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Contest Finalist in Impactful Images Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Nightscapes Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Big Sky Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Feels Like Freedom Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Trey Ratcliffs Put Your Best Foot Forward Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Night Life Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Mindfulness Photo Contest
Runner Up in Playing With Darkness Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Playing With Darkness Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Wanderer Photo Contest
Winner in Nightscapes Photo Challenge
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Capture_This
October 12, 2014
great job with the light that is lighting upt he front of the building.. nicely done!!
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HazerLive
October 24, 2014
The lighting in this shot took about 30 tries to get it just right. Andy the model had to quickly sweep the barn with the headlamp without over exposing or creating blur wile moving he then had to stay extremely still wile the flashlight hidden behind rocks at the base of the barn exposed his body. We spent about 5 hours shooting around Teton National Park this night and this location we worked on for about 2 hours around 3 to 5 am
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AlanJakarta
February 16, 2015
Brilliant image & well worth all the time & effort you & Andy put in. Congratulations on being Featured.
Timbo
February 16, 2015
WOW, just a brilliant capture....... I'm inspired by your dedication ...awarded......well done
chuckrickman
February 16, 2015
Masterful. Well worth all your hard work. Congrats on being featured.
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MaryAnne306
February 17, 2015
All your hard work produced a brilliant result. Fantastic photo. I love the effect of the stars spilling out of headlamp in a fountain sparkling lights like water out of a hose. Congratulations on being featured!
HazerLive
February 17, 2015
Thank you for all the kind words! It was awesome to be featured, This was one of my favorite trips of 2014 and it ended with a bang!
patstang
March 05, 2015
I have little to no idea how you achieved this, but I'm in love with it. The composition is outstanding ... love the lighting on the front of the building ...
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HazerLive
March 24, 2015
Thanks for creating it! I can't wait till summer. Night shooting in Montana can get pretty brutal!
TravelBugDove
August 11, 2015
Love this!!! My mouth dropped!!! This is so amazing!!! Congratulations and you definitely deserve it!!!
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AlgisKemezys
September 23, 2015
Bravo! Excellent image and Thanks so much for all those tips you share with us here.
StephenSPotterPhoto
October 28, 2015
ULTRA-INSPIRING TO SAY THE LEAST! YOU OBVIOUSLY PUT YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS GREAT SHOT!
elmarieschultz
November 15, 2015
I joined ViewBug purely to see some winning photographs as per their adverts on facebook pages. You are getting a WOW! from me, all the way from Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Am I allowed to share pictures that I like on facebook?
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Behind The Lens
Location
This photo was taken in Teton National Park by the barns at Mormon Row.Time
This shot was taken very early in the morning a few hours before sunrise.Lighting
The lighting in this shot took about 30 tries to get it just right. Andy the model had to quickly sweep the barn with the headlamp without over/under exposing it, or creating blur wile moving his head. He then had to stay extremely still wile the flashlight hidden behind rocks at the base of the barn exposed his body. Simple light setup, but continuous lighting wile shooting at night can be a bit sloppy, especially when you add movement to the equation.Equipment
For this shot, the lighting was cheap and simple one headlamp and one small flashlight, I shot it on a 5DMKIII with a 15mm fisheye on a tripod set to about 3 feet.Inspiration
Andy, my friend in the picture had been spending a week in the park, shooting all day and sleeping in his car at night. He called me up at around 7pm a couple days before the end of his trip, and said the stars were insane and it was 100% clear sky's. It also happened to be on a new moon. All summer we had been getting clouds whenever there was a new moon. This was our last chance to really night shoot together before winter hit and Andy moved away. With all this in mind I took off without a second thought to make the 6 hour treck from Bozeman, MT to Jackson Hole, WY in the dark to meet him. We went out and shot for a good five hours after I got there and this was the very last location we shot of the night. Andy likes to snag some headlamp shots whenever we go night shooting, and this was our last chance to snag one. In short this photo was inspired by an epic friendship, lack of sleep, and a shot or two of whiskey.Editing
Post was pretty strait forward, I did a little to enhance the stars, and reduced the amount of distortion from the fish-eye slightly, there was also some red light in the sky on the right side. I didn't like that, so I cleaned it up and pulled out the color.In my camera bag
My main night of photography is spent shooting concerts, so I have my Cannon 70-200 2.8 II, Sigma 15mm 2.8 fish-eye, 14mm 2.8 all manual Rokinon, 580I Speedlight with a lightsphere defuser, a bag of extra rechargable AA batteries, one spare camera battery, and an extra phone charger and toothbrush. I have to do most of my lens changes on the fly in the dark, so I try to keep everything as streamlined as possible. This also helps me make sure I have absolutely everything I need before I go on a spur of the moment trip like this.Feedback
You will learn quickly that nothing beats a new moon for night shooting, clouds in most cases are your worst enemy they catch a lot of light from surrounding areas, and can really mess with your shots. You want to find a place with very low light pollution, we chose to shoot in a state park with very little light pollution. Focus is another huge thing to pay attention to. You will need to focus manually because you won't have enough light to auto focus most of the time. Experiment with your lighting, and try everything, light painting, moving light vs. stationary, Try shooting with lights visible or completely off camera. Gear does make a big difference in extreme low light conditions, but that doesn't mean you can't increase your exposure times to compensate some for this. To keep the stars from moving in the image there are a couple factors that come into play. First is your shutter speed longer shutter means longer star trails. The other factor is your lens an ultra wide has a higher threshold for how far a star can move before the camera picks up movement, so a 15mm shot with a 30 second shutter speed will show less movement than a 50mm lens that also has a 30 second shutter speed. Night shooting can be error ridden, so shoot extra, you never know when something got bumped because your really shooting more or less blind. Flashlights and rechargeable batteries are your best friends for night shooting, bring extras!
