After dark

What is left after it goes

Most people pack up when the light dies. That is when I start. Hold to adjust, then stay with the frames that only exist in the dark.

Blue hour turns the sky into the subject and the lamp into the accent. Wait until the orange is the only warm thing left. Twelve minutes of nothing, then six seconds. That is the exchange rate for lightning.

Chapter two

What is left after it goes

Most people pack up when the light dies. That is when I start. Everything below was shot after the sun had already gone.

A small white lighthouse at blue hour, its lamp burning orange against a deep blue sky full of cloud.
The lampBLUE HOUR / F2.8 / A LONG WAIT

Hold the button until the picture comes up.

A jellyfish glowing violet and blue in almost complete darkness.
MedusaDARK WATER / IT MAKES ITS OWN LIGHT
The Milky Way overhead, a crimson and teal band of stars filling the frame.
Starry nightNO MOON / THE ONLY TIME THIS IS VISIBLE
One strikeSIX SECONDS / TWELVE MINUTES OF NOTHING BEFORE IT
Buy a night printNotes from the waiting