I have always been a big fan of night time photography. From illuminated skylines to the electrified city streets that take on a life of their own with cars leaving light trails all over the place. I have always enjoyed recreating such images because of how different they are from the norm. Night time photography is a lot of trial and error, and i think i speak for a lot of people when i say this. When you take a longer exposure shot it might take two or three exposures to  arrive at what you want, which in turn takes up a lot of time, making it somewhat difficult for a newcomer to night photography to get the results they are looking for. In my opinion, the mecca of all night time photography (and more difficult to get right) is capturing star trails swirling across the sky while keeping the foreground interesting and eliminating noise(the digital grain that gets all over the picture) during these long exposure shots. 

Down below is a video i happened across on Youtube which features a presentation of star trails captured by a talented photographer taking it to the next level. Enjoy



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       My name is Paul and I currently live in Lubbock, Tx. I enjoy playing Paintball, Cycling,     anything involving electronics, and Photography to name a few. 

       My interest in photography actually stemmed from an interest in videography. At an early age i would make home videos featuring exploding hotwheels, primitive horror films and even the more adventurous videos of my friends and i bombing hills on longboards and home made street luges. It was when i started dabbling in stop motion videography that i became interested in photography. I started out with my mother's point and shoot, yet i felt like there was so much untapped potential unachievable with her camera that i decided rather quickly that i needed a better one. By this time i had a job and after a couple of months got myself a bigger better camera. I joined a camera club in high school and a few years after graduating i got my hands on a Pentax DSLR. Pentax really appealed to me because of the enormous amount of compatibility with older, less expensive lenses. 

       Photography has been a part of my life for about 7 years now, although it has been a serious passion for only about 2-4 years on and off. 

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