Beautiful Blue Hour

As I mentioned last week, I am taking Kent Weakley‘s Night Photography classes. One of the focuses of the first class is shooting the moon; the other focus is capturing “blue hour”.

Blue hour is that magical time after sunset when the last bit of light dances over the earth before being chased away by the blackness of night. What I find so amazing about blue hour is not only the rich color, but also the intensity of it, which is captured better by a camera than the human eye.

Once again, I am seeing that good photos are not simply taken; they are made.

To best capture blue hour, you need a well-lit subject and perfect timing. The cool thing about the perfect timing part is there’s an app for that. Well, the app can’t make perfect timing; but it can tell you the perfect time to get blue hour photographs any given day, anywhere in the world. It is the coolest photography thing since the remote shutter release. Which is way better than sliced bread; I mean, what good would that do you when making pictures?

Anywho. Onward with the pics.

First, let me tell you what a difference a week makes. Last week, I was a frozen popsicle. This week I threw on a light spring jacket and my flip-flops. Can you feel how happy I was?!

I didn’t have time to travel very far. Fortunately, the best well-lit building in town happens to be my own church. Extra special indeed. The only drawback is that there are thick power lines right in front of it. So I had to get up nice and close and just shoot up.

I love the contrast of the orangey-brown brick against the deep blue sky, and the way the white trim pops.

Oh, how I love blue hour. I can’t wait to capture it again.

In hope,
Shelli

Among a number of  ”wannabe” wishes, I would love to be a photographer. Not a pro. Just a decent amateur. This yearI’m am being more intentional about making that a reality. Linking up Darcy is one way to share my photomaking journey.