What a BuzzKill

Today I decided that I didn’t take enough photos of people. I also don’t take photos of people at night … well, ever. I recruited my own personal teenage model (Rece) for an attempt to do long exposure night shots against a brick wall. He was willing, but definitely didn’t understand the concept of holding perfectly still! Anyhow, 2 of the shots out of 14 weren’t blurred, so I can’t complain too much.

The idea for this moody shot came earlier in the day when I went home for lunch. For some reason the brick wall just caught my attention and I thought it could only look good if shot at night. Then I went through all manner of ideas of what to put in front of the brick wall … a chair? a plant? a vacuum? I couldn’t decide at first, but then it came to me – a person … but who? Rece, of course! But how would I shoot it at night with an extended exposure – people move. That’s the beauty of digital photography, I could just shoot until I got one that wasn’t blurry. Lucky for me it only took 14 shots to get 2 and one of those was good enough to apply some effects that would capture my idea.

_{This entry likes it dark and moody.}