tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:47:57 +0000Night &amp; Nocturne Photography • Black &amp; White and Color Photographs • Photography Books and Websites • Information and Resources • Featured Night Photographers • Lighting Gearshttp://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)Blogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-6426282650126250670Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:21:00 +00002009-06-20T17:38:42.182+08:00My laser pointer. © 2009 Martin Liew Photography. I want to talk about one of the tools used in my nocturne photography i.e. laser pointer. It's a small lighting gadget and yet so useful. I came to discover its usage a few years back when I was doing nocturnes at a local botanic garden, in which they have a small park named Evolution Park. It's a man-made garden in the age of Jurassic with some http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/EirDKL1ktqY/laser-pointer-light-painting-tool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/EirDKL1ktqY" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2009/06/laser-pointer-light-painting-tool.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-3931613747320879001Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:36:00 +00002009-06-13T18:14:54.441+08:00 Excavator. © 2009 Martin Liew Photography.In my last weekend night photography outing, a new friend joined us for the first time in making some interesting night pictures. I took them back to the same old location I did for the past few weekends.A minor and yet interesting incident happened. We were greeted by some young night dwellers who claimed they are also doing night photography in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/KlA0NVmtxbE/nocturnes-art-of-surrealistic-landscape.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/KlA0NVmtxbE" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2009/06/nocturnes-art-of-surrealistic-landscape.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-5189082719095445408Sat, 30 May 2009 09:37:00 +00002009-05-30T23:17:51.847+08:00Quiet Corridor. © 2009 Martin Liew PhotographyQuiet Corridor is one of the new set of nocturnes I made last week. On my previous night trips, I have covered 2 abandoned buildings in one of the areas and as the daylight started to break, I wasn't able to make any more photographs in this other abandoned building, just right opposite. I was so sure that there are many good opportunities for good http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/DnySdqPubdc/nocturnes-art-of-surrealistic-landscape.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/DnySdqPubdc" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2009/05/nocturnes-art-of-surrealistic-landscape.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-5789272519575035000Sun, 24 May 2009 14:47:00 +00002009-05-24T23:22:12.074+08:00Last night (23 May 2009), I stayed up for the whole night doing some really good nocturne photography in the north area, with a friend of mine. Not only was I making light-painting photographs, I was making some good black & white night photographs with my TLR camera as well.As I have always love the night atmosphere with its tranquility, I too experienced the most beautiful sound of the night http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/hNqPAXpn_hc/beauty-of-night-sounds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/hNqPAXpn_hc" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2009/05/beauty-of-night-sounds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-3911898985304959914Tue, 19 May 2009 14:42:00 +00002009-05-19T23:31:42.866+08:00Abandoned House. © 2009 Martin Liew PhotographyFinally I've came up with the right title for my nocturne photography work, NOCTURNES : The Art of Surrealistic Landscape.The photograph above was made on 9 May, Saturday night with a couple of friends. Each of us took a different vantage point and I did all the light-paintings. Pity we couldn't stay longer, so I decided to go back on my own on the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/GWEDHM_jA7E/nocturnes-art-of-surrealist-landscape.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/GWEDHM_jA7E" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2009/05/nocturnes-art-of-surrealist-landscape.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-4120759411509707580Sat, 16 May 2009 05:20:00 +00002009-05-16T13:39:53.651+08:00Recently I came across this night photographer's work on COLOR, a magazine on collection of fine photography. His name is Frank Relle.Frank Relle (b. 1976) is a photographer born and based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the recipient of numerous awards including a 2007 International Photography Award and the Photo Lucida Critical Mass top 50 photographers.His work is represented in major publichttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/qgDh0uShCqk/frank-relle-nightscapes-photography.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/qgDh0uShCqk" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2009/05/frank-relle-nightscapes-photography.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-745314179439792255Mon, 11 May 2009 13:17:00 +00002009-05-16T12:51:44.321+08:00I would like to announce that I have created a Night Photography Group in my Multiply website.The main reason why I created this Group, is simply to create a platform for night photographers to meet and share their night photography experiences, to learn from one another and to showcase their masterpieces. There's nothing quite as motivative and inspiring to learn and develop one's night http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/8ZlzFNymdWI/night-photography-group.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/8ZlzFNymdWI" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2009/05/night-photography-group.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-7923133574702653154Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:45:00 +00002009-04-21T08:51:51.257+08:00Well, here I am again. Back on to my night photography blog after a year of adsence. I'm back again this time for another series of my nocturnes. Here are the 4 nocturnes I did on 2 separate nights. The first 3 shots were made last October and the last shot was made last night, all at the same location. It was thrilling and full of excitement as I once again did it for this shot. And I thought tohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/0M0LEBUlS9k/my-nocturnes-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/0M0LEBUlS9k" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-nocturnes-again.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-7273780841624316634Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:55:00 +00002009-04-19T22:45:17.590+08:00It's been 5 months now since my last night photography outing at Pulau Ubin last November. A couple of weeks ago I realised I still got a roll of Kodak slide film right inside my FM10 since the last night outing with a couple of friends at the Singapore Btanic Garden. Dated back October 2007. Well obviously the film color should have been deteriorated but what the heck. Since I'm doing nocturnes,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/rlA5O8LYhXs/my-nocturnes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/rlA5O8LYhXs" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-nocturnes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-1352193232770838550Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:11:00 +00002007-11-30T23:52:44.434+08:00I organized a night/nocturne photography outing last Saturday, 24 Nov 2007 in Pulau Ubin. It was a small group of 6, including myself. It was fun and every participant get to do the light-paintings. It was a full moon night and some of the images are illuminated by the moon light, which created such effect as if it was taken during dawn or dusk.Here are my nocturne images. Pleasant viewing. Mamamhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/l-DbQq07FMA/nocturne-photography-pulau-ubin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/l-DbQq07FMA" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2007/11/nocturne-photography-pulau-ubin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-8893360652654339605Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:36:00 +00002007-11-11T15:18:11.635+08:00In August 2007 issue of Black & White Photography magazine (UK), I read an article on Chris Conrad's portfolio, Ethereal Days, in which the magazine featured some of his most amazing and stunning night photographs taken on the area around Moab, USA.Chris started a portfolio on the fleeting pools of water that exist in the redrock canyons after rainstorms, he began the Oases series."I was http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/sViqrwpT27w/ethereal-days-by-chris-conrad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/sViqrwpT27w" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2007/11/ethereal-days-by-chris-conrad.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-8970580975981532414Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:17:00 +00002007-11-11T15:22:29.584+08:00Closing Ceremony of National Stadium30 June 2007 Saturday was the day Singaporean witnessed the closing ceremony of our National Stadium. I was supposed to go back there for some re-make of photographs I did in early June. Well I guess it's too late for me now. That evening, I received a call from a friend, who happened to have an extra complmentary ticket to the closing ceremony event. It was a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/etTU6R0tpHg/closing-ceremony-of-national-stadium.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/etTU6R0tpHg" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2007/07/closing-ceremony-of-national-stadium.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-1446206867999260720Thu, 17 May 2007 09:42:00 +00002007-05-21T20:39:39.438+08:00Talking about making pictures of our National Stadium, it all started with news of the stadium demolition for a brand new design. The stadium will be officially closed own on 30 June 2007, Saturday. A closing ceremony will be held there to mark this historical event.News broke out since last September. I went there with a fellow night photographer, Selina. We did make a few pictures but we didn'thttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/QFpT_p-6Ops/night-national-stadium.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/QFpT_p-6Ops" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2007/05/night-national-stadium.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-3677237997943545229Tue, 15 May 2007 00:25:00 +00002007-05-22T22:11:47.866+08:00Well what can I say? It's been a long long time since I last wrote blog or update this blog of mine. Almost 7 months. Where was I? You would ask. There are changes to Blogger.com as I have had to re-register by creating a new account in Google's gmail. Well I had thought of signing up before, but no action was taken. Procrastination.Anyway I'm back again and during all those times, I was still http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/d5M_cg3tMA4/im-back-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/d5M_cg3tMA4" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2007/05/im-back-again.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-116040114358920072Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:22:00 +00002006-10-09T21:47:45.443+08:00"It's Over!" © 2006 Martin Liew"It's Over!"What you see here is a sequence of photos I took on the same night in Chinatown where families and friends came to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival and taking memorable pictures with their loved ones.As I was taking photographs of the empty cans collector, I noticed the giant lantern lights on the road divider were turned off. I sensed something is coming http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/3zAFhZTbV2Y/night-street-photography-its-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/3zAFhZTbV2Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2006/10/night-street-photography-its-over.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-116031282205225064Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:00:00 +00002006-10-08T21:22:44.656+08:00Empty Cans Collector © 2006 Martin LiewEmpty Cans Collector6th October, Friday (Lunar Month 15th August) was the Mid-Autumn Festival. As usual every year Chinatown would be beautified with colorful giant lanterns. This called for celebration where families come down to take memorable photographs with their loved ones.Well due to the recent hazy air pollution caused by the forest fire in Indonesiahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/ELoNaHJtdow/night-street-photography-empty-cans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/ELoNaHJtdow" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2006/10/night-street-photography-empty-cans.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-115945557918364427Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:56:00 +00002006-09-28T22:59:39.203+08:00Michael Busselle rememberedPhotographer and writer Michael Busselle has died at the age of 70. Having begun work as a photographic assistant he established his own studio in London working on commercial shoots for the advertising and publishing industries. His first book, Master Photography: Take and Make Better Pictures set him along a path in which his name became synonymous with photographic http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/prEfvhOwT_U/michael-busselle-remembered.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/prEfvhOwT_U" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2006/09/michael-busselle-remembered.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-115849248329353756Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:20:00 +00002006-09-17T22:28:11.646+08:00Two Orchids #1 © 2006 Martin LiewTwo OrchidsWho says we can only shoot floral photographs in the day time? Well of cuz we are making full use of the natural sunlight to make the best floral pictures be it close-up or macro format. What I did here was to make floral photography more creative in a way that I make the pictures in the night time, in dark area of the garden away from stray light http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/XIflr1ld_As/two-orchids.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/XIflr1ld_As" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2006/09/two-orchids.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-115836988559455916Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:21:00 +00002006-09-16T09:24:45.606+08:00Matilda House © 2006 Martin LiewMatilda HouseLocated at Punggol End, Matilda House was built in 1902 for Mr Joseph Cashin whose family history in Singapore can be traced back to the early 1840s. The building is a fine example of an early style tropical bungalow. The tropical style of the building is accentuated through its architectural features such as open verandahs, raised floors and the use http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/Os-fUYaFlmA/matilda-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/Os-fUYaFlmA" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2006/09/matilda-house.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-115785685564063294Sun, 10 Sep 2006 02:52:00 +00002006-09-10T10:54:15.653+08:00Clubmoss Trees © 2006 Martin LiewClub Moss TreesLepidodendron is the name given to a giant Lycopod or scale tree which formed an important part of the coal swamps of the late Carboniferous which grew to heights in excess of 40 meters. The extinct genus of primitive, vascular plants were related to the Lycopsids (club mosses) and are sometimes called giant club mosses. They thrived during the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/kwPPj6-Pomk/club-moss-trees.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/kwPPj6-Pomk" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2006/09/club-moss-trees.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-115716418035601360Sat, 02 Sep 2006 02:03:00 +00002006-09-04T11:57:00.136+08:00Orchids Spectrum © 2006 Martin LiewOrchids SpectrumI first came across this art form of photography at The Nocturnes (www.thenocturnes.com) and I was really impressed by the works of many famous night photographers in US. I particularly like the works by Andy Frazer, Tim Baskerville, Troy Paiva, Larrie Thomson, Michael Frye, William Lesch and many more.I was so inspired and motivated that I got http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/nZt17jWypsk/my-nocturne-photographs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/nZt17jWypsk" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2006/09/my-nocturne-photographs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-115703171682372477Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:40:00 +00002006-08-31T21:41:56.856+08:00What is Nocturne Photography?As defined in dictionary, nocturne has two meanings:(i) a painting of a night scene;(ii) a instrumental composition of a pensive, dreamy mood, especailly one for the piano.The word photography comes from two ancient Greek words: photo, for "light," and graph, for "drawing." "Drawing with light" is a way of describing photography. When a photograph is made, light or http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/Oy6Q1a5XJx8/what-is-nocturne-photography.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/Oy6Q1a5XJx8" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2006/08/what-is-nocturne-photography.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-115668927237000904Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:02:00 +00002006-08-27T22:36:21.266+08:00Well after taking a 2-week break from blogging, I'm back. It was a hectic 2 weeks for me, busy working and rushing for deadlines. Of cuz I never stop photographying. I've joined 2 outings so far over 2 weekends i.e. last Sunday and today, basically just on street photography. Didn't really get any good subjects to shoot but managed to finish up a roll today.I used a toy camera, Holga, with flash http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/MW547qkVlWQ/im-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/MW547qkVlWQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2006/08/im-back.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-115552869454582236Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:06:00 +00002006-08-14T12:11:34.550+08:00Moonlight Huts © 2006 Stan KayStan KayLast week I came across Stan's night photos at a local forum and quite impressed by his digital works. I'm still pretty new in digital night photography as I shoot in film all the time. Though I've never met Stan in person, I decided to correspond with him, seeking his permission to feature his work at my blog site. He agreed.Stan Kay started out with film http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/WHALzlSZG0U/stan-kay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/WHALzlSZG0U" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2006/08/stan-kay.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29649803.post-115543764164524142Sun, 13 Aug 2006 02:51:00 +00002006-08-13T11:26:25.156+08:00Man In The Park © 2006 Loo Gu TaiLoo Gu TaiLoo is a fellow member of PSS, whom I first met through Selina last year during one of the Photo Clinic sessions which is held every Friday night. She owns a Nikon F80 and she insists on using films and not interested in digital camera at all. After seeing some of my B&W night photographs, Loo got interested in night photography and since then she, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rsssubscription/~3/TIbvGQa1iEA/loo-gu-tai.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martin Liew)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rsssubscription/~4/TIbvGQa1iEA" height="1" width="1"/>http://niteprojekts.blogspot.com/2006/08/loo-gu-tai.html