Toby Keller - Night Photography Blog

Kinetic Sculpture

This is a kinetic sculpture at Goleta Beach. The cone shapes catch the wind and rotate on metal "spokes" or "branches" and occasionally emit little clangs, kind of like the sound of a cowbell. There aren't nearly as many cones on the sculpture as it looks like there is here. To make this exposure I set up the camera on a tripod and opened the shutter. Over the course of a few minutes, I popped a speedlight (flash) several times while holding it above my head. Each "pop" froze the sculpture in a certain position, gradually building up the photo you see.

Night Shots with Flash

Went down to Goleta beach tonight and played around with my new Nikon SB-24 speedlight. Now I can finally get proper exposures of trees at night....

Jade Bellydancing

So, Jade has jumped right in to bellydancing... she's got these great costumes and is getting very good at shakin' it.... This whole being engaged thing just gets better and better!

Stearn’s Wharf, Sunrise

More Fire Spinning

One More of Lu