Dale Sorenson's Gallery of the Night

It all started in 1999 with the first photograph in this gallery. When I got the image of the New York skyline at dawn out of my camera, it absolutely blew my mind. Orange and green and yellow! Where did these colors come from?! They weren't there that morning. This image single-handedly sparked my interest in night photography. It made me realize that there are colors at night, dawn and dusk that don't exist during the day.

At first I believed that only the camera sees these colors. But over the years I have slowly begun to see these colors with my own eyes. Still ... they can only truly be discovered and enjoyed through the camera's eye.

Night photography is difficult. During the day, out of 100 photos shot, one can expect 20 good images. At night, one is lucky to get 3 good ones out of 100. It requires patience and persistence.

Its taken me years to capture just these few scenes. But I treasure them.


New York City at Dawn

Ghosts in the Night	"Taxi!"	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dawn over the Wasatch Front of the Rocky Mountains	Two hours in the freezing cold was well worth it for these Paris images.

Sometimes at night, the camera will set the scene on fire. It is one of the most amazing phenomena of night photography.		Candles in Notre Dame

Paris in the Rain	Paris in the Rain	An Image from the Paris Catacombs

Amsterdam at Sunset	Amsterdam on a Cloudy Afternoon	Lake Havasu, Arizona



New York City Hall Gas Lamps	The Woolworth Building in New York	The Woolworth Building

Battery Park, New York City	Battery Park, New York City	Battery Park, New York City

The View of New Jersey from Battery Park Across the Hudson River	The Hudson River	Sunset on Secret Harbor, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Red Hook Harbor, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie Harbor, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Los Angeles, California	This photo was one of those magnificent happy accidents. As I was shooting an eight second exposure, a car's headlights swept across giving the scene an eerie feel. The bench and tree are lit from the side while the sky is lit from below.	Compare this drab silhouette, the scene without the headlights, to the previous photo. What a difference!

Provincetown, MA	Provincetown, MA	One night in the East Village in New York I become obsessed with a tree.



Inside Avalon, formerly the Limelight Nightclub in New York

Happy Birthday, Jorge	Long exposures can sometimes create some marvelous effects.

Tivoli Amusement Park, Copenhagen, Denmark

	Stockholm, Sweden

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