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Assignment: Finding Light in the Night

Don't be bashful! If you want comments, give comments. You don't need to be an expert photographer to express your opinion about the work of others. You don't need to go into great depth. A simple remark about cropping, composition, color, subject matter, etc. can be of just as much help to a budding photographer as an in-depth critique.

Take a nighttime picture using light from a streetlight, moonlight, car lights, or any other available light. If you have a dSLR, set your camera to Shutter Priority so that you can control how long the shutter stays open. If you have a point-and-shoot, you may need to set the camera to nighttime format on the camera’s automatic settings. You probably want to use a tripod or set your camera on a hard surface to accommodate the long exposure. Take a picture of traffic going by, or an object under a streetlight, or anything that inspires you.