A few weeks ago, I asked a couple of my friends, Karen and Joe, to be my models for a street light inspired photo shoot.  They agreed and we set up a date.  It was 8:15pm when we started on April 14, 2009.  The day had been beautiful and the evening proved to be the same.

I began the shoot trying to incorporate as much of the sky as I could before the clouds were completely lost to the black sky.  Here is one of my favourite photos from the night.

I love the colour of the sky behind the warmth of the street lights. 

I wanted to ensure that the details of the road, wires and street poles were strong elements of the photo.  But I also wanted to make sure that my friends were dark enough to be a silhouette.  My ISO was 500, my aperture was 2.8 and my shutter speed was 1/2 sec.

The most challenging aspect of the evening was focusing on my subjects.   Another challenge, although not mine, was keeping Joe and Karen from moving.  Since I wanted the shutter to be open for a longer period of time, they had to remain very still to avoid blurring.  This photo is a great example of blurring-gone-right! 

 I had Karen and Joe stand very still in a walking position.  Joe had placed his heel on the road, which I think looked great.  However, it was difficult for him to keep his foot still while the photo was being taken.  His foot moved creating a small blur.  I think that it looks fantastic and really makes it look as though they are walking.

I love photographing sincere hugs.  I asked Karen and Joe to hug and they snuggled right into each others arms.  I love the soft glow that the street lights created around their hair.  I think that it adds great texture to the photo.  I am also very happy with the darkness of their bodies and the richness of their shadow.

My ISO was 160, my aperture was 2.8 and my shutter speed was 1.3 sec.  I also bracketed down -1.3 steps.

Thank you to Joe and Karen for donating your time, for my creativity.  I greatly appreciate it!