tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346424802012-01-17T09:26:37.528-08:00Spokane Night ScenesAn online archive of nighttime digital photographs, in and around Spokane, Washington.
Enjoy the ongoing digital image documentary of Spokane Night Scenes.John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.comBlogger1141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-85471793674683701752012-01-16T08:43:00.000-08:002012-01-17T09:24:10.433-08:00The Spokane ParkadeThe Spokane Parkade
The Parkade was the target of mine for a recent photo shoot, from the top of the Old National Bank building in downtown Spokane. One week prior to this recent shoot, the Parkade was featured prominently in one night shot from the top of the Chase Bank building, but the lights were not illuminated on top of the Parkade roof. Such was the case for the shoot from the Old John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-82863459635944031872012-01-15T09:08:00.000-08:002012-01-17T09:26:37.556-08:00Spokane’s Old National BankThe past two weeks, I have had the privilege of shooting from the roof of the Old National Bank building, after dark. The cooperation and scheduling of the two visits was second to none, and in particular I would like to thank Jesse Putnam for his assistance to me on top of the grand old building.
Two weeks ago, I was able to take up 7 other photogs for the shoot, and many of their images will John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-12863875368021172812011-12-29T09:29:00.000-08:002011-12-29T09:33:51.333-08:00Spokane Night Scenes, a collection of Spokane’s Riverpark Square Mall<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-77742114705903361312011-12-27T21:16:00.000-08:002011-12-27T21:18:45.040-08:00Spokane Night Scenes, photography from the roof of the Spokane Business Resource Center (SRBC)<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-46000895898914128222011-12-27T15:19:00.000-08:002011-12-27T15:33:56.996-08:00Spokane Night Scenes, photography from the roof of the Bank of America building<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-21729142141873403712011-12-27T10:02:00.000-08:002011-12-27T10:16:11.933-08:00Spokane Night Scenes, photography from the roof of the Chase Bank building<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-34369902222781433742011-12-27T07:29:00.000-08:002011-12-27T07:38:56.331-08:00Spokane Night Scenes, photography from the roof of Riverpark Square Mall<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-45088396322573732392011-12-26T17:35:00.000-08:002011-12-26T17:40:41.233-08:00Spokane Night Scenes, photography on the Spokane Club<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-15414437740636426202011-12-26T12:10:00.000-08:002011-12-26T12:23:21.274-08:00Spokane Night Scenes at the Fernwell building<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-66741450081313807122011-08-25T13:02:00.000-07:002011-08-25T13:05:55.549-07:00National Trust for Historic Preservation (Spokane)In the short term, I added just over 100 images to the web which were taken on behalf of NTHP. The 10 professional photographers who contributed their images to this project as well as mine, will beprovided to NTHP at some point, depending on their request being made.
http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/nthp.htm
John
John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-6916244505700496252011-08-09T13:44:00.000-07:002011-08-25T20:28:52.171-07:00Spokane photography, while being high…This was one of the most interesting photographic summers I have ever spent, since much of my work had to be done during daylight. Although my preference is to shoot Spokane Night Scenes, I began a project that literally took me to some heights.
My project was to support the National Trust for Historic Preservation, by coordinating highly skilled photographers to capture images of streetscapes,John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-76343447382238390182011-06-16T08:06:00.000-07:002011-08-25T13:02:06.333-07:00National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP)Fairly recently, I recruited a number of very good local photographers to participate in an ongoing shoot for the NTHP. NTHP is hosting the annual convention in 2012 here in Spokane, and quite frankly, there are a lot of historic locations in this area. So, I approached them about shooting these locations (the ones they identify), and then allowing them to use the images for a slideshow, John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-74930068414561065002011-06-16T05:51:00.000-07:002011-06-16T05:53:27.140-07:00Traveling with Honor FlightI began working with Inland Northwest Honor Flight, in March of 2010. The goal was to provide photography services to WWII Veterans and their families as each WWII Veteran made the Honor Flight to the war memorials in Washington DC. What I wanted to do was to insure that each day of the three day marathon was captured digitally and then made into a video which was presented to each Veteran and John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-77972607701749366882011-06-15T10:36:00.000-07:002011-06-15T10:55:06.377-07:00Displaying at the IMAX Theater in Spokane’s Riverfront ParkWell, we got it all done in the IMAX.Actually I got 31 prints installed in the lobby of the IMAX, and either going into the IMAX or coming out of the IMAX you can walk by the after-dark images of Spokane. Hanging those prints was really an all day affair, with two Parks employees measuring and installing one right after the other. So, for the time being, all work down there is done. The John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-920107062884619332011-02-28T08:39:00.000-08:002011-02-28T08:43:59.384-08:00Displaying at Riverfront Parks IMAX TheaterSo, here is the challenge. Pick out the images/prints to be displayed in an ongoing display at the IMAX Theater in Spokane’s Riverfront Park. My preference is to use poster sized images/prints, with the largest at a size of 24 X 36. A number of them will be at 20 X 30, and the smallest prints will be enlargements at a standard range of 12 X 18 (smallest prints).A week or so ago, my wife and I John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-34582695951555163612011-02-13T10:23:00.000-08:002011-02-13T10:28:20.746-08:00The never ending questThe never ending questThis week’s quest was an effort to answer the question, “why do you always go back to the same places? True, I do hear that from time to time. “Haven’t you already taken photos down there?” “Didn’t you already do that location?” Over the years, these kinds of issues are routine. Yet, in my view, each visit to any location is different than the one before it. Nothing John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-58592421594003215712011-02-07T09:18:00.000-08:002011-02-07T09:26:49.010-08:00Back into Spokane’s Riverfront ParkMany of the targets for 2011, will include a number of trips back into Riverfront Park (RFP). I actually started shooting night photos of RFP in 1987 during a full blown security survey of the 100 acre centerpiece of Spokane. At the time I used a 35mm SLR (Canon AE1). It was obvious at that time that this was a beautiful environment.In 2002, for the first time I began using digital equipment John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-30402998452184126322011-01-26T07:28:00.000-08:002011-01-26T07:33:44.202-08:00Visiting the Spokane Skeleton ManMarket Street StationThis evening shoot began, over in the Hillyard area. The target for the evening was the new building location on the Northwest corner of Queen and Market. It appeared to not be occupied other than some lower level office windows. The architecture of this building did have some unique quality, so I cropped out the majority of the building (which was dark), and centered on John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-14226166997158253592011-01-21T07:08:00.000-08:002011-01-21T08:27:52.015-08:00Spokane Night Scenes gets slammedSpokane Night Scenes gets slammedAt the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC) (http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/macstairwell.htm)This week’s project began at the MAC, as I wanted to inspect the premises to see what might have changed since my last visit. A lot had, and the sights were dismal. I spotted some interesting lights and shadows only on a stairwell that ran along the east side ofJohn D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-5946244774984032732010-12-23T10:35:00.000-08:002011-01-21T09:33:49.190-08:00A Patriotic and totally fun year with Honor FlightThis year was one of the busiest years with a camera in hand, which I have ever had. At the same time, I can say with pleasure that it was the most fun year I have EVER had with a camera.Inland Northwest Honor Flight began flying WWII Veterans to Washington DC in April of 2010, and I asked to be a part of their effort. My idea was to document each day of the veterans Honor Flight experience in John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-52555268012188840782010-12-22T11:40:00.000-08:002010-12-22T11:47:25.463-08:00A low light Christmas, at the North PoleI had the opportunity to photograph Northwest North Pole Adventures (Spokane Fantasy Flight) this December. A few of my friends who are highly experienced in shooting low light images also shot this event, which was a superb event for homeless or underprivileged children.An extensive amount of planning goes into this event, and the 2010 event was administered by Steve Paul, CEO of Northwest John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-78562136308591515272010-12-22T10:04:00.000-08:002010-12-22T23:08:58.976-08:00The ethics of stealing whatever you wantFor four years in a row, I begin to see some very strange URLs and IP addresses on my website at spokanenightscenes.com. This is the season, after all, where it becomes ethical to steal online images from anyone who displays them. Am I the only one who gets their images taken? No, not hardly.Last year I worked through some issues with Gonzaga University, as I found some of the Gonzaga images John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-19872336583256606652010-08-30T13:55:00.000-07:002010-08-30T14:00:08.969-07:00Night shooters, the Spokane night photography season has commencedNight shooters, the season has commencedAt least for me. I spent two evenings in RFP shooting the 2010 Indian Pow Wow, and I scheduled those shoots for the evening dance schedules. This event has been on my schedule for the past 4 years, and 2010’s version was the first time I shot it at sunset. A total blast. As the sun began to set on the first night, I was joined by Josh Burdick for the John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-76054221281829173022010-05-14T20:28:00.000-07:002010-05-14T20:34:24.343-07:00Honoring the honorableThe first few days of May 2010, I was involved in coordinating a photo shoot for Inland Northwest Honor Flight (http://inwhonorflight.org) at Spokane International Airport (GEG). Spokane photographers Leland Hoffman, Josh Burdick, Palmer Halvorson, and Greg Hustad joined in the effort to document the Honor Flight effort for WWII Veterans. Without exception, each of the photographers who John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-13261043355547334062010-04-19T10:21:00.000-07:002010-04-19T10:23:46.771-07:006 Spokane Photographers, 6 nights, 6 different daysFor the past weekends night shoot, we totaled 12 photogs. There were three noshows, but we continually looked for them to get them to the group location. I did post one image of mine online so the Spokane Parks Foundation could use it: http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/olmsteadpainted.htm It was a great night for the photogs, and there was a lot of outside the box photography accomplished. John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-90938310622124144272010-04-18T13:15:00.000-07:002010-04-18T13:17:43.348-07:00Olmstead Overlook, a Spokane night photo shootThis week’s plan was to take out a group of photographers for a night shoot, with my target being the Olmstead Overlook. This historical landmark at 3rd and Arthur is in disrepair, with ruins and rock walls which are falling down. Yet, this is a place that had its prime, until Interstate 90 split Liberty Park basically in 2 parts.In 2006/2007 I visited this park area, with some older equipment,John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-69225422124543340062010-04-16T08:59:00.000-07:002010-04-16T09:10:30.192-07:00Spokane Night Scenes on TwitterAfter some recent requests from several night photogs, I took the leap and set up an account on Twitter. The account is set up as "spokanenights" Or in Twitter lingo @spokanenightsDesigned for short updates, it might actually be helpful in short contacts to night photogs and others about night shoot details. It may also be helpful in doing some local marketing of Spokane, based on the evolvingJohn D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-16617631168875245632010-04-13T09:32:00.000-07:002010-04-13T09:35:38.881-07:00Update for Olmstead Overlook photo shootToday I had requests for images, which may be taken during this upcoming photo shoot this weekend. The Spokane Parks Foundation (Toni) would like to use any images that you would care to donate (with photo credits to you). They would like to use images for marketing, as well as on Facebook and in slide programs. A number of photographers have donated (community service) images to the Spokane John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-60172905316568781692010-04-12T13:58:00.000-07:002010-04-12T14:02:29.548-07:00Last Spokane Night Scenes Group Shoot for Spring 2010In the past two weeks, we have added 8 more photographers to the Spokane Night Scenes night shooters email list. Although we are getting to the end of the night shooters group sessions for the Spring 2010 season, it is time to do one more night shoot. The next shoot will start at 1930 (7:30 PM). It will end, at least officially, at 2130 (9:30PM). There are some options for many of you, but John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-8832882477232549542010-04-01T09:33:00.000-07:002010-04-01T09:34:12.951-07:00Sometimes it’s about the Spokane Night ScenesI don’t know, but to me it is pretty simple. After the sun goes down, Spokane shines. Yep, that fact can be validated by just looking at what is really out there to view. A simple process…..to be sure.In the past few days I got a request to feature Spokane Night Scenes images, in an online Spokane Magazine. I wasn’t exactly sure what the Magazine was, but I agreed to have some of my images John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-26923065037976777602010-03-30T15:35:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:46:30.871-07:00Children of a common motherThis after dark photo shoot occurred in a recent trip to Blaine, Washington. I drove north from Ferndale to Blaine, to view the Peace Arch after dark, to capture the Monument after it was illuminated. I arrived at ten minutes after sunset, and noticed the sign that the Peace Arch Park was closed at sunset/dusk. I noticed that a Border Patrol officer was in his vehicle monitoring the Parking John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-16571982375265481962010-03-13T15:04:00.000-08:002010-03-13T15:06:44.504-08:00A visit to Hillyard, with 15 photographersSo what do you get if you mix a visit to Hillyard, and add about 15 photographers? Of course you already know the answer. A very fun experience.Last Sunday I coordinated a visit to Hillyard by what turned out to be a large group of night shooters. I thought maybe 6-8, but it turned out a lot greater numbers than that. I met my group of about 15 photogs at Queen and Market streets, and John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-9938714089485256192010-03-10T14:18:00.000-08:002010-03-11T15:32:43.999-08:00Spokane Night Scenes, at Spokane’s ClocktowerFor several years, I wanted the opportunity to go up into Riverfront Parks Clocktower. Over the years I have shot as many objects as possible in and around RFP, as well as downtown. To get up above the streetlights with a completely different set of problems was my goal. Well, finally it happened.This week I met with David Randolph, from Spokane City Parks. David and I had communicated a John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-8657589407744716562010-02-23T13:51:00.000-08:002010-02-23T14:15:48.455-08:00"Tame the light, and you have tamed the night."Recently I put together a short PDF document for the upcoming seminar of the Photographic Society of America (PSA), Inland Empire Chapter. It was designed to be short, and give a few examples of what can be done with some low light photography. Bad news was, it contained color images. Upon completion I found out everything was only going to be printed in black and white, so I decided to keep John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-91741414352340618002010-02-23T05:39:00.000-08:002010-02-23T11:40:04.864-08:00Looking for 2010 color and light in HillyardSo, this was not really an "official," hunt for photographs. I had to take my twin grand daughters home, and on my way back to the north side, I made my way through Hillyard. I was interested in getting some views of the new look in Hillyard, with the installation of all the new streetlights. On the way north, I grabbed a large coffee at McDonalds on Market, and headed into the central John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-43552228861203893812010-02-21T06:23:00.000-08:002010-02-21T06:42:10.786-08:00Hillyard Hobo newsletter, Spokane Night ScenesThe Hillyard Hobo Newsletter features a series of Spokane Night Scenes, including a 2009 image of Hill yard's Alaskan Lounge, on North Market Street.The Hillyard area of Spokane has been undergoing an almost constant re-invention over the past year. The small business owners in Hillyard, lost almost all of their commercial traffic to their storefronts, as a result of the streets being closed forJohn D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-56725265726494619422010-02-13T10:10:00.000-08:002010-02-13T10:28:04.420-08:00Spokane Scenes, keep going awaySo, today, away goes the Alaskan Tavern, in Hillyard.http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/alaskan.htmIronically, this week I have been discussing allowing use rights for a number of Hillyard night scenes, including the one of the Alaskan. That image was a combo of layers, with a desaturated layer at the front, and color images lined up behind it. Regardless, that image is representative of what "John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-66367982133011238702010-02-10T16:31:00.000-08:002010-02-10T16:52:42.124-08:00Night photography in Spokane, an affliction which is contagiousLast night I left my cameras in the office, and met with a number of Spokane photographers, for a series of exercises I had set up for them. Members of the Photographic Society of America, Spokane Camera Club, Inland Outlook Photo Club, and even some non affiliated photographers. I led the group to the location for exercise 1, and for the next two hours, I totally enjoyed this experience.The John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-64356691319763555712010-02-09T14:34:00.000-08:002010-02-09T15:09:45.042-08:00What is old, can also be newSo, I had one free evening before I took out as many as 40 photographers, to shoot Spokane Night Scenes. I grabbed the cameras, and headed down to Riverfront Park, to revisit the art/sculpture that has been in the river, for many years. Have I shot this before? "Oh yeah," many times. Yet, this scene just had to be approached differently, and with some color added.There is no light for this John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-70773722289654965332010-02-07T10:10:00.000-08:002010-02-07T10:33:27.566-08:00Session scheduled for Spokane Night ShootersThis week I have scheduled a night session for the 40 Spokane photographers who have contacted me with an interest in shooting night photographs. Some of the night shooters are members of the Spokane Camera Club, the Photographic Society of America, Inland Outlook Photo Club, and the Spokane Valley Camera Club. A few of the night shooters are unaffiliated with any Spokane Photo club.This John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-52096424496980666442010-01-30T16:03:00.000-08:002010-01-30T16:40:23.247-08:00In the dark, in Spokane's Riverfront ParkI have been giving thoughts for at least 6 months or so, about the sculpture on the NW corner of the INB Performing Arts Center. In virtually every trip to Riverfront Park, with cameras in tow, I saw this sculpture as being lifeless when the sun went down. Oh, what to do.Tonight was the night for this project. I took the Big Max flashlight, with the red, blue, and amber filters. I set up withJohn D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-64765065577994574942010-01-28T14:16:00.000-08:002010-01-28T14:19:27.834-08:00Short Night Photography class, Liberty LakeI have been invited to do a short presentation on Night Photography for the Inland Outlook Photo Club, on Feb 4th, 2010. The short thirty minutes I have been given, will happen at the Inland Outlook Club meeting in Liberty Lake, at 6:30PM (1830). The address of their meeting is: 22510 E Mission Ave, Liberty Lake The directions given to all the Inland outlook group by their President John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-82965687994811173932010-01-22T19:42:00.000-08:002010-01-22T20:07:18.349-08:00Downtown Spokane and Riverfront Park. Once again, a most colorful visitThis has, in the main, been a pretty productive week. I have spent about 5 hours so far wandering around the Arena, Riverfront Park, and also Downtown Spokane. While it may seem redundant to continue to go back to all the usual locations, they look different every single time. Last night I enjoyed my second evening shooting images after dark, in some very familiar territory in Riverfront Park.John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-73122896512373945672010-01-21T05:39:00.000-08:002010-01-21T06:06:54.889-08:00Color and Motion, after darkThis week I was determined to "slow down, the STA buses. No, they were not speeding, but in the past they were always constantly in motion as they drove completely through an image I was set up to take. As an STA bus cruised through whatever photo I was shooting, there were always colors from the various lights adorning each bus, but they were just that....lights and light streaks. Tonight's John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-38714212017368442122009-12-20T05:46:00.000-08:002010-01-14T10:08:39.396-08:00Searching for Christmas 2009 nighttime color, in downtown SpokaneSo, the goal of this shoot was to find color, during the Christmas season, in downtown Spokane. I was hoping to find color in places other than where the “usual suspects,” are.On the south side of the Lincoln building at Riverside and Lincoln, I found color atop the Lincoln buildings southern walls, looking straight up.http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/linc.htmhttp://www.spokanenightscenes.com/John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-67857605360884706862009-12-02T06:10:00.000-08:002009-12-02T06:14:18.133-08:00Spokane Night Photographers<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-49586671621673437892009-11-17T07:04:00.000-08:002009-11-17T07:06:07.630-08:00Night shooters FAQ'sHere are some questions that have come in this morning, as well as from other night shooters.Do I need a tripod?The short answer is yes. Image stabilization might be terrific for single shots, but to combine a series of shots means, your PLATFORM CANNOT move. You have to shoot multiple shots from exactly the same spot and camera position. Blending them, or layering them in post shooting John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-64744879438129676012009-11-15T10:08:00.000-08:002009-11-15T10:09:35.504-08:00Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency has contracted with Spokane Night ScenesThe Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency has contracted with Spokane Night Scenes for licensed image use (2 images) for their new 2010 Calendar. The images chosen by the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency for the 2010 Calendar are:http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/jundt.htmhttp://www.spokanenightscenes.com/patsyclark.htm (second image)JDMJohn D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-981992201818601602009-11-15T07:09:00.000-08:002009-11-15T07:15:02.481-08:00Spokane Night Scenes chosen for 2010 Spokane Relocation GuideGreater Spokane IncorporatedThe Spokane Chamber and Spokane EDC have contracted with Spokane Night Scenes for a cover image for their new 2010 Spokane Relocation Guide. A sample of the 2009 relocation guide is here:http://www.relocatespokane.com/A low resolution image of the Spokane Night Scenes image chosen by Greater Spokane Inc., is located here:http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-30910911320929775862009-11-12T09:12:00.000-08:002009-11-12T09:13:17.879-08:00Mission Street bridge, Spokane, WashingtonMission Street bridge, Spokane, WashingtonI have been involved in a neighborhood photo shoot for the past two weeks, and as I drove to the target neighborhood, I noticed some reflections from the Mission Street Bridge. This bridge came to my attention as City crews labored on the bridge with equipment lowered over the side of the bridge. It appeared they were doing repairs or inspections (or John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-72282815004397118852009-11-03T08:39:00.000-08:002009-11-03T08:41:47.169-08:00If there appears to be nothing, there has to be somethingOne of the issues around night shooting is the number of unlit or dimly lit targets. These same targets might be very distinctive in daylight, but when the sun goes down, they simply disappear.Such was the case over on the Riverpoint Campus. This campus has very distinctive art installations (sculptures), and these are very well identified in daylight. At night, some of these same art John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-73045802322464904562009-10-21T13:33:00.000-07:002009-10-21T13:35:48.140-07:00Hillyard Skate Park, Spokane, WashingtonRecently I saw a few blown out daylight images of the City Park, just north of the downtown Hillyard business district. A number of the images displayed the Hillyard Skate Park, during daylight. As I looked at these really bright images, it gave me a pause for thought. What would this place look at after dark? I was wondering about how I could try and display the curves in the massive amount John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-72173902656564264012009-09-29T14:22:00.000-07:002009-09-29T14:41:03.966-07:00There's daylight at Spokane Night ScenesThis summer, there have been a number of daylight "excuses,"to capture some colorful photographs. One of the "excuses," was the Annual PoW Wow in Spokane's Riverfront Park. This was a great source of color in 2008, and in 2009 the Pow Wow easily surpassed the moment this year.I have installed a flash slide program of assorted Pow Wow images, online: This is a LARGE Flash program, and it is John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-2049270370966223362009-09-29T06:35:00.000-07:002009-09-29T06:50:46.072-07:00Shadle Aquatic Center sculpture, Spokane, WashingtonLast week, one of the News releases I got from the City of Spokane, listed about 6-7 art objects, which either had been, or would be, installed around Spokane. Seemed to me an opportunity to try and capture these art objects, if possible, after dark. I emailed my contact at City Parks, and they were informed of the effort, in case any of the images could be helpful to Spokane Parks.The first John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-12789894711156853762009-09-29T06:28:00.001-07:002009-09-29T06:30:45.157-07:00Season of the nightThat sounds like the title of a book, but for a night shooter, it is definitely a season of the night. It is always a good news – bad news season, meaning it’s great to shoot earlier in the evening, but it also means winter is on its way. So, in this area you take the good with the bad, and you search for targets and get out and shoot.This season, there is an extensive list of do-overs. John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-25674808945658459492009-05-28T15:48:00.000-07:002009-05-28T15:52:00.168-07:00Spokane Night Scenes chosen for the Spokane Riverfront Park Map panels.Spokane Night Scenes has been chosen for the image placement on the new Spokane Riverfront Park Map panels. These maps are to be placed at central access areas in Riverfront Park, so that visitors to the park can see where they are and where the activity areas are throughout the park. These panels are scheduled for fabrication and placement in Riverfront Park by July 2009.Enjoy the new maps in John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-73396365254687173402009-05-28T15:39:00.000-07:002009-05-28T15:42:51.494-07:00Spokane Night Scenes at the historic Liberty TheaterI had an opportunity recently to display framed poster prints of Spokane Night Scenes images. Unlike my gallery displays in First Friday events in Spokane, this opportunity took me back to Toppenish, the Mural Capital of the State of Washington. I got to display some selected poster prints at the historic Liberty Theater in Toppenish. The images were selected as a gallery display inside the John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-53927221153280490542009-05-13T08:57:00.000-07:002009-05-13T08:59:10.582-07:00Spokane night photographersThere is one thing easy to notice, if you shoot after dark in Spokane. The first thing you notice is the absence of photographers shooting after dark. Next thing you notice, is that local photog groups tend to focus their efforts on daylight ventures such as photo walks, photo tours, and other daytime adventures. Any training, if offered or experienced may be good or bad, depending on the John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-25720714276435136642009-05-11T12:28:00.000-07:002009-05-11T12:32:13.352-07:00Night shoots – A Spokane update.In one sense of the word “Springtime,” it is a pleasure to see that it has arrived. After all, this winter was a disaster in more ways than one, and once again, it seemed to go on day after day with no end. Since complaints generally go on deaf ears, it is just one more notch in the level of experiences shared by many people, not just me.Yet, it is the subtle changes in seasons that impact, at John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-12121141015531424212009-02-03T06:44:00.000-08:002009-02-03T09:58:17.831-08:00Shooting in HillyardThis week I visited Hillyard, and it was a tough photo op. Tough for a number of reasons, which included three or four drunks in the street screaming at each other. STA mercifully came by and picked up one of the drunks, and the others wandered off westbound from Market Street.After getting the cameras and tripod out of the truck, I noticed an absence of color. Other than high pressure sodium John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-249839248243159242009-01-29T07:19:00.000-08:002009-01-29T07:23:16.567-08:00Request for a Spokane Ghost photographer<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-19266487236924258692009-01-25T07:26:00.000-08:002009-01-25T07:36:31.472-08:00Former scenes of madness and crime, in SpokaneI have three short term goals, and to take advantage of the early darkness, I need to get the goals completed soon. Goal one involves Spokane Night Scenes photography in Hillyard. Next, I want to shoot around the neighborhood in Spokane’s South Perry business district. My third goal was to get out in the fog, which I did a week or two ago in Spokane's Riverfront Park. Hillyard has a history John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-34381079145656753792009-01-25T06:57:00.000-08:002009-01-25T07:02:50.561-08:00How many individual parts equal one camera?How many individual parts equal one camera?That is a question being asked by a photographer I ran into last week in Riverfront Park. I was out one evening to get some fog shots, and I was approached by two people sporting a new Canon camera that they had gotten for Christmas. Although I am not exactly sure, it looked like one of the fairly new XSI models. It also looked like it had a 28 X 135 John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-59469231804189679932008-12-13T10:50:00.000-08:002008-12-13T10:53:02.450-08:00Shooting Spokane, “the plain old views.”So, why go to the same old places to see the same old sights? Photographing night scenes in Spokane is absolutely a different experience every single time I go out. Even the same locations are different, albeit most people would say they all look the same each day. Yet, they look different based on time of day, time of year, and the conditions of the weather at a given moment.This week, my John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-32966580403843819752008-11-27T13:20:00.000-08:002008-11-27T13:28:48.786-08:00Hi, what are you doing?I’m sure it does look a bit unusual, I mean, there is a guy standing in the dark with two cameras and a tripod. Considering that it isn’t an everyday experience for people to see night photographers, it is understandable that someone might wonder “what you are doing?”I had such an enjoyable contact in Riverfront Park the other night, as I was in the midst of some “painting with color shots." (John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-57687991197524339302008-11-27T12:29:00.001-08:002008-11-27T12:33:27.352-08:00Painting the town with lightPainting the town with lightSo, the reality of shooting at night is that it gets dark. Yep, it can be really dark. So, then the issue is, you need to bring your own lights…..even lights you want to use as a basis for adding color to a scene.One of the darkness challenges in the Spokane area is not unlike other communities. Yet, locally we have some very interesting sculptures, which are at John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-2728447726332657132008-09-28T12:27:00.000-07:002008-09-28T12:33:00.908-07:00Spokane Night Scenes, an exercise in Night PhotographySpokane Night Scenes, an exercise in Night Photography has been updated to include details for 2008. 2008 updated details for this PDF file are in italicized text.The direct download for the 2008 update is located at:http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/SNSNP.pdfSince the 2008-2009 night season has begun, updates will continue as they are developed.John D. Moore, CPPSpokane Night Sceneshttp://John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-6038706300599711502008-09-16T06:22:00.000-07:002008-09-16T06:26:09.852-07:00Have Space Aliens landed in Spokane?Have aliens landed in Spokane, or is it just artistic obelisks? I am betting that it is an artists sculpture, titled “Cooperation.” Cooperation—Michihiro Kosuge, 1998, http://www.spokane.wsu.edu/campusresources/Facilities/art/kosuge.aspIn a recent night sojourn, I made a visit to the WSU-EWU Campus in Spokane (Riverpoint Campus). Things have changed indeed, and I discovered artistic objects John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-23101764592607889042008-09-08T12:47:00.000-07:002008-09-08T12:50:18.759-07:00Spokane waterfalls after darkI had the pleasure, with my family, of visiting TWIGG’s Bistro, in the Wandermere Business Park area (Northside). One of the things I noticed were some nicely hardscaped waterfalls in several locations. I was trying to imagine what these things would look like after dark, and I asked the Twiggs staffers about the waterfalls. They were less than knowledgeable about the lighting situation after John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-16513986259228840812008-08-15T10:02:00.000-07:002008-08-15T10:05:20.931-07:00Spokane copyright theft<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-42561752570070110422008-07-25T09:13:00.000-07:002008-07-25T09:18:23.550-07:00Having some fun with copyright theftSo, last night I decided to try something a bit different and have alittle fun.I found a link in my webstats program that came fromhttp://www.allempires.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=24898&KW=spokane&PN=2I'm not sure if that URL will successfully reach your browser header,but lets give it a try. At any rate, I find an image of mine used bysomeone without permission. What to do, since this is the John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-57950160519783242982008-07-09T06:56:00.000-07:002008-07-09T06:58:28.079-07:00Spokane photography, after hoursShooting photos after hours gets a little more difficult in the summer. Simply put, it gets darker later, so I generally take a month or two off and focus on other photographic interests.Recently, I began an opportunity to work with the Spokane Parks Foundation. Their executive director, Toni Nerserian made contact with me, and as a result the Spokane Camera Club is now actively involved in John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-53035803532256875402008-06-09T07:19:00.000-07:002008-06-09T07:21:07.916-07:00Photographers rights, a look from the other side.In the past several months, I have had the opportunity to read a large number of comments, and reported incidents, where photographers were stopped, or questioned by local authorities about their taking photographs in a public place. Further I have watched one short video involving two officers, and one photographer who does appear to be centrally located in a fairly crowded public place. John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-62854838297541617132008-06-03T09:27:00.000-07:002008-06-03T09:28:21.199-07:00Mother natures discriminationThe feedback from the posting of the “One legged Gull,” image was quick in coming yesterday afternoon and evening. The initial image was taken in mid summer of 2006, and an additional image of the Gull was added to the web this morning. The web link for the additional Gull image is located here: http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/oneleg2.htm The shot location is:N48 14.285 W122 42.538John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-11562326077331229982008-06-02T10:13:00.000-07:002008-06-02T10:14:57.095-07:00Mother natures discrimination. An evening with Whidbey Island SeagullsIn late 2006 though mid 2007, I had quite a number of photo opportunities on Whidbey Island. My son was a Deputy Prosecutor for Island County, and he had a house located at Penn Cove. As a result, there were always opportunities to take my cameras for a walk, and to see nature literally everywhere. On one such occasion I noticed a number of Sea Gulls lined up along two sides of handrails John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-241316819262648632008-06-01T11:20:00.000-07:002008-06-01T11:21:29.666-07:00Artluck 2008Last Thursday night, I was able to participate in the May 2008 Artluck show, at Spokane Falls Community College. The event was held in the Lodge building on Fort George Wright Drive, and sponsored by the Institute of Extended Learning. Once again, the event featured a free dinner for all attendees, and once again, the food was really very good. I was wondering how the food would go over John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-13347383986047233212008-05-27T11:06:00.000-07:002008-05-27T21:12:55.853-07:00Spokane’s Riverfront ParkRiverfront Park really needs no introduction to local Spokanites, but at risk of seeming a bit trite with a community landmark, Riverfront Park has been more than fabulous lately. For those of us in Spokane who have dealt with the massive snowfall this winter, we are now seeing that snow return for our viewing courtesy of the Spokane River. I made a photo trip into the Park this week, John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-7610841299706051792008-05-13T10:42:00.000-07:002008-05-13T10:44:15.445-07:00National Geographic picks up Spokane Night Scenes imageI got a surprise this morning, when my wife logged onto the National Geographic website, and she found one of my Spokane Night Scenes landscape images. I guess I do recall sending something to NatGeo some time ago, but I never looked back to see what might have happened with the image. Ironically, the images that made their Landscape Gallery, was one of the images taken out of Spokane. A John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-32679553822549154522008-05-11T06:37:00.000-07:002008-05-11T06:40:24.366-07:00Shooting Spokane after dark (with a camera)It appears that my annual slowdown in night production is fast approaching. As it gets darker in Spokane, later and later, it also makes it a little more difficult to budget the time needed to get a variety of camera shots. Staying out all night is something I did back in my Spokane Police Department career, but I’d rather not do that any longer. Normally it is September when things kick John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-79680235492586397192008-05-05T15:14:00.000-07:002008-05-05T15:15:28.554-07:00Ethics? What is that?The onslaught continues, sorta. Today I found three more of my images magically appearing on other websites, including one of my images in which they left my plainly visible copyright, on the image. Nonetheless, my images were being used by others. The websites that I found today, are photo websites, in which there are rules and declarations that the work posted is their own, and not John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-57925772761063166902008-04-28T10:24:00.000-07:002008-04-28T10:25:42.388-07:00Shooting in North SpokaneThe next couple of weeks involve shooting at northside locations, in Spokane. Last weeks shoots started with the Northtown Mall, and the next night I switched to Holy Family Hospital. I am likely to need a return visit to Northtown Mall, since there are three shots I never had a chance to get to. Next on the list this week, is the Spokane VA Medical Center. When I went to Joe Albi John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-40910413860906778882008-04-13T12:02:00.000-07:002008-04-13T12:10:25.593-07:00Painting with lightPainting with light One of the things I have wanted to play with has been painting with light. First, you need darkness, and also flashlights and colored gels. Although darkness comes later each night (finally), the photographed spot has to be really dark with limited ambient light. I chose the Olmstead Overlook, which is west of todays Liberty Park. Liberty Park was cut in half by John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-3229517558675661062008-04-09T14:46:00.000-07:002008-04-09T15:15:30.630-07:00A winter that will never endWow, it’s still cold out there at night. Yep, cold, windy, and on most occasions…dark. Dressing for the conditions is still the most fundamental step in night photography, but one would think it has got to get warmer around here eventually. Recent activities for Spokane Night Scenes has been the Marina in Bellingham (Washington), as well as downtown Spokane. Some recent images were shotJohn D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-22232626510725052642008-03-03T08:36:00.000-08:002008-03-03T08:47:19.853-08:00In the dark, at Spokane’s Sacred HeartThe target for this night was the area in, and around, Sacred Heart Medical Center. I had nothing particularly in mind, but to look for photo ops that would show themselves. It was a very windy night, and it was going to make it a little tenuous to extend the center mount of the tripod, at pretty much any spot. Keeping it at the normal platform level means, you will need to bend over quite a John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-55862339625399963232008-02-19T12:07:00.000-08:002008-02-19T12:09:02.381-08:00Turning green into gold at Spokane's Riverfront ParkSure, it is a place that everyone in Spokane has seen before. And, sure, it is something almost anyone with a camera has taken a photo of. Yet, tonight there was something different. I had taken about 200 or so images at a variety of locations, and was headed back another mile to where I parked my vehicle for the evenings photo shoot. I walked eastbound, on the walking path just south of John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-72133727783720048322008-02-09T11:19:00.000-08:002008-02-09T21:12:06.621-08:00It’s snow problem after allI lined up two targets for an evening and after dark shoot this week. Bad news was that each of those locations was covered in so much snow and ice that I just began to walk around the west end of downtown, to search out locations which were easier to get to. Finding other locations was not too difficult, although getting close to the Spokane River in the area behind City Hall was tough to John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-82939746015050799142008-01-28T12:10:00.000-08:002008-01-28T12:13:50.700-08:00Old fashioned theft in SpokaneThis weekend Google search decided to find thumbnails of my images which had been featured on Spokane Night Scenes. As I began to click though my images, they began to appear on sites owned by Spokane Realtors. That came as quite a surprise to me, since none of these realtors had any agreements with Spokane Night Scenes, to use any of our copyrighted images. After accumulating 5 realtors John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-46879292657525539692008-01-17T07:35:00.000-08:002008-01-17T07:37:21.698-08:00Hunting for Spokane photos, and finding Spokane ghost huntersOne of the interesting parts of a search for nighttime Spokane photos has been purely unintentional, but enjoyable. In the past 5 years, I have averaged 3-4 contacts (yearly) with small groups of people who are “looking for Spokane ghosts.” All of those contacts were totally enjoyable, and the outdoor contacts did not interfere at all in photographing whatever location I happened to be atJohn D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-25723062311868553682007-12-11T05:38:00.000-08:002007-12-11T06:03:46.081-08:00Entertainment at the Hotel LussoThis week, my goals were the Hotel Lusso, in downtown Spokane. Of course it was snowing the night I traveled down there, and at 23 degrees, it was a very icy drive.When I was setting up outside the Hotel Lusso, I located myself across the street adjacent to the Davenport Hotel. I was approached by a man and woman who happened to be from Munich, Germany. The couple was interested in photographyJohn D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-81967147265254058362007-12-07T12:01:00.001-08:002007-12-07T12:03:55.365-08:00Comments from Spokane Night Scenes visitorsThis week I got a number of emails from former Spokane residents, who commented on how the Spokane Night Scenes images brought back some pleasant memories for them. That was really good to hear, and to have received photographic reviews from these former residents of our community was very gratifying. I wrote some time ago about the progression I took in utilizing the digital technology of John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-15261669049419040602007-11-03T12:45:00.000-07:002007-11-03T12:46:41.870-07:00I don’t do elections, I just take photosI don’t do elections, I just take photos I got a group of emails from what appear to be local Spokane residents this week. Apparently there is a John Moore, who is a supporter of May Verner, who is running for Spokane Mayor. Sorry, that is not me. I am not a resident of the City of Spokane, and I do not do City elections, I just take photos. If I did live inside the City of Spokane, I’John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-61997828573977833662007-10-20T08:34:00.000-07:002007-10-20T08:38:58.923-07:00Should a sunrise feel like work?Getting up early has always seemed to me, to be related to “work.” In my dayshift patrol days at the Spokane Police Department, early was always the optimum word…and it was indeed, “work.” So getting up early now, with a chance to have some fun, just seems a bit tedious. Yet, capturing sunrises with a camera has now been added to my list of fun things to do, and slowly but surely, getting up John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-60887617901306218702007-09-18T07:24:00.000-07:002007-09-18T07:46:11.662-07:00Canons and Nikons, changing over timeUsing cameras over time has resulted in many changes, over the years. When I first started shooting night scenes, I did so in 1987, with a 35mm Canon AE1 SLR. My night shots were a part of a complete security survey I was doing for Riverfront Park, and the night shots were a result of the lighting study I set up in the park. I began more sojourns into Riverfront Park, with a followup John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-74682769575709708252007-09-08T08:47:00.000-07:002007-09-08T08:54:17.676-07:00A photo visit to Deaconess Medical CenterThis week’s efforts included some post-sunset shots utilizing the Deaconess Medical Center parking garages. I contacted the staff and security officers at Deaconess, and they were a great help in getting to a couple of areas I had not been visited for a cameras eye view of downtown. This was an experience I had not anticipated. The wind was blowing from the west, and on top of the garage John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-82697799401747875412007-08-23T09:03:00.000-07:002007-08-23T09:17:03.328-07:00Stealing the Scene Recently, I became aware that some of my Spokane Night Scenes images were being used by others who had no permission to do so. Initially it was a shock to me, when I saw my images being used commercially and privately without my permission. In one case, I found one of my images being used by a private party as a part of his blog, on the Internet. After my informing him of his John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-56021670957807166192007-08-07T07:37:00.000-07:002007-08-07T07:53:52.811-07:00Is it, or isn’t it? A friend related to me some comments made about a photo I had taken at Riverfront Park, in downtown Spokane. Rather than a traditional sunset photo, the image was actually facing downtown, to show the sun setting reflections in the windows of the businesses. After I got it onto the hard drives and the computers, I was satisfied with the image, and put it on the web. http://John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-74648855901029824482007-08-01T08:11:00.000-07:002007-08-01T08:14:42.413-07:00Colors of the STA For the high and low of it Providing motion after dark can have some dramatic impact on the actual image capture at a location. Sometimes capturing fireworks can be like that, but in other circumstances it is automobile traffic that provides the motion and the color. There are some fairly traditional after dark “motion shoots,” in Spokane. One example of that is the south side of John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-27011021444805397712007-07-29T06:55:00.001-07:002007-07-29T07:32:35.245-07:00The STA BlurSummertime and photography after dark offer up some interesting challenges. First, to get out with cameras after dark, means that the actual period of darkness comes much later in the evening. So, unless you want to spend hours much later in the day, you may opt to wait until Fall or Winter months. Or, you get out early in the morning before sunrise, to get the shots of locations John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-67664187422931675342007-05-06T21:33:00.000-07:002007-05-06T21:34:05.954-07:00Awards for Spokane Night ScenesI wanted to thank all of the friends of Spokane Night Scenes, and to pass along some recent news. Each year the Spokane Camera Club hosts a banquet to honor photographic excellence, in film, slide, and digital photography. This year, I received a request to enter previously selected images into their judging, and I agreed with their request. Of the digital images entered, the Spokane John D. Moore, CPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514671092067330013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34642480.post-72748322401077967302007-03-01T11:12:00.000-08:002007-03-01T11:29:23.259-08:00Spokane Night Scenes on TV Channel 14Last night I sat down in front of the television, and on Channel 14 (Comcast cable channel) I began to see my pictures appear on the TV screen. Previously I had some discussions about allowing their use for a community television channel, since it was a non profit group. Obviously the people at Channel 14 selected a number of my night shots, and those are now live on Channel 14. There are John D. 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