Night Photography Assignment

UPDATE!!!
In case you already read this today, I wanted to add a link to my sister-in-law's night picture. It's incredible! Here's the link.

For the night photography assignment, I wanted to show you how to take a picture where the headlights on a car look like long neon lights and the car kind of disappears. Here's the picture:

The key to getting this type of picture is to use a slow shutter speed. In this example, I was shooting at 1 second. Because of the slow shutter speed, you will need to use a tripod in order for your shot to be in focus. The car disappears because it's moving while the shutter is open for that long and the light from the headlights is hitting your sensor for the entire second so it gets stretched out. Try it tonight and see if you can pull off the same shot.

Next week's assignment:

-- Bubbles --

This week's assignment is "Bubbles", a fun frothy assignment to take us through the change of seasons. It's definitely a more wide open subject than you might think. Consider using them for or in portraits, reflections, and macros.