Happy Monday! How was your weekend? I spent Friday night wandering around my city, bundled up against the chilly winter weather, with my camera in hand. I love walking around at night and I love being able to photograph it even more. As a photographer, I’m constantly searching for “good light”… that perfect golden, sunset light or the early morning light, so soft and beautifully diffused. At night, all that changes. It becomes a game to find a way to light my subjects of choice… headlights from passing cars, streetlights, illuminated shop windows, holiday twinkle lights… even the moon on a clear night. The colors and shadows are infinitely different from those during the day and it forces me to see everyday scenes in a completely changed way. Anytime I’m in a creative rut, throwing myself out of my comfort zone is a good cure… and night shooting seems to fit the bill.
These are from the Hawthorne & Laurelhurst neighborhoods, with a bit of Downtown’s Ankeny street and the Burnside Bridge for good measure. The bicycle is a Ghost Bike… erected in memory of a cyclist who was killed or hit near that street corner.
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