Last night I went on my Nigel Wilson night photography course. It was really great and I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in improving those night shots. Nigel gives you a 20 minute overview of what you are trying to achieve and how to achieve it. You then go out and shoot whatever you like. You work at your own pace and Nigel flits around the group and helps you out as needed. Nigel is a really nice bloke and no question is to simple for him.

We had a lovely cold, crisp and cloudless night. Maybe a bit of cloud might have been good, but you take what you have. The course started at 7.30pm and finished at 10.30pm, but you are welcome to keep going afterwards. Below are 2 of my favourites I took last night. Hopefully I will get the gallery up soon, but it sounds like a Christmas project.

Tags: night shots

Last week I drove into the office and took the opportunity to take in my camera and tripod. I had been wanting to take night shots of London for a long time. I am lucky that I can get access to the roof. I have to say I am not a great fan of heights, but their is plenty of space up there to put the tripod and not be too close to the edge

I used my 18-55mm that came with the 400d. I used manual mode and used the exposure that the camera said was correct. Some of them I set the shutter speed to be faster than the camera wanted, but they still came out fine. Once I had taken the pictures I wanted I decided to have a play. I set a long shutter speed and slowly moved the zoom with the shutter open. I got some trippy stuff.

Hope you like them. You can see them in the 2008 gallery.

Tags: night shots, London