This is a good time for night pho­tog­ra­phy. The moon is full, the skies are rel­a­tive­ly clear and the tem­per­a­ture is not too cold.

Here are a few web pages with tips for pho­tograph­ing the moon itself.

http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/howtophoto/
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/moonset-moonrise-photography.html
http://digital-photography-school.com/moon-photography-made-simple

And on Fri­day Sep­tem­ber 4, the rare event of the full moon set­ting just as the sun ris­es allows you to shoot a low moon with your choice of fore­ground illu­mi­nat­ed by that ris­ing sun. Get­ting out of bed that ear­ly on Fri­day is good prac­tice for the upcom­ing Reno Bal­loon Races.

Moon­light pro­vides a great oppor­tu­ni­ty to take unusu­al pic­tures of com­mon objects. Get your tri­pod and remote shut­ter cable out, drag along a part­ner and find some­thing to take long expo­sure shots of. Old cars and ancient archi­tec­ture are favorites. Bring along some col­ored lights and a flash and try some light paint­ing.

It’s a hol­i­day week­end and many of you have an extra day to play with, so why not give it a shot?