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Forgot to post about these earlier.

On Wednesday February the 15th, Tourism WA requested all buildings in the CBD leave their lights on until 8pm so they could take some footage for advertising. Some local photography groups caught wind of this and organised to head out and make the most of the night. I along with many others spread over the South Perth foreshore headed out with our trusty cameras and tripods to see what we could get.

Here are some of my photos from the evening.

Until the recent development of digital cameras, most photography involved the use of films coated with various light sensitive compounds of silver. The sensitivity of certain silver salts to light was known from about 1727, when Johann Heinrich Schulze published his findings in the Nuremburg Academy of Natural Philosophers. But many natural things are sensitive to light. Long ago people noticed the effect of light on green plants, or how it made coloured fabrics fade. It is the effect of light on plants that makes Roman Photography possible.

Now this is an interesting little project. Grand Illusions show you how to ‘take’ a picture using a box and a leaf.