Nighttime Photos

I took these photos for our nighttime project over the weekend. Obviously I had to wait until the sun went down and my room was pitch black, and on Friday night I was photographing until midnight. I wanted to try a few different methods, such as light painting and different colored lights coming from different directions. My main focus was on artificial light in my room because there was not an opportunity for me to go to where city lights are prominent, and my neighborhood does not have streetlights. So I worked with what I had: small sources of light. I tried to photograph things I thought would be interesting, like light shining through an hourglass or my lotus candle holder. To put myself in these pictures, I had to use a tripod and a countdown for my camera and rush into frame. It was very difficult and definitely took more than a few tries. The light painting photo has two of my large paintings as the background and a flashlight as the “writing” tool. I also used a lotus flower candle holder, a pink light, my hourglass, and my side table light with my Bible open next to it. This project definitely challenged my creative thinking skills and my patience with camera count downs. I am proud of the results and want to experiment with more nighttime concepts!