:46:32 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1901 Are you sick of my talking about twilight? Well, tough. My canning the blue-hour talk is about as likely to happen as Flo marrying that gecko. (Thanks Nancy!) The colorful glow seen in the western sky after sunset and eastern sky before sunrise is called the twilight arch. If the conditions are right, a really cool atmospheric [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/going-rogue-with-twilight/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/one-last-shot-at-winter-waterfalls/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/one-last-shot-at-winter-waterfalls/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:19:33 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1896 Mother Nature has swooped down on my neck of the woods and declared that spring is just going to have to wait. So I’m outta here in hopes of one last opportunity of shooting waterfalls at night in the snow. Considering the pitiful chances I’ve had all winter to this point, I’m not getting my [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/one-last-shot-at-winter-waterfalls/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/one-of-those-nights/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/one-of-those-nights/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:59:22 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1892 Check out this blog post for more photos about antitwilight and anticrepuscular rays, along with info about the phenomena.]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/one-of-those-nights/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-nocturnal-image/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-nocturnal-image/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2013 03:20:37 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1887 ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-nocturnal-image/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/light-pollution-pukey-photos/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/light-pollution-pukey-photos/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 03:45:14 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1880 Light pollution is the bane of night-sky photographers. We drive miles to get away from it so we can photography the sky in all its natural glory. I’ve never had anyone look at any of the photos I’ve attempted under light-polluted skies tell me how much they love the pukey brown and yellow color casts. [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/light-pollution-pukey-photos/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-queensboro-bridge/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-queensboro-bridge/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:00:05 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1874 It’s late and I’m tired, so no story tonight–just a photo. Tune in tomorrow for more, same bat time, same bat channel.]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-queensboro-bridge/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/pic-of-the-night-evening-in-burano/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/pic-of-the-night-evening-in-burano/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:44:18 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=2095    ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/pic-of-the-night-evening-in-burano/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/getting-fired-up-for-foto-fest-attendees/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/getting-fired-up-for-foto-fest-attendees/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:49:07 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1866 As a photographer and outdoors person who is more comfortable being uncomfortable, I’ve found myself in some interesting  situations over the years and, when required, I’ve  signed my life away on liability releases. It’s old hat. Sign your name and hope that you didn’t give away your camera gear in the fine print that you [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/getting-fired-up-for-foto-fest-attendees/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/look-homeward-beermeister/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/look-homeward-beermeister/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:31:22 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1861 I’m heading across the state today to my second-favorite North Carolina city, Wilmington, to give a program for my friends at Cape Fear Camera Club. Here’s a shot I took on a previous trip to  Wilmington of the only natural rock outcrop on the North Carolina coast. So what’s my favorite NC city? That would [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/look-homeward-beermeister/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-little-italy-in-new-york/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-little-italy-in-new-york/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:16:21 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1857 ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-little-italy-in-new-york/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/choosing-led-flashlights-for-light-painting-photography-part-two/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/choosing-led-flashlights-for-light-painting-photography-part-two/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:16:56 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1805 In Part One, I talked about all the features a photographer should look for in a flashlight. If you haven’t read it, please do so before reading this one. It contains important stuff you need to know. Here, I’m going to name names and make specific recommendations. First, full disclosure. Yes, I offer all the flashlights [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/choosing-led-flashlights-for-light-painting-photography-part-two/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-northern-lights-in-north-carolina/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-northern-lights-in-north-carolina/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:28:36 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1800 A coronal mass ejection is heading for Earth (www.spaceweather.com) and is expected to cause an increase in polar aurora activity and possibly even trigger activity at middle latitudes. The last time I was lucky enough to see the aurora at my latitude (35-degrees north) was over 10 years ago. Here’s a shot I captured from [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-northern-lights-in-north-carolina/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/comet-panstarrs-and-false-advertising/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/comet-panstarrs-and-false-advertising/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:13:24 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1793 I’m not a big fan of traditional advertising techniques, especially those that insult my intelligence, or lack thereof. Show me a baby that Warren Buffet turns to for investment advice, or try to play on the fact that I’m an ignorant redneck in order to get me to drink your watery excuse for a beer, [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/comet-panstarrs-and-false-advertising/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-big-dipper-on-the-edge-of-blue-hour/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-big-dipper-on-the-edge-of-blue-hour/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:50:59 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1789 ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-big-dipper-on-the-edge-of-blue-hour/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/twilight-to-the-rescue/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/twilight-to-the-rescue/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:30:08 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1785 Had an assignment to photograph one of the old mill towns along the Haw River in North Carolina. It’s typical of these kinds of towns, in that it isn’t the most exciting place to photograph. Contributing to the problem is that this particular mill has been reborn as condos, shops, and parking lots. All the [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/twilight-to-the-rescue/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-spring-peepers-and-avoiding-the-police/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-spring-peepers-and-avoiding-the-police/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:26:09 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1779 “Let me get this straight. You’re out here photographing frogs? At night? In the rain?” Police officers have questioned me many times, but this particular interrogation might have elicited the strangest look. I suppose I can’t really blame the cop for questioning me. If I were in his shoes and had seen a grown man [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-spring-peepers-and-avoiding-the-police/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/crepuscular-comets-crescents/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/crepuscular-comets-crescents/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:23:17 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1772 Tonight is the new moon, which means that tomorrow evening a very thin crescent moon will lie low on the horizon in the dusk sky after sunset, similar to the accompanying image. A thicker and higher one will occur on Wednesday night. And if all goes well, those of us in the Northern Hemisphere will [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/crepuscular-comets-crescents/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-first-flight-at-twilight/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-first-flight-at-twilight/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:35:23 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1768 For the First Flight Centennial, the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills unveiled this life-size sculpture depicting the Wright Brothers first flight. In the distance stands the Wright Brothers Memorial Shaft on Big Kill Devil Hill.]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-first-flight-at-twilight/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/image-for-the-night-isolation-of-venice-arsenale-gate/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/image-for-the-night-isolation-of-venice-arsenale-gate/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:32:19 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1763 Here’s another isolation photo that I shot on the same night as this one. The background light comes from an (I assume) incandescent light bulb that illuminates the entrance to the Arsenale. ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/image-for-the-night-isolation-of-venice-arsenale-gate/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-roanoke-river-twilight/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-roanoke-river-twilight/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:50:45 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1757 ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-roanoke-river-twilight/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/christmas-in-january/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/christmas-in-january/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:17:14 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1750 If you’re like me, you wouldn’t be caught dead with a fake Christmas tree in your house. I want to savor the sweet aroma of a Fraser fir tree in my living room, not the pungent smell of plastic and carcinogens. That said, there is the issue of what to do with the tree after [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/christmas-in-january/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/want-everyone-to-know-you-like-to-do-it-in-the-dark/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/want-everyone-to-know-you-like-to-do-it-in-the-dark/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:31:15 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1738 I ask for your indulgence for a few minutes of shameless promotion. I’m happy to announce that I finally have added my Digital After Dark® T-Shirts to the online store. They’ve been available for several months now, but the only people who’ve had a chance to snag one have been photo tour and workshop attendees. Among [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/want-everyone-to-know-you-like-to-do-it-in-the-dark/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/new-nikon-afs-80-400-f4-5-5-6-g-ed-vr-lens-a-great-lens-that-i-will-never-own/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/new-nikon-afs-80-400-f4-5-5-6-g-ed-vr-lens-a-great-lens-that-i-will-never-own/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:58:52 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1729 Today Nikon announces a replacement to the old and less-than-stellar 80-400f/4.5-5.6 VR lens. You may recall me giving Nikon a hard time back in January for announcing an 800 f/5.6 lens, which cost as much as a new car, instead of addressing the pleas from the Nikon faithful for something in the 100-400mm range. Well, Nikon, [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/new-nikon-afs-80-400-f4-5-5-6-g-ed-vr-lens-a-great-lens-that-i-will-never-own/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-a-wee-bit-overexposed/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-a-wee-bit-overexposed/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:30:11 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1723 Last night I posted an example of a photograph that was underexposed. Tonight, I’m showing one that is a little bit overexposed. Questions?  ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-a-wee-bit-overexposed/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-a-wee-bit-underexposed/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-a-wee-bit-underexposed/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 04:20:22 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1716 I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about exposure for night photos, so I thought I’d show a few examples to illustrate proper and improper exposure. For tonight’s image, we’ll start with insufficient light. So, this is your camera on underexposure. Any questions?]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-a-wee-bit-underexposed/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/how-to-photograph-comet-pan-starrs/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/how-to-photograph-comet-pan-starrs/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:56:32 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1703 The first of two comets in 2013 is just around the corner for Northern Hemisphere viewers. Comet Ison won’t light up the sky until November, but now is the time to start the detailed planning for photographing Comet Pan-STARRS. The best time for photography is probably going to be between March 8-20, with the peak [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/how-to-photograph-comet-pan-starrs/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-dawn-in-great-smoky-mountains-national-park/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-dawn-in-great-smoky-mountains-national-park/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 03:15:24 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1699 ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-dawn-in-great-smoky-mountains-national-park/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/march-2013-night-photography-events-calendar/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/march-2013-night-photography-events-calendar/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:27:07 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1688 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/march-2013-night-photography-events-calendar/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-nocturnal-image-layered-blue-ridge-mountains-at-dawn/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-nocturnal-image-layered-blue-ridge-mountains-at-dawn/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:33:29 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1683 ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-nocturnal-image-layered-blue-ridge-mountains-at-dawn/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/crepuscular-rays-crescent-moon-at-dawn/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/crepuscular-rays-crescent-moon-at-dawn/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:49:49 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1677 It has been one of those days, so no tome to go with tonight’s nightly photo. But check this out if you want to read more about twilight and crepuscular rays. ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/crepuscular-rays-crescent-moon-at-dawn/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/ghostly-trees-frame-the-portland-skyline/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/ghostly-trees-frame-the-portland-skyline/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:28:29 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1666 In addition to presentations, workshops, and photo tours, I teach an online night photography class each month with my friend Donna Eaton. One really cool thing about an online course is that you get a mix of folks from all over the world and so you get to experience many different locations through their eyes. Every [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/ghostly-trees-frame-the-portland-skyline/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/rss-feed-its-alive-its-alive/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/rss-feed-its-alive-its-alive/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:57:30 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1661 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/rss-feed-its-alive-its-alive/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/11-common-and-stupid-questions-i-hear-on-a-photo-shoot/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/11-common-and-stupid-questions-i-hear-on-a-photo-shoot/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:05:52 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1646 We hear it all the time. The questions and comments from strangers that make us wonder about the collective intelligence of our society. Are people really that stupid? Yes, they are, but we should keep it in perspective and remember that each of us has no doubt asked questions just as dumb of people we [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/11-common-and-stupid-questions-i-hear-on-a-photo-shoot/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/in-the-nick-of-time/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/in-the-nick-of-time/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:03:17 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1640 W. Dean Furr sent me a great tip a few days ago that I wanted to pass along. For a short period in early spring, the operating hours at many sites allow you to do night photography when you ordinarily could not. The key is catching it right after they switch to later hours, but [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/in-the-nick-of-time/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/yellowknife-in-afternoon-twilight/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/yellowknife-in-afternoon-twilight/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 02:25:29 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1635 I’m digging deep for this one. Shot it about 12 years ago in Yellowknife, in Canada’s Northwest Territories. It was the middle of winter, but they were experiencing a heat wave at the time, so the temperature was a balmy 20 below zero Fahrenheit. One thing I love about winter in high latitudes like this [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/yellowknife-in-afternoon-twilight/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-photographers-planet/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-photographers-planet/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:52:14 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1628 I love Venus. The “morning star.” The brightest of the stars and planets. The fact that it often shines low on the horizon during twilight, and is bright enough to record easily in photos. Venus is a photographer’s planet. But my favorite thing about Venus? That’s where all the women are from!]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-photographers-planet/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/going-to-extremes-with-light-painting/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/going-to-extremes-with-light-painting/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:08:13 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1620 I’m working on my upcoming review of light painting flashlights and thought I’d post this shot as an example of what you can do with a flashlight and gel filter. The blue front lighting is from an LED flashlight with a light blue gel filter attached using a GelGrip™. The background side lighting is another [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/going-to-extremes-with-light-painting/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/wedding-night-photo/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/wedding-night-photo/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:01:19 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1614 Here’s another night shot from Lindsay’s and PJ’s wedding that I photographed back in October. I’m not a wedding photographer, but I am a photography prostitute, which means I’ll do anything with my camera for money. Fortunately, in this case, I had professional help from the wife and husband team of Terry and Dennis Ammons of [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/wedding-night-photo/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/fountain-fever-night-photo-by-kate-silvia-in-ppsop-class/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/fountain-fever-night-photo-by-kate-silvia-in-ppsop-class/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:34:18 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1606 Every so often, I like to feature the work of a participant in the online night photography class that Donna Eaton and I teach for the Perfect Picture School of Photography. In this month’s class, Kate Silvia, from Charleston, South Carolina, submitted and assignment photo that that I would be thrilled to call my own. I’ll let [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/fountain-fever-night-photo-by-kate-silvia-in-ppsop-class/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/yet-another-nighttime-waterfall/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/yet-another-nighttime-waterfall/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:12:54 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1600 Here’s one more from the Wild Photo Adventures TV show that will airing on PBS this year. I promise, I’ll post something other than a waterfall for tomorrow’s Nightly Night Photo.]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/yet-another-nighttime-waterfall/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/text-to-come/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/text-to-come/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 04:59:18 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1589 I’m not a big fan of quotes. Sorry, I know I’m in the minority here, but when I hear another photographer speak, or I read his or her writing, I want to know what THEY have to say. If the program is filled with a bunch of quotes by someone else, I leave a little [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/text-to-come/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/more-wild-waterfall-adventures-the-myth-of-reality/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/more-wild-waterfall-adventures-the-myth-of-reality/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:30:49 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1580 Here’s another shot of the waterfall that Doug Gardner and I photographed at night for an upcoming Wild Photo Adventures TV show. How does it look to you? Does it look real? Whether or not you think it looks real, do you like it? In the online night photograph class that Donna Eaton and I teach each month [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/more-wild-waterfall-adventures-the-myth-of-reality/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/wild-waterfall-adventures/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/wild-waterfall-adventures/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:33:30 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1574 Season 4 of Wild Photo Adventures will be airing soon all across the nation. If you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor and check it out. My friend Doug Gardner does a terrific job both producing and hosting the show. I’ve been on a few of the shows in past seasons and I was [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/wild-waterfall-adventures/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/choosing-led-flashlights-for-light-painting-photography-part-one/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/choosing-led-flashlights-for-light-painting-photography-part-one/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:52:48 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1565 Um, hello. My name is Kevin Adams and I’m a flashaholic. I don’t remember the first time that I admitted to myself that I was addicted to flashlights. I know I need help, but everywhere I go I see temptation. New and exciting lights of all kinds are coming out all the time, and I [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/choosing-led-flashlights-for-light-painting-photography-part-one/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-venus-crescent-moon/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-venus-crescent-moon/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:59:05 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1558 ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-venus-crescent-moon/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/defining-light-painting-photography-and-defining-me/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/defining-light-painting-photography-and-defining-me/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:54:25 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1542 I’m working on a series of articles about light painting gear and techniques and thought I’d start out with a quick primer of just what light painting is. I have to admit that I don’t know if there is such a thing as an “official” definition. Wikipedia gives it a shot, but I really don’t [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/defining-light-painting-photography-and-defining-me/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-a-perfect-twilight-sky/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-a-perfect-twilight-sky/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:48:38 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1535 Among the finest twilight skies I’ve ever witnessed occurred during a trip I made to North Carolina’s Outer Banks over 20 years ago. I’ve never seen the sky look so vibrant at Bodie Island Lighthouse. I might have, if I had shot there all the times I wanted to over the past few years. Unfortunately, the lighthouse has [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-a-perfect-twilight-sky/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-photo-orion-more-falling-water/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-photo-orion-more-falling-water/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:00:10 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1531 Okay, one more waterfall and I’ll see if I can find something different for tomorrow’s nightly image. You know the drill by now, right? This is a static star image, so I shot it at f/4, 25 seconds, and ISO 1600. I light painted the waterfall with, you guessed it, an LED flashlight with a [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-photo-orion-more-falling-water/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/night-image-for-the-current-24-hour-period-waterfall-the-big-dipper/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/night-image-for-the-current-24-hour-period-waterfall-the-big-dipper/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:00:32 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1526 Are you tired of waterfalls, yet? Hope not, because I’m gonna be posting a lot more of them over the next weeks and months. For this shot, I used the same technique as for Thursday’s waterfall. A typical static-star exposure of f/4, 30 seconds, and ISO 1600 captured the sky, while light painting with an [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/night-image-for-the-current-24-hour-period-waterfall-the-big-dipper/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/pic-of-the-night-another-light-painted-waterfall/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/pic-of-the-night-another-light-painted-waterfall/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:00:36 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1521 To create this photo, I used nearly the same technique as with the waterfall in Wednesday’s post. See, this is starting to sound pretty easy, huh? This is 35 exposures for the star trails at f/4, 4 minutes, ISO 400 and one exposure for the light painting on the waterfall at f/4, 88 seconds, ISO [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/pic-of-the-night-another-light-painted-waterfall/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-image-light-painted-waterfall-pinpoint-stars/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-image-light-painted-waterfall-pinpoint-stars/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:00:13 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1514 I used the same basic approach to this waterfall as I did for yesterday’s shot, except that in this case I went for static stars instead of star trails. I used the same blue gel filter mounted in a GelGrip™ for light painting the waterfall. In this case, I didn’t need to stack exposures. This [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-image-light-painted-waterfall-pinpoint-stars/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nocturnal-image-for-the-night-light-painted-waterfall-star-trails/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nocturnal-image-for-the-night-light-painted-waterfall-star-trails/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:25:19 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1508 It’s hard to think of a better subject for a nature photographer than a waterfall. I’ve been shooting them for nearly 30 years, so when I started getting serious about night photography a few years ago, it was only natural that I would work on ways to incorporate waterfalls into my night shooting. Over the [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nocturnal-image-for-the-night-light-painted-waterfall-star-trails/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-after-dark-photo-battleship-uss-north-carolina-memorial/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-after-dark-photo-battleship-uss-north-carolina-memorial/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 02:19:44 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1502 A few weeks ago I showed some pics of an old tugboat on the Cape Fear River that has just about rotted away. Well, I’m happy to say that there is one boat in Wilmington that you can count on being there when you arrive, regardless of when that may be. The Battleship USS North Carolina lives [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-after-dark-photo-battleship-uss-north-carolina-memorial/feed/ 1 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-pic-loner-at-pocosin-lakes-nwr/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-pic-loner-at-pocosin-lakes-nwr/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:17:20 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1494 If my recent statements about getting lost didn’t clue you in, let me blunt. I don’t like photographing around other photographers. I like hanging out with them, but when it’s time for the serious photography, I’m a loner. It’s the only way I can concentrate on what I’m doing and make the best images. So [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-pic-loner-at-pocosin-lakes-nwr/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/pic-of-the-night-another-view-of-venice/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/pic-of-the-night-another-view-of-venice/#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:20:19 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1481 Okay, Super Bowl XLVII starts kicks off in an hour and I know most of you aren’t going to be paying any attention to my nightly night photo. But I did promise to post a new photo every night, so here goes. This is a different view from the location for Friday’s photo. Of course, [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/pic-of-the-night-another-view-of-venice/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-camera-exposure-ocracoke-village/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-camera-exposure-ocracoke-village/#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2013 03:24:34 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1473 At first glance, this might not look like a night photo, but remember from my definition of night photography that the main requirement is only that the sun be below the horizon. When I shot this photo, the sun had set about 10 minutes earlier and although it was below the horizon, it was still [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-camera-exposure-ocracoke-village/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nocturnal-image-for-the-current-24-hour-period/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nocturnal-image-for-the-current-24-hour-period/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:15:01 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1464 For reasons I won’t get into, I never was a Boy Scout, but I would have made a good one. Well, the part about being prepared, anyway. When I visit a location for the first time, I bring with me a notebook filled with research. Places to see, times to be there, which bar fills [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nocturnal-image-for-the-current-24-hour-period/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/february-2013-night-photography-events-calendar/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/february-2013-night-photography-events-calendar/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2013 02:27:11 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1453 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/february-2013-night-photography-events-calendar/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-in-waterfall-spray/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-in-waterfall-spray/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:46:56 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1445 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-in-waterfall-spray/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/star-trails-at-cape-lookout-lighthouse/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/star-trails-at-cape-lookout-lighthouse/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:14:00 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1438 Here’s another one of Cape Lookout Lighthouse that I shot on the same trip as yesterday’s photo. It’s a stack of 32 4-minute exposures. I was very careful to line up Polaris precisely  above the lighthouse. I’m not crazy about the glare in the bottom part of the image, but hey, what do expect when [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/star-trails-at-cape-lookout-lighthouse/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/todays-photo-of-the-night/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/todays-photo-of-the-night/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:16:47 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1432 ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/todays-photo-of-the-night/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-image-streaking-on-the-loop/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-image-streaking-on-the-loop/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:24:07 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1426 ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-image-streaking-on-the-loop/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nikon-announces-the-800-f5-6-lens-seriously-what-are-they-thinking/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nikon-announces-the-800-f5-6-lens-seriously-what-are-they-thinking/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:58:42 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1421 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nikon-announces-the-800-f5-6-lens-seriously-what-are-they-thinking/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/correcting-for-vertical-perspective-distortion/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/correcting-for-vertical-perspective-distortion/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:15:01 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1413 As I mentioned in Friday’s post, I’m an all or nothing kind of guy when it comes to perspective distortion. Well, when it comes to a lot of things, but we won’t get into all that. Here’s a shot I made on the same morning that I shot the James Buchanan Duke statue at Duke [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/correcting-for-vertical-perspective-distortion/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/throwing-light-under-the-moonlight/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/throwing-light-under-the-moonlight/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:24:57 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1405 As I mentioned in last Wednesday’s post about the moon and in this ancient how-to post, photographing subjects under the light of the full or nearly full moon can produce exciting images, especially if you include the sky. With the right exposure, you’ll get a slightly darkened blue sky, similar to what you’d get by [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/throwing-light-under-the-moonlight/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-2/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-2/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:55:40 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1397 ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image-2/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/pic-of-the-night-perspective-distortion-on-purpose/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/pic-of-the-night-perspective-distortion-on-purpose/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:53:03 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1390 I’m not a big fan of vertical perspective distortion in photos. I prefer my trees, lighthouses, and buildings to stand up straight, thank you. But I have exceptions, as I do with any other “rule.” When it comes to architecture, it’s all or nothing. I want those vertical lines either parallel to the edge of [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/pic-of-the-night-perspective-distortion-on-purpose/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/light-painting-bubbles-in-online-night-photography-class/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/light-painting-bubbles-in-online-night-photography-class/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:56:14 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1382 If you want to learn how to do something, teach it. With every presentation I give and every workshop I teach, I always learn something from the participants. In a way, I feel guilty, cause it’s kind of like I’m being paid to go to school. But I’ll get over it. In addition to presentations, [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/light-painting-bubbles-in-online-night-photography-class/feed/ 4 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-waterfalls-in-wet-boots/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-waterfalls-in-wet-boots/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:08:32 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1374 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-waterfalls-in-wet-boots/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-image-clouds-moonlight/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-image-clouds-moonlight/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:24:06 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1367 The full moon occurs this Saturday evening at 11:39pm, which means the night sky is already getting light, with the moonlight washing out the fainter stars. This is the time to shoot landscapes illuminated by the moon, and if you include the sky, you’ll get a blue, daytime-looking sky filled with stars. Pretty cool! I [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-image-clouds-moonlight/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/todays-after-dark-photo-twilight-reflections/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/todays-after-dark-photo-twilight-reflections/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:33:47 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1361 ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/todays-after-dark-photo-twilight-reflections/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-shampoo-approach-to-photography/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-shampoo-approach-to-photography/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:37:15 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1338 “I’ll be back.” I’m no big Schwarzenegger fan, but I have to admit that I’m hooked on this catchline of his from The Terminator. In fact, nearly every time that I shoot at a great location, I mutter that line as I pack up and walk away. I actually say it out loud. Even try [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-shampoo-approach-to-photography/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/todays-night-photo-venus-over-venice/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/todays-night-photo-venus-over-venice/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:29:54 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1334 ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/todays-night-photo-venus-over-venice/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nocturnal-image-of-the-day-venus-and-the-crescent-moon/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nocturnal-image-of-the-day-venus-and-the-crescent-moon/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:34:40 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1327 New moon is a night photographer’s best friend. It’s the time to photograph the night sky and capture the stars and Milky Way in all their glory. And in the few days just before and just after the new moon, you have the bonus of a thin crescent moon in the twilight sky. In the [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nocturnal-image-of-the-day-venus-and-the-crescent-moon/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photo-for-the-night-lightning-over-venice/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photo-for-the-night-lightning-over-venice/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:15:24 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1316 You know how I’m always encouraging pushing yourself to the limit? You know, get out of your comfort zone. Endure a little discomfort. That sort of thing. Well, tonight’s image is a perfect example of this. In fact, this may have been most difficult photo experience I’ve ever endured. First, this is Venice, so right [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photo-for-the-night-lightning-over-venice/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photo-for-tonight-winter-twilight/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photo-for-tonight-winter-twilight/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:13:50 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1310 The southern Appalachians may be in store for a decent snowfall later this evening. Some folks might wish for a return to the 70-degree temps that we had this past weekend, but not me. I want snow! And ice! And everything else that goes with nasty winter weather! The forecast is also calling for clear [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photo-for-tonight-winter-twilight/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-in-the-rain-upcoming-waterfall-photography-video/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-in-the-rain-upcoming-waterfall-photography-video/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:51:23 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1303 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-in-the-rain-upcoming-waterfall-photography-video/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:10:35 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1298 ]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/tonights-image/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/2013-photo-tours-workshops/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/2013-photo-tours-workshops/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:54:16 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1288 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/2013-photo-tours-workshops/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-aurora-borealis-and-a-little-luck/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-aurora-borealis-and-a-little-luck/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:05:15 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1278 Sometimes you just get lucky. About 11 years ago I spent the night on the west rim of Linville Gorge in North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest. I had planned to spend the entire night shooting star trails, and that’s just what I did. Imagine my surprise when I got the film back a couple weeks [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-aurora-borealis-and-a-little-luck/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-james-buchanan-duke-statue-at-twilight/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-james-buchanan-duke-statue-at-twilight/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:00:30 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1271 I find that college campuses make great locations for night photography. Many universities have interesting architectural elements, both in the buildings and common areas. There’s always some piece of artwork, statue, or historical structure to shoot. The most famous spot at Duke University other than Coach K Court is Duke University Chapel, a Gothic masterpiece [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-james-buchanan-duke-statue-at-twilight/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-pari-star-trails-2/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-pari-star-trails-2/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:06:28 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1264 Here’s another view of the 26-mtere radio telescope that I showed in yesterday’s post. You always want to shoot as many compositions as you can of your subjects, even if each setup requires a couple of hours as it did in these cases. This is a stack of 27-3 minute exposures. I shot this one [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-pari-star-trails-2/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-pari-star-trails/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-pari-star-trails/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:03:59 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1248 Star trails are cool, but they don’t work well by themselves. Don’t believe me? Try showing a half-dozen photos of only star trails to an audience. The first one will get you some wows, but by the sixth one, you’ll get nothing but been-there-done-that looks. You need something else to go with the star trails [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-pari-star-trails/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-foggy-car-light-streaks/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-foggy-car-light-streaks/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:35:31 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1243 I need a bumper sticker that says, “I brake for overpasses.” When I’m shooting in a city, overpasses are my friends. They give me an elevated view not only of the highway, but often, also of the city skyline. So when I scout a city for good photo ops, I try to locate as many [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-foggy-car-light-streaks/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-lunar-halo/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-lunar-halo/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:07:57 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1236 My wife is a lunatic. And I’m sure glad that she is. Otherwise, she might not have stepped outside last month during the full moon to gaze at the sky. I was preparing for bed when she ran back inside to tell me there was a bright ring around the moon. Waiting for me outside [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-lunar-halo/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-picture-window/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-picture-window/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:15:47 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1226 For the January 5 night photo, I talked about shooting isolations after twilight ends because the contrast issues aren’t as great. The smaller the field of view, the more likely you are to find a subject that is evenly illuminated. One of my favorite things to look for when walking around a city at night [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-picture-window/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-starry-lighthouse/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-starry-lighthouse/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:03:03 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1220 You might recognize this lighthouse from yesterday’s post. Obviously, I shot it on a clear night this time. This is a film shot that I took some 20 years ago. Modern digital cameras have opened up an incredible world of possibilities for night photographers that I couldn’t have dreamed about when I took this photo, [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-starry-lighthouse/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-snowy-lighthouse/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-snowy-lighthouse/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:10:15 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1213 Lighthouses make terrific night photography subjects. They are cool to look at, they soar into the sky, and they come equipped with their own light-painting device. Assuming there is no surrounding light pollution, the light from a lighthouse is typically not enough on cause problems with including the stars in a clear sky. But a [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-snowy-lighthouse/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/comet-ison-comet-panstarrs-aurora-borealis-oh-my/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/comet-ison-comet-panstarrs-aurora-borealis-oh-my/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:50:12 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1206 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/comet-ison-comet-panstarrs-aurora-borealis-oh-my/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-foggy-twilight-on-fontana-lake/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-foggy-twilight-on-fontana-lake/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:01:44 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1193 The magic light of twilight is not restricted to clear skies. Even when it’s cloudy or foggy, as in this photo, you can still get that sweet light. However, if the cloud cover is very thick, it won’t be as noticeable. The cool thing about cloudy twilight shooting is that the clouds act like a [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-foggy-twilight-on-fontana-lake/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-venice-arsenale-isolation/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-venice-arsenale-isolation/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2013 15:01:11 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1176 Twilight, blue hour, magic hour, dusk, dawn, crepuscular—whatever you want to call it, the period when the sun is below the horizon but is still contributing light to the atmosphere is usually the best time to shoot cityscapes because that’s when the illumination in the sky most closely matches the lighting in the foreground surroundings. [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-venice-arsenale-isolation/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-outer-banks-fishing-pier/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-outer-banks-fishing-pier/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:30:51 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1166 I love photographing from beneath ocean piers, but it’s hard finding a good one. You need one where the beach has a long gentle slope to the water. If the slope is too steep, it’s just about impossible to shoot long exposures without getting pounded by the waves, even at low tide. Plus, with a [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-outer-banks-fishing-pier/feed/ 1 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-2/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-2/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:56:42 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1149 These kinds of photos are crazy easy to shoot. Just find an overpass over a divided highway and use a wide-angle lens to accentuate the convergence effect. The key is finding the right overpass and photographing at the right time. You want something interesting on the horizon, like mountains, a city skyline, or most anything [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo-2/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:25:35 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1121 When you’re as passionate about night photography as I am, you look for ways to incorporate night shooting into everything you do. Back in October, some close friends of mine were married and I had the misery honor of photographing their wedding. When you shoot a wedding, the only thing that matters is giving the [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photo/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/january-2013-night-photography-events-calendar/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/january-2013-night-photography-events-calendar/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:52:08 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1099 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/january-2013-night-photography-events-calendar/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/a-new-year-the-first-nightly-night-photo/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/a-new-year-the-first-nightly-night-photo/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:17:34 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1090 Happy New Year! Here’s to a fabulous 2013 for everyone! Personally, I’m very excited about what the New Year has in store. I have lots of plans for all aspects of my life, and believe it or not, I might actually follow through with some of them. I’ve already been working on plans for the [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/a-new-year-the-first-nightly-night-photo/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/11-things-that-can-will-go-wrong-on-a-night-shoot/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/11-things-that-can-will-go-wrong-on-a-night-shoot/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:38:22 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1066 I think I do a pretty good job of paying attention to detail. I consider every little possibility and I don’t push the shutter button until I’m positive that everything is set up properly. Some might even say I’m obsessive about it. (My wife uses another word.) But try as I might, I haven’t been [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/11-things-that-can-will-go-wrong-on-a-night-shoot/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/geminid-meteor-shower-this-week/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/geminid-meteor-shower-this-week/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:35:02 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1055 We’re in for a treat this Thursday night and Friday morning. One of the finest meteor showers of the year occurs on a moonless night. The annual Geminids produce an average of 60 to 120 meteors an hour. That’s one or two meteors every minute! Peak time for the meteor shower is the early morning [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/geminid-meteor-shower-this-week/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-meteor-showers/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-meteor-showers/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:15:17 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1044 The key to making great photos of meteors is to be real quick with the camera. Just kidding! Actually, the real key is to be slow and methodical. As in taking your time to set up and get everything just right. The idea is simple. Point the lens at a section of sky where you [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-meteor-showers/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-greatest-night-photo-of-all-time-and-the-definition-of-night-photography/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-greatest-night-photo-of-all-time-and-the-definition-of-night-photography/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:44:40 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1028 I was thinking of making a list of the greatest night photos of all time, but quickly realized that the subjectivity of such a pursuit, coupled with my relative lack of knowledge of the history of night photography, would make the endeavor rather meaningless. Then I latched onto the idea of choosing the single greatest [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-greatest-night-photo-of-all-time-and-the-definition-of-night-photography/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/11-reasons-to-be-a-night-photographer/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/11-reasons-to-be-a-night-photographer/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:34:37 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=1013 “What is there to shoot at night?” “You can’t photograph in the dark!” Yep, I’ve been asked the question on more than one occasion and the matter-of-fact statement came from a boat captain who couldn’t understand why I wanted him to ferry me to an island in the middle of the night instead of waiting [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/11-reasons-to-be-a-night-photographer/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/december-night-photography-events-calendar/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/december-night-photography-events-calendar/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2012 14:13:11 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=977 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/december-night-photography-events-calendar/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nikon-cameras-noise-comparison-d700-d800-d3x-d3s-and-d4/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nikon-cameras-noise-comparison-d700-d800-d3x-d3s-and-d4/#comments Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:10:19 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=960 My friend Drew Eschbacher says I haven’t mastered the concept of the three-paragraph blog post and as a result lose some readers along the way. He’s right, and this post will only reconfirm his assessment. You are welcome to scroll down to the end for the conclusion, but you just might miss something important if [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nikon-cameras-noise-comparison-d700-d800-d3x-d3s-and-d4/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/perseid-meteor-shower-this-weekend/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/perseid-meteor-shower-this-weekend/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:18:47 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=949 It’s time for one of the best meteors showers of the year. The annual Perseids typically produce rates up to one meteor per minute, but the rates could be even higher at times. The projected peak period is the early morning of this coming Sunday, August 12. However, the Perseids occur over several days and [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/perseid-meteor-shower-this-weekend/feed/ 3 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/luck-favors-the-bathroom-call/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/luck-favors-the-bathroom-call/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:28:07 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=937 Anyone who’s seen me give a talk knows that my favorite saying is “Luck favors the prepared mind” by Louis Pasteur. How true it is! But I’ll be the first to admit that some of the finest images I’ve ever seen were the result of pure luck, with no preparation at all. A fair number [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/luck-favors-the-bathroom-call/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/doh-lesson-learned/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/doh-lesson-learned/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:03:51 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=880 So, how did it go with YOUR pictures of the Venus transit? Mine? Don’t ask! In my post on Sunday, I said I was going to try something a little different and photograph the transit just as I do when shooting sunstars. I had this vision of a tiny black spec on the face of [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/doh-lesson-learned/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-the-transit-of-venus/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-the-transit-of-venus/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:54:32 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=863 By now, most of you have heard about the transit of Venus that will occur on Tuesday or Wednesday. (If you haven’t, I’d like to come and visit you sometime. I enjoy spelunking!) Venus transits are among the rarest of celestial events, occurring in pairs eight years apart, but with the pairs separated by over [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-the-transit-of-venus/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/a-night-on-top-of-a-mountain/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/a-night-on-top-of-a-mountain/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 16:20:16 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=841 Harvey Broome, a Knoxville attorney who helped found The Wilderness Society, once said, “I have never wanted to leave the top of a mountain.” I was thinking of Broome’s comment last week while on Mount LeConte in the Smokies. Of all the mountains I’ve been on the top of, LeConte is unique. Like any mountain [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/a-night-on-top-of-a-mountain/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-fireflies-lightning-bugs/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-fireflies-lightning-bugs/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:04:52 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=803 It’s almost time to get out and shoot one of my favorite nighttime subjects. Fireflies—lightning bugs for you fellow southerners—make exciting photographs, especially when you show them in their environment. Check out this blog post about one technique for shooting fireflies in a jar. Also, if you want to read about fireflies in general, check [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-fireflies-lightning-bugs/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-the-lyrid-meteor-shower/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-the-lyrid-meteor-shower/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:12:44 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=790 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-the-lyrid-meteor-shower/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/ansel-adams-nephew-comes-out-of-the-closet/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/ansel-adams-nephew-comes-out-of-the-closet/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:07:29 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/?p=783 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/ansel-adams-nephew-comes-out-of-the-closet/feed/ 3 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/774/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/774/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:01:05 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=774 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/774/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/white-balance-for-night-photographers/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/white-balance-for-night-photographers/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:23:21 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=755 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/white-balance-for-night-photographers/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/confessions-of-a-tripod-addict-part-two-of-two/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/confessions-of-a-tripod-addict-part-two-of-two/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:01:29 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=738 Please read Part One first, so you know what being a Triprostitute is all about. Until recently, my workhorse tripod and travel tripod were Gitzos, same as with many of you. Mine are the old kind, with legs that rotate so you have to extend and retract them in the right order. I never did [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/confessions-of-a-tripod-addict-part-two-of-two/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/confessions-of-a-tripod-addict-part-one-of-two/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/confessions-of-a-tripod-addict-part-one-of-two/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:28:21 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=720 I have a confession to make. I’m a Triprostitute. There, I said it. In my years as a photographer, my camera has mounted just about everything around that has three legs. Big ones, little ones, and everything in between. Some made me very happy; some disappointed me greatly. But for some reason, I had to [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/confessions-of-a-tripod-addict-part-one-of-two/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/number-one-advice-for-becoming-a-professional-photographer/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/number-one-advice-for-becoming-a-professional-photographer/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:09:17 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=707 Let me just go ahead and tell you that if you have any interest in becoming a full-time photographer, you aren’t going to like what I’m going to say. In fact, I’m bracing for the hate mail. Try to be gentle, and remember that I’m only being honest and trying to help. I received an [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/number-one-advice-for-becoming-a-professional-photographer/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/crazy-little-thing-called-zodiacal-light/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/crazy-little-thing-called-zodiacal-light/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:05 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=693 There’s always something new and exciting to photograph! That’s one of the reasons I enjoy night photography so much. With all of Heaven and Earth to explore, a curious and imaginative night photographer never runs out of subjects. A decade ago, I spent an autumn night in the West Virginia Highlands photographing the night sky. [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/crazy-little-thing-called-zodiacal-light/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/when-the-teacher-becomes-the-student/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/when-the-teacher-becomes-the-student/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:10:36 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=594 One of the things I LOVE about teaching an online night photography class with my friend Donna Eaton is seeing some of the terrific images submitted by the students. One of the things I HATE about teaching an online night photography class is seeing some of the terrific images submitted by the students! I love [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/when-the-teacher-becomes-the-student/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/follow-up-on-the-nikon-14-24mm-f2-8-lens/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/follow-up-on-the-nikon-14-24mm-f2-8-lens/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:51:45 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=588 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/follow-up-on-the-nikon-14-24mm-f2-8-lens/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-best-wide-angle-lens-for-night-photography-and-kyle-arringtons-worst-nightmare/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-best-wide-angle-lens-for-night-photography-and-kyle-arringtons-worst-nightmare/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:43:32 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=575 In the last post, I stated that at present the Nikon D3S is the best camera available for night photography. I’m not one to throw out absolutes casually, so when I say something like that without a qualifier such as “among” or “one of the”, you can darn well bet that I’ve done my homework. [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/the-best-wide-angle-lens-for-night-photography-and-kyle-arringtons-worst-nightmare/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/choosing-a-night-photography-camera-and-the-nikon-d4-hysteria/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/choosing-a-night-photography-camera-and-the-nikon-d4-hysteria/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:12:18 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=560 I hope I’m not the only one shaking their head at all the hype and hysteria surrounding the Nikon D4 since it was announced a few weeks ago. I told you I’d learn as much as I could about it as a night-photography camera, but I have to tell you, seems like the main thing [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/choosing-a-night-photography-camera-and-the-nikon-d4-hysteria/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/keeping-you-in-the-dark/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/keeping-you-in-the-dark/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:26:09 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=539 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/keeping-you-in-the-dark/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-where-all-the-women-are-from/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-where-all-the-women-are-from/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:42:56 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=529 Post Update: I am no longer making Nightly Night Photography Notes posts on this blog. Instead, I am providing regular night photography news updates through the Night Photography News eNewsletter. Signing up is free and easy. Simply click the link, enter your email address, and choose Night Photography News from the list choices. The two [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-where-all-the-women-are-from/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-full-moon-tomorrow-morning/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-full-moon-tomorrow-morning/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:07:09 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=524 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-full-moon-tomorrow-morning/feed/ 1 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/reaching-for-the-moon-and-the-corkscrew/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/reaching-for-the-moon-and-the-corkscrew/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:14:40 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=511 Those of you who know me well, know that I sometimes struggle with juggling two favorite things: Photographing during the magic light of twilight and drinking red wine. See, evening twilight occurs right at uncorking time, which makes it kind of tough sometimes to make a choice. The best solution, of course, is to combine [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/reaching-for-the-moon-and-the-corkscrew/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-nikon-d4/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-nikon-d4/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:52:14 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=502 Post Update: I am no longer making Nightly Night Photography Notes posts on this blog. Instead, I am providing regular night photography news updates through the Night Photography News eNewsletter. Signing up is free and easy. Simply click the link, enter your email address, and choose Night Photography News from the list choices. Nikon has [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-nikon-d4/feed/ 1 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-full-moon/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-full-moon/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:13:37 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=490 Post Update: I am no longer making Nightly Night Photography Notes posts on this blog. Instead, I am providing regular night photography news updates through the Night Photography News eNewsletter. Signing up is free and easy. Simply click the link, enter your email address, and choose Night Photography News from the list choices. The full [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-full-moon/feed/ 1 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-meteor-shower-tonight/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-meteor-shower-tonight/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:30:25 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=485 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-meteor-shower-tonight/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-online-photo-classes/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-online-photo-classes/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:34:29 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=471 Post Update: I am no longer making Nightly Night Photography Notes posts on this blog. Instead, I am providing regular night photography news updates through the Night Photography News eNewsletter. Signing up is free and easy. Simply click the link, enter your email address, and choose Night Photography News from the list choices. Want to [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-online-photo-classes/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-tomorrow-nights-meteor-shower/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-tomorrow-nights-meteor-shower/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:02:31 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=456 A meteor (shooting star, falling star) is the visible light that is created when a meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere. If the meteoroid does not burn up and reaches Earth’s surface, it is called a meteorite. Photographing meteors is surprisingly easy. Basically, all you need to do is point a camera at the sky and use [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-tomorrow-nights-meteor-shower/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-quadrantid-meteor-shower/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-quadrantid-meteor-shower/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:48:17 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=449 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/nightly-night-photography-notes-quadrantid-meteor-shower/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/welcome-to-the-dark-side/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/welcome-to-the-dark-side/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:41:04 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=445 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/welcome-to-the-dark-side/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/twilight-dancing-in-my-mind/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/twilight-dancing-in-my-mind/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:50:12 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=410 The visions dancing in my mind The early dawn, the shades of time Twilight crawling through my windowpane From “Twilight” by ELO A favorite song from one of my favorite groups, supposedly ELO is singing about following under the spell of a woman, although I wonder if the real meaning is more about a drug-induced [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/twilight-dancing-in-my-mind/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/moon-phases-calendar/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/moon-phases-calendar/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:10:36 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=400 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/moon-phases-calendar/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/lightning-and-night-photography-with-the-lightning-bug/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/lightning-and-night-photography-with-the-lightning-bug/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:12:45 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=379 I love photographing all sorts of atmospheric phenomena, and lightning has always been among the most fascinating of subjects. It also fits perfectly with my love of night photography. Unfortunately, a number of factors have conspired to prevent me from capturing good photos of lightning for the past several years. The main reason is that [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/lightning-and-night-photography-with-the-lightning-bug/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/visualize-this-part-three-of-three/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/visualize-this-part-three-of-three/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:24:13 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=366 In Part One, we talked about previsualizing this photo of the International Space Station. In Part Two, we executed that previsualization by making our exposures in the field. In this installment, we’ll discuss the post processing techniques used in Photoshop to put it all together. Wouldn’t it be great if all we had to do [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/visualize-this-part-three-of-three/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/visualize-this-part-two-of-three/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/visualize-this-part-two-of-three/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:08:31 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=349 In Part One I said I had to previsualize the affects from five different elements in this scene of the International Space Station streaking over a waterfall during the full moon, and the cumulative effect from all of them. In this installment, let’s look at those elements in detail. In Part Three, we’ll look at [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/visualize-this-part-two-of-three/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/visualize-this/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/visualize-this/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:58:24 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=329 Stay with me here. I have something very important to tell you. It’s so important that it’s going to take more than one blog post. I’m going to take you with me on a journey of PREVISUALIZATION as I create a night-photography image. Previsualization? Uh, Kevin, isn’t that a bit redundant? Is that even a [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/visualize-this/feed/ 1 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/star-struck-under-the-moonlight/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/star-struck-under-the-moonlight/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:49:03 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=319 In my neck of the woods (eastern U.S.), the full moon occurs at 10:06pm tomorrow (Tuesday) night. Tonight the moon will have risen before sunset, providing a good opportunity to shoot scenes that include the moon close to the horizon in the twilight sky. However, my favorite type of moon photography uses the light of [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/star-struck-under-the-moonlight/feed/ 1 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/shoot-the-works/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/shoot-the-works/#comments Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:50:26 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=202   This weekend, you’ll be one among millions who are pointing their cameras at the sky. Many of these photographers will come away with some pretty good photos, but I know you will not be content with only making good images, right? You want your images to be GREAT! As with most types of night [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/shoot-the-works/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/take-a-hike-in-the-dark/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/take-a-hike-in-the-dark/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:23:43 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=198 The thing I like most about night photography is that the photographs very often look nothing like what our eyes see. This is particularly true with images that record moving lights. The long exposures required to shoot at night blur these lights into abstract streaks. I like to call this “Streaking Photography.” Any type of [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/take-a-hike-in-the-dark/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-fireflies-in-a-jar/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-fireflies-in-a-jar/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:39:58 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=190 Wanna be a kid again? Here’s how you can relive your childhood and take pictures at the same time! I’ve been getting a lot of interest in the firefly photos I shot this summer. Everybody wants to know how I shot and processed them. Truth is, I used several different techniques depending on the particular shot I [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/photographing-fireflies-in-a-jar/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/wildflowers-of-late-summer/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/wildflowers-of-late-summer/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:49:55 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=168 Everybody knows about the spring ephemeral wildflowers that blanket the southern Appalachians from March to May, but you might not realize that an even showier scene is occurring right now. Actually, it’s been happening for more than a month. Back in early July, the summer showy wildflowers started coming out, with bee balm, coneflower, black-eyed Susan, Turk’s [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/wildflowers-of-late-summer/feed/ 1 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/bill-lea-and-the-1st-annual-western-nc-foto-fest/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/bill-lea-and-the-1st-annual-western-nc-foto-fest/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:21:15 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=164 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/bill-lea-and-the-1st-annual-western-nc-foto-fest/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/loretta-falls-warm-fuzzy-feelings/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/loretta-falls-warm-fuzzy-feelings/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:53:43 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=161 Some people don’t like my waterfalls book. They think I shouldn’t have given directions to all those waterfalls for the world to see. I wrote about this in the book, so I won’t get too deeply into it here. What I want to do here is talk about all those waterfalls that I DIDN’T tell [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/loretta-falls-warm-fuzzy-feelings/feed/ 1 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/saying-goodbye-to-old-friends/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/saying-goodbye-to-old-friends/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:02:24 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=158 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/saying-goodbye-to-old-friends/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/moonbow-at-rainbow-falls/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/moonbow-at-rainbow-falls/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:12:13 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=154 I’ve been trying to see and photograph the moonbow at Rainbow Falls for 25 years. A moonbow is different from a rainbow only in that the light being refracted and reflected comes from the moon instead of the sun. So most anywhere that you can see a rainbow, you can also see a moonbow if [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/moonbow-at-rainbow-falls/feed/ 6 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/serving-breakfast-on-your-lens/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/serving-breakfast-on-your-lens/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:54:48 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=150 My friends make fun of me. They call me names. “Anal” is their favorite. I don’t really mind because, well, they’re nuts. They’ve totally lost their gourd and I don’t want to make their lives any more miserable by getting upset with them over petty little things. So I let them have their little fun [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/serving-breakfast-on-your-lens/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/waterfalls-photo-tour/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/waterfalls-photo-tour/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:33:16 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=137 I’m back home now after leading the North Carolina Waterfalls Photo Tour last week. We had a great group of photographers and enjoyed some really nice situations. Donna Eaton made this photo during Thursday morning’s sunrise shoot. It was among the best sunrises I’ve witnessed from this location. Visit Donna’s website at www.donnaeatonphoto.com Sunrise over Cashiers Valley, North [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/waterfalls-photo-tour/feed/ 1 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/test/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/test/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:01:45 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=139 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/test/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/fall-color-stuff/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/fall-color-stuff/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:26:53 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=135 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/fall-color-stuff/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/gaffe/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/gaffe/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:16:57 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=133 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/gaffe/feed/ 0 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/a-map-and-a-promise/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/a-map-and-a-promise/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:07:51 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=131 Hmm, let’s see if I can figure out my way around this blog after neglecting it for two months.  It was never supposed to be this way. I was supposed to hit the ground running with everything–blog, website, Facebook, LinkedIn, carrier pigeon, and that string with cans on each end stretched between my bedroom window and my [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/a-map-and-a-promise/feed/ 1 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:57:41 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=124 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/feed/ 2 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/sunny-16-and-the-independent-mind/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/sunny-16-and-the-independent-mind/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 15:05:26 +0000 Kevin Adams http://www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography/?p=121 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/sunny-16-and-the-independent-mind/feed/ 5 http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/banner-photographs/ http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/banner-photographs/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:55:04 +0000 Kevin Adams http://72.32.148.222/ncphotography/?p=44 People often asked about the photographs in my old website banner logo. As far as any significance goes, the only criteria was that I needed a both a horizontal and vertical image that were colorful and contrasting. As it turned out, both of the chosen images have a story that goes beyond mere utility. Sunstar [...]]]> http://www.kadamsphoto.com/nightphotography/banner-photographs/feed/ 0