INTRODUCTION
Why Night Photography?
Some of the very first photographs I ever took were made in a darkened room with an old camera mounted on a tripod with a flashlight as the only light source. With the shutter set to bulb and locked open with a cable release, I moved around the room with the flashlight. Sometimes behind the camera, and sometimes in front of it, I painted the room, my girlfriend, and myself with light. I had no idea what I was doing, but it was fun, and the results were interesting enough to inspire me to experiment further. I was fascinated with the idea of moving subjects and a moving light source, and how they would be represented ...
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