The vacated frame and its variables: ghosting by pure moonlight

An industrial landscape at night; how lens choice affects star trails

Inshore study in gold and aqua under a full moon; ideal exposure and post-process rescue

Long exposure outdoor portraits: problems and solutions

Effective light painting with mixed sources, using very high ISO

Moonlit abstraction on the square; Light balance selection with mixed sources

A low angle on the plain and a karaka grove; company and constraint

Further along the road less travelled; sometimes your first shot is the best one, sometimes your only one.

Golden fluff in moonlit motion; creative control and its inevitable decisions

Warm colours from a sinking moon, plus colour contrast – but where’s the beef?

Self-portrait in gumboots, in a daylight effect; multiple personas using layers

Palms, balm and moonlit calm; the issue of personal safety and the usefulness of a lighting assistant

Vertical grace and green against a starry sky; the search for critical focus

Moon and artist’s cloud over no. 2 shellfish processing factory; wide angle and mixed lighting

Dramatic study in amber, green and blue; composition using the foreground in a classic thirds

Full moon, full cloud; adding foreground highlights with Incandescent and an LED torch

Streaks of unexpected colour on a moonless night; “It must be film!”

Simplicity and multiplicity; vertical frame with a wide angle

40-minute exposure by muted moonlight, where film still has the upper hand

Simple imagery; it pays to look around the back

Graveyard in white and the mountain in grey; a harmony of moon rays and lingering daylight

The joy of glamorous and co-operative subjects, in colour infra red; the near side of night photography

A seasonal opportunity by the full moon; adjusting computer screens and camera playback viewers

Close-ups by the hour at home; vertical frames and wan moonlight

Garden flowers in full spectrum colour at maximum aperture; torch-aided focus.