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Nov 27, 2011 09:41:53   #
simply smiles
 
I have a neighbor that does his house up real nice every year with lights and inflatables, what is the best way to shoot this a night?

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Nov 27, 2011 09:56:23   #
northshore Loc: St. Paul, MN
 
simply smiles wrote:
I have a neighbor that does his house up real nice every year with lights and inflatables, what is the best way to shoot this a night?


Type "christmas lights" in search-- there have been several recent posts with lots of good info.

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Nov 27, 2011 10:05:40   #
simply smiles
 
thanks i will try that

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Nov 27, 2011 13:22:05   #
photophly Loc: Old Bridge NJ
 
A tripod is a must

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Nov 28, 2011 06:44:41   #
charlessmall18
 
Basically you arrive on the scene before sunset, set your camera for "tungsten" (that's what incandescent light bulbs use for a filament), affix your camera on a tripod, get your neighbor to turn on his or her display early, wait for the sun to start going down, and then shoot-shoot-shoot while its still light enough to see the scene but dark enough to see the lights. If you wait until the sun completely sets, you will get the old pinpoints-of-light-in-a-cave shot.

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Nov 28, 2011 09:52:45   #
GordonB. Loc: St. Petersburg, Fl.
 
simply smiles wrote:
I have a neighbor that does his house up real nice every year with lights and inflatables, what is the best way to shoot this a night?


I've found that shooting inflatables with a .22 does the
job quite well. (Kidding, of course!)

Gordon

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Nov 28, 2011 11:02:17   #
ephraim Imperio
 
See if this helps:

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-photograph-christmas-lights.html

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Nov 28, 2011 11:33:53   #
hipfarmchick
 
Gordon wrote:
simply smiles wrote:
I have a neighbor that does his house up real nice every year with lights and inflatables, what is the best way to shoot this a night?


I've found that shooting inflatables with a .22 does the
job quite well. (Kidding, of course!)

Gordon


Ahahahaaaa....I'm sorry...that was funny!!

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Nov 28, 2011 15:01:23   #
BrandyVSOP Loc: Oregon USA
 
Gordon wrote:
simply smiles wrote:
I have a neighbor that does his house up real nice every year with lights and inflatables, what is the best way to shoot this a night?


I've found that shooting inflatables with a .22 does the
job quite well. (Kidding, of course!)

Gordon


Thanks for the laugh!

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Nov 28, 2011 17:03:58   #
hipfarmchick
 
BrandyVSOP wrote:
Gordon wrote:
simply smiles wrote:
I have a neighbor that does his house up real nice every year with lights and inflatables, what is the best way to shoot this a night?


I've found that shooting inflatables with a .22 does the
job quite well. (Kidding, of course!)

Gordon


Thanks for the laugh!


The pleasure was ALL mine!! LOL... it was funny you know...big belly laugh outa me!!

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Nov 28, 2011 17:10:07   #
Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio
 
With the right angel....a 12 gauge could take out the whole herd!!!LMBO

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Nov 28, 2011 17:21:41   #
hipfarmchick
 
Bret wrote:
With the right angel....a 12 gauge could take out the whole herd!!!LMBO

OMGosh!!...yah, with a wide choke!! Or am I thinking about my Perazzi.. either way ..Ahahahahaaaaa! So funny!!

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Nov 28, 2011 20:12:53   #
Sensei
 
too noisy, a pellet gun with a pointed pellet works just fine.

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Nov 28, 2011 20:35:00   #
hipfarmchick
 
Sensei wrote:
too noisy, a pellet gun with a pointed pellet works just fine.

Ya but it doesn't get the whole herd!!! LOL...........
Noise is good!!

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Nov 29, 2011 10:24:00   #
jrugarber Loc: Levittown PA
 
Any suggestions for shooting the same lights using B&W film?

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