Night Flight

While transferring some of the older shot on film images to digital, I came a across this night time exposure shot from inside a nameless blimp. You know, the ones we see over sporting events and flying aimlessly around cities. As the blimp lifted off, I shot the pilots in the foreground with a 16mm fisheye lens at f-8 for 20 about seconds on ASA 100 Fujicolor negative film handheld and hoped for the best. No second chances or chimping here! Remember the days of film when you had to use what you knew, rather than what you saw on the camera’s monitor? Over the years I’ve screwed enough time exposures up and learned what works. You’re probably wondering why I’m leaving the name of the blimp out. That’s a story for another day.

Howard Lipin
Photo used by permission of The San Diego Union-Tribune

Night Flight