I am, at least I was on Wednesday night. After a busy day in Stockport I rushed back to get out with a group of photographers from the Prestatyn & District Camera Club for an evening shoot in Rhyl. If you want to look at some of the members photographs, just follow the link to our public Facebook page. But going back to that night-time shoot, “How convenient that this weeks theme is Glow”.
So let’s get on with it and show a few of my photographs from that evening. It was a cold night in Rhyl with the wind blowing off the sea. We were down by the sea-front, there’s no real shelter from the wind, so it’s a case of wrap up well, especially as you’re going to be standing around quite a lot.
Just to the left of this picture is the sea. That evening I could hear it but the light drops off dramatically as you get away from the promenade, I just couldn’t see it. With gulls crying out it’s quite eerie, even although I’m standing in a well-lit area. The blue shelters have changed to red now and the Sky Tower to purple.
At the harbour it was just as cold. This is an area that has been re-generated so it’s well lit, but quite lonely. Not so sure that I would go down there on my own at night.
Whilst everyone stayed at the harbour I decided to walk up to the roundabout on the opposite side of the river. It’s only a short walk and it helps to keep warm. I was looking for something different; light trails from cars.
Just up from the roundabout is the bridge over the river, the harbour is to the right of this photograph, and it’s here I was really looking to capture some light trails. Luckily enough a bus came along whilst I was taking the photograph, adding some extra colour to the scene.
So that’s it for this week, I hope you enjoyed the photographs.
Awesome stuff as always. How long has the regen been done? Still looks lovely and clean – makes for a much more pleasant sight
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Not too long Neil. They’ve also been knocking down some of the unsightly buildings and Premier Inn are building a new hotel on the sea front.
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Gorgeous captures!
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Thank you Cheryl
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Maggie and me just joined a camera club here in Nanaimo, B.C. Canada. At our first meeting their was a presentation on night photography. This being new to both of us, I took some shots just from our front door of the school across the street. More work required here! We have a great water front here in Nanaimo to entice us to experiment. Thanks for the encouragement. Cheers.
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For night photography I almost always use a tripod and a remote shutter release, although you can get round the release if you have timer that fires your shutter after a certain time, Dan. Many cameras have that as a built in feature. I saves camera shake. I started practicing just in my street, then moved on to other things.
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We just picked up a infra-red remote shutter release. So easy to use.
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Certainly na apt response. Night photography is certainly a growth area for me. Beautiful captures
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It’s something I like doing Abrie, but in these modern times I’m very wary about going out on my own at night.
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Yes you have a point. Early in January I photographed the Christmas light is Cape Town which are quite beautiful, but i realized with me focusing on the lights it makes me an easy target
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Terrific stars and light trails, Mike. Well done.
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I should get out more often at night Jane, I like doing that type of photography.
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The color in your photos are so bright and very impressive. It is astounding what can be captured with a camera. Apparently the bus was yellow and that really did add a lot to the photo. I can only try to imagine the cold there at night as the wind whipped in from the sea. I’m still wondering why one that photographer on the left was not wearing a warm cap to protect his head from the cold. Perhaps he is super hardly fellow.
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He kept pulling up the hood on his coat, Yvonne, but then it fell down again. Me, I had four light layers on, I know what it’s like on the sea-front at night. The worst thing is your camera and tripod get really cold, so you have to wear gloves as well.
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I saw that he had a hood attached to his coat. The other guy was wearing a fitted cap and I bet he was lots warmer. You were wise to wear four layers. No sense in getting sick from being out in the cold.
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Too much time spent in the mountains, Yvonne, has taught me to wear layers. You can always take something off, you can’t add what you haven’t got.
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So true. I too, learned that even here in a rather mild climate.
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The last photo is fabulous!
Alison
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Thank you Alison. Pretty easy to do with the Olympus camera, it has a specific setting for lightrails, fireworks etc
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Good photo. I always scared of doing night photography because I could get rob.
But I want to because it colorful photo. That’s one reason why night photography is interesting
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Sorry for the delay in replying, I’ve been away on vacation. I usually try and get out with someone else. That way they can watch your back whilst you take photographs and then you can do the same for them.
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