Release the shutter

The town just 15 minutes down the road was once a western hub for sugarbeets. One sure wouldn’t know that if they passed through the town today if they didn’t know what to look for. Night photography has always been a fun challenge. Some of the images I will be showing here will hopefully represent that.

This photograph is of the old sugar beet factory that’s evolved into a storage facility or campers and the like. This was after noise cleaning in photoshop. I loved this picture but I couldn’t post it anywhere due to the amount of ISO I had to add to make out any of the structures. It’s not the end of the world when a picture doesn’t turn out fantastic. What’s the worst that is going to happen? It gets deleted? Release the shutter.

This was on the way to my nightly walk. In my settings I have the RAW files being saved as well as JPEG’s to allow for more creativity in post. The front range has always had some magical sunsets. This one was in theme with the former agricultural hub I was visiting for the night. The magical hour before sunset is always so warm and inviting. Try to get out and find anything to take a picture of. Release the Shutter.

Biker Gang

Seeing a trio of kids riding their e bikes on a somewhat busy city street was funny to me. This made me at ease with the surroundings a little more as it added a playful air to the mood. I just had to pull up my camera and snap as many photos I could of this gang without any adjustments. This one turned out alright I think. There is no filter on this lens yet so this lens from 1953 impressed me with how glowy the lights turned out to be.

Photographers Portrait

I don’t often do selfies but I managed this one on a clean’ish glass at what I think was a bakers shop on a back street. Don’t forget to record your journey. I someday hope to be able to capture another photographer in their element without them knowing it so I can gift it to them.

This was one of my favorite shots of the night. This elevated veranda style patio for these three or four shops had these lights hung above the seating areas. They weren’t lit but the backlight from the nearby establiishments seemed to make them sparkle or glow. The multitude of shadows when taken in black and white turned out really nice.

After parking and getting out with my gear took a gander up the street and saw this. How could one ask for a more vivid set of colors in one photograph.

This was the main street side of the black and white photo I took earlier. I will have to visit this place during the day sometime to try out the restaurants. I am working towards being more comfortable taking pictures of people. I had an encounter with a lad walking his dog when I first started my walk but he didn’t seem to want to be photographed so politely said hello in passing. I will get there.

I didn’t post this one anywhere even though I loved it. There was so much going on in this picture I didn’t feel there was a good focal point when I wanted to include both vintage and unique in the frame. I possibly could have repositioned but there was so much to see and the lady that owned the shop started placing stuff in the glass and I didn’t want to bother her. I still released the shutter.

Until next time folks.

Kyle