Twilight Photowalk Part 1: Night shots

Yesterday M and I took a 2 hour Twilight Photowalk with Amanda Kerr Photography. It was a Groupon that we bought last march for $45 or something!

We weren't too sure what to expect.. but we headed off, tripods and cameras in hand. The first part of the evening was a 45min (ish) discussion on different settings to use while shooting at night, what different things do, and a very basic description of each. Although I already knew some (shutter speed, a bit of aperature, etc), it was nice to have a more professional description.

The first set of photos we took was at the steam clock in Gastown. There were only four of us plus instructor in this course, but I guess we looked crazy enough that probably half of the people that walked by us thought we were taking their picture. As if, there are WAY better things to waste digital memory on!


Here's a few photos of the steam clock, with the cool colour-changing building behind.

 

The effect on this one is zooming part way through the long exposure. I really like this photo because the base of the clock is almost completely in focus, with the clock face going all crazy.

A few more trials of zooming while the shutter's open. It's something I'd like to try again.. I'm sure ther's a way where you could get the middle object completely in focus... I just didn't have it last night!

Parts 2 and 3 coming this week :)