Ken Lee Photography
Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach
Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach
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A lonesome Buick greets the night at Nelson ghost town in Nevada near a full moon hidden behind mountains. To create this night photo, I set the camera on a tripod. I opened the camera shutter for a long time. While the shutter was open, I walked around with a handheld flashlight capable of producing different colors and illuminated the scene. During the exposure, all the light I shined on the subject was cumulative. This process is called "light painting". Why? Because one uses the flashlight as a paint brush, "brushing" on light, not paint. Light painting to illuminate subjects is a beautiful, addictive art, as you can walk around the scene, deciding what to bring to light and what to keep in shadow. And it's more fun than AI-generated images. This photo may appear in my fourth book of night photography, history, and stories.Photographed during a night photography workshop that we taught in the Nevada desert.
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For photos, books, workshops and more: www.kenleephotography.com
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(Plate 9951) Pentax K-1/28-105mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. 2 minutes f/8 ISO 200. May 2023.
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Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach
Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach
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A lonesome Buick greets the night at Nelson ghost town in Nevada near a full moon hidden behind mountains. To create this night photo, I set the camera on a tripod. I opened the camera shutter for a long time. While the shutter was open, I walked around with a handheld flashlight capable of producing different colors and illuminated the scene. During the exposure, all the light I shined on the subject was cumulative. This process is called "light painting". Why? Because one uses the flashlight as a paint brush, "brushing" on light, not paint. Light painting to illuminate subjects is a beautiful, addictive art, as you can walk around the scene, deciding what to bring to light and what to keep in shadow. And it's more fun than AI-generated images. This photo may appear in my fourth book of night photography, history, and stories.Photographed during a night photography workshop that we taught in the Nevada desert.
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For photos, books, workshops and more: www.kenleephotography.com
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(Plate 9951) Pentax K-1/28-105mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. 2 minutes f/8 ISO 200. May 2023.
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#kenlee #nightphotography #lightpainting #YourShotPhotographer #mojave #mylensrental #nightportraits #astrophotography #universetoday #astrophoto #nightsky #nightscaper #starphotography #landscape_nightscape #igsouthwest #divine_deserts #splendid_earth #instagood #beautifuldestinations #humanmade #urbex #urbanexploration #Nelson #Buick