UPDATE - Thanks to all who attended the July 9th meeting on moonlit landscapes. I’ve attached the presentation file below if anyone is interested in re-reading the materials. Enjoy!
In tonight’s meeting Barb will show some examples and techniques to make the most of photographing the landscape at night.
Landscape photography isn’t just for during the day, but at night as well. All moonlight is, is a reflection of the sun’s light shining back to us. The position of the moon relegates how much light is actually reflected back to us. During the full moon, it’s directly opposite from the sun and showing 100% illumination or close to that. A new moon would be the opposite, nearly 0% illumination, and the two quarter moons would be approximately 50% illumination. The position of the moon during the different phases determines how much light is reflected back to earth. That’s about as much science as I’ll get into about this. 😁
During these hot oppressive summer days in South Florida, having another way to photograph the landscape, outside of the high heat of daytime hours, can lend itself to new and interesting scenes that you can’t get during the day.
Below are some examples of images I took about 6 years ago now when we did a moonlit landscapes field trip. Poor processing aside, this is about what you can expect during our moonlit landscapes field trip next month.
Pine Glades Lake by moonlight ~ Barbara Livieri 2019
The principles to moonlit landscape photography are pretty much the same as regular photography, its all about the light, but the techniques will be tweaked a bit as a longer exposure will be required.
We will be applying what we’ve learned in this meeting tonight to our August field trip. The reason we’re doing this in July is the full moon occurs before the August meeting. Plus, it will give everyone a chance to get any new supplies if you don’t already have them.
I hope you can make it tonight!
Pine Glades Lake by moonlight ~ Barbara Livieri 2019
This IS a hybrid meeting, meaning we’ll be meeting in person as well as doing a live broadcast via Zoom (which will also be recorded). After the meeting, the recording will be uploaded to our website. Link to the Zoom meeting is below. The invite will be sent out shortly before the meeting.