After Dark

There was no time for pictures today. I drug my feet getting out of bed, so by the time I was awake, showered and fed it was time to head to work. And work is where I stayed until after dark.

Our apartment is hard enough to shoot in when it's bright and sunny outside and all the windows are open. Once the sun goes down, it gets pretty darn close to impossible. So, since my camera was out of reach until I got home this evening I had no choice but to go searching for light.

Lucky for me, our apartment complex has a fair number of really interesting street lamps that I've been wanting to photograph for a long time now. Everyday, I drive up the lamp-lined hill and think how pretty it is. Everyday, I think, I really need to bring my camera down here. And everyday, I get home and get busy and never go back. Well, today was different. I had no other options, and not wanting to falter so early in the year I took my trusty husband and tricky tripod out for some night time shooting.

We walked down and back up the hill which looked awesomely mysterious in the rain and fog, but I could not for the life of me make it come across on my camera screen. It was cold and my jacket was light; ok, I was cold---it was maybe 60, but I'm a wimp and much prefer the triple digit heat in summer to anything under 75. Anyhow, I was in a bit of a hurry to get back inside. We headed back up the hill and on the way I noticed a really pretty glow coming from in front of the leasing office so I thought I'd give it one more shot. The husband set up the tripod, and that's when I snapped.

It took 3 shots, but I got what I wanted.